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Re: Something special about Rickenbacker...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:34 am
by deaconblues
jps wrote:What do these companies have in common that Rickenbacker does not?
Things to talk about...
Re: Something special about Rickenbacker...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:57 pm
by ken_j
jsm610 wrote:I was going to say they made guitars out of the USA. But I'm not sure that's true for Gibson or Martin.
Is there a non-USA guitar with Gibson or Martin on the headstock? (Orville by Gibson, Sigma by Martin are different brands...)
Martin currently makes guitars in Mexico with the Martin Headstock and name. Gibson made some acoustics (I think in the eighties) in Japan between the closing of Kalamazoo and the purchase of Flatiron.
Re: Something special about Rickenbacker...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 2:57 pm
by stringsncords
Up-to-Date websites.
Re: Something special about Rickenbacker...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 5:34 pm
by woodyng
Spelled backwards,it almost sounds the same....
Rekcabnekcir.

Re: Something special about Rickenbacker...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 5:56 pm
by jps
woodyng wrote:Spelled backwards,it almost sounds the same....
Rekcabnekcir.

That's pretty special, certainly compared to:
Rednef
Nosbig
Nitram
Rolyat
Now, somebody come up with one good sentence that uses those four words!

Re: Something special about Rickenbacker...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:06 pm
by LenMinNJ
They've all got loads of look-alike copies being made in China and other places, because they didn't assiduously defend their design patents.
(Okay, maybe Taylor isn't in that boat yet.)
Re: Something special about Rickenbacker...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:12 pm
by doctorwho
jps wrote:...
It was simple as that..............I thought so, anyways!

Right, just like my easy

multiple choice question,
Which word does not belong?
(A) sailfish
(B) salmon
(C) sunfish
(D) selfish
(E) catfish
Re: Something special about Rickenbacker...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:15 pm
by doctorwho
woodyng wrote:Spelled backwards,it almost sounds the same....
Rekcabnekcir.

Sounds like an ancient middle eastern ruler!
Emperor Rekcabnekser of Ana Atnas!

Re: Something special about Rickenbacker...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:23 pm
by jps
doctorwho wrote:jps wrote:...
It was simple as that..............I thought so, anyways!

Right, just like my easy

multiple choice question,
Which word does not belong?
(A) sailfish
(B) salmon
(C) sunfish
(D) selfish
(E) catfish
I can sel you a fish!

Re: Something special about Rickenbacker...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:23 pm
by rkbsound
They know how to spray more than a handful of colors onto their guitars.
They offer new products
They have modern looking websites (2nd that)
So...
Why is it so hard to make more colors?
Why aren't there ever new products?
Can't they get a high school student to create a new website?
These are rhetorical questions. They seem to be a manufacturer that leaves it up to it's dealers to market their guitars. Creative and innovative are not words I would use to describe RIC! I'm not trying to be negative at all. They do what they do very, very well, and not a stitch more. I really do enjoy Mr. Hall's participation here, and that is not something I hear about other companies doing.
Re: Something special about Rickenbacker...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:52 pm
by Grey
ken_j wrote:Gibson made some acoustics (I think in the eighties) in Japan between the closing of Kalamazoo and the purchase of Flatiron.
Those all bore the Orville name.
Re: Something special about Rickenbacker...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:57 pm
by s4001
doctorwho wrote:woodyng wrote:Spelled backwards,it almost sounds the same....
Rekcabnekcir.

Sounds like an ancient middle eastern ruler!
Emperor Rekcabnekser of Ana Atnas!

LULZ
Re: Something special about Rickenbacker...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:46 pm
by johnallg
kiramdear wrote:Jeff, do you have too much time on your hands?
What Kira said!!!

Re: Something special about Rickenbacker...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:36 pm
by Ric5150
Hey, what do I win???
One year free membership to the RickResource forums?

Re: Something special about Rickenbacker...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:15 pm
by doctorwho