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deaconblues wrote:

scotty wrote: Are you working at RIC?

No, I applied but they said they don't have any openings in product development.

Fixed.

Yeah that's what I meant!

Here, here.


And please put the F-hole the right way 'round too !

We're all gonna get fired.

Ah well may as well go out with a bang.....like the Ox

collin wrote:Here, here.


And please put the F-hole the right way 'round too !

Absolutely imperative

Who did the work to this?

doctorwho wrote:

deaconblues wrote:A 1993? What's that, a 360/12 OS with a squiggly line?

Step 1: buy a 360/12c63
Step 2: tape a piece of tan construction paper over the soundhole
Step 3: take a tracing from your cello
Step 4: ???
Step 5: 1993 reissue

You'll look just like Father Time up there!

You missed a step:
...
Step 5: take some brown-red paint and paint over the trialngle inlays, leaving a circle in the middle unpainted
Step 6: 1993 reissue

...you missed a step

Step 5: take some brown-red paint and paint over the trialngle inlays, leaving a circle in the middle unpainted
Step 6: either a) strip off the white neck binding, fill the resulting holes, overpaint filler with FG/brown red paint, or if that's too much effort b) overpaint the white neck binding with FG/brown red paint
Step 7: 1993 reissue


...in true Blue Peter style, here's one I prepared earlier (and for UK members, yes my Mom did help with the scisssors)

Only one step required really.

Write direct to Rickenbacker, or Rosetti, or your local friendly Rickenbacker dealer – be it Guitar Guitar, or Sound Affects, or Peter Cook’s etc. and ask them on-mass to put in an order with Rickenbacker for re-issues of the Rose Morris f-hole models 1997, 1998 and 1993. Tell them the time is right because we are approaching the 50th anniversary of the first delivery of export models. Tell then you will buy one. Tell them all of your friends will buy one. Offer them a deposit. Say please. Make it happen. Here's the reason why...

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godber wrote:Only one step required really.

You're right Mark and it would be nice to think that approach would work. However, based on the recent responses from John Hall when it's been discussed before, I doubt whether it would make any difference unless he has had a Road to Damascus type conversion that we have yet to hear about. Whilst there are quite a few of us in the UK who would really appreciate accurate RoMo reissues, the factory have been very clear that this type of thing is not a priority for them. I personally found that response disappointing, but I can fully understand where they're coming from as a business. Realistically I can't see UK sales volumes being very high if they did offer C series RoMos (just think about the likely UK pricing in the context of how much an officially imported 360/12C63 is priced at by UK authorised dealers).

k43rover wrote:

godber wrote:Only one step required really.

You're right Mark and it would be nice to think that approach would work. However, based on the recent responses from John Hall when it's been discussed before, I doubt whether it would make any difference unless he has had a Road to Damascus type conversion that we have yet to hear about. Whilst there are quite a few of us in the UK who would really appreciate accurate RoMo reissues, the factory have been very clear that this type of thing is not a priority for them. I personally found that response disappointing, but I can fully understand where they're coming from as a business. Realistically I can't see UK sales volumes being very high if they did offer C series RoMos (just think about the likely UK pricing in the context of how much an officially imported 360/12C63 is priced at by UK authorised dealers).

Oh I don't know Eddie, John Hall doesn't let on much, but he seems a pragmatic sort of chap. If the demand and desire is there you never know. They might even sell them cheaper than yours

godber wrote: Oh I don't know Eddie, John Hall doesn't let on much, but he seems a pragmatic sort of chap. If the demand and desire is there you never know.

Well if he feels suitably pragmatic and positive about your idea, I'm sure he'll be able to chime in on this thread. Would be great if that were the case!

godber wrote: They might even sell them cheaper than yours

I should hope so....if the economies of scale from a factory production run didn't result in a significantly lower unit cost/retail pricing level than a hand reworked bespoke guitar then they definitely wouldn't have a business case to do it!

k43rover wrote:

godber wrote: Oh I don't know Eddie, John Hall doesn't let on much, but he seems a pragmatic sort of chap. If the demand and desire is there you never know.

Well if he feels suitably pragmatic and positive about your idea, I'm sure he'll be able to chime in on this thread. Would be great if that were the case!

godber wrote: They might even sell them cheaper than yours

I should hope so....if the economies of scale from a factory production run didn't result in a significantly lower unit cost/retail pricing level than a hand reworked bespoke guitar then they definitely wouldn't have a business case to do it!

...but they will always be cheaper than Graham's

godber wrote: If the demand and desire is there you never know. They might even sell them cheaper than yours

Demand and desire is all fine and good, but capacity is another issue entirely.

godber wrote: ...but they will always be cheaper than Graham's

..now that's one thing I'm sure you won't get any argument on!