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Has anyone seen the two new Jackson Browne LE prototypes that John Hall has added to the Rickenbacker Museum?

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Quite the obsession, eh!

I'm still interested in information about the two recently unearthed Jackson Browne LE prototypes. Anyone have photos or other information?

I would love to see some pics too but I doubt it will ever happen.

I'm still holding out for photos of the two newly arrived JBLE prototypes.

Anyone? Anyone? Buehler?

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I saw Jackson Browne and his band at the Beacon Theatre (NYC) two weeks back. One Rickenbacker was sighted: a 660-12JG, used on "The Birds of St. Marks":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GWeof64d3k

See 2:55 for the jingle-jangle solo.

There were no sightings of a JB limited edition!

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I'm still hoping someone will post photos of the two Jackson Browne prototypes that were recently added to the Rickenbacker museum collection.

You can see them, right after they release the reissue 4008 bass.

Heh - you think you're funny, eh?! :^)

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I'm still curious what the obsession with these prototypes is?

electrofaro wrote:I'm still curious what the obsession with these prototypes is?

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It's just that in building my JBLE replica, I've done a fair amount of research on all of the first three JBLEs. I'm really curious how the two new ones differ.

They're an unusal and interesting wrinkle in the Rickenbacker design history: a 620-style body built in pretty much the same way as the 350-series, but with a very unusual range of electrical configurations.

Ahh!

I hardly know anything about these - does Jackson Browne use Rickenbackers at all? From when's the first proto, and these "new" ones, are recent, then?

I take it you been authorized from RIC to build these, given the public exposure you are giving them?