All RIC fans might want to check these out

roadrunners · Post by **roadrunners** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:15 am

Wait......Rickenbacker Is moving production to New jersey so I can visit it.......or.....Rickenbacker is merging with Vox and Hofner to make the ultimate beatle gear company

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:01 am

I'm told it may be in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times as well, but I don't have a date yet.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:34 am

Hmmm....I'm guessing they're announcing going public with an IPO soon to follow.

eatswodo · Post by **eatswodo** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:16 am

Why would a possible RIC IPO be in 4 IT-related publications?

Something special happening related to the website, perhaps?

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:52 am

They're gonna out Line 6 Line 6.
A Rickenbacker 4006 Modeling Bass. Simply switch a knob & choose from:
3000
3001
2030
2060
4000
4001 (hi-gains, horseshoes or toasters. fretted or fretless)
4001v63
4001c64
4002
4003 (hi-gains, horseshoes or toasters. fretted or fretless)
4003s
4003s8
4004
4005
4008
4080

Then there's your "Signature Series switch. Choose from:
Chris Squire
Lemmy
Glenn Frey

And finally your "GloKnob". There you can dial up whatever past or present finish you desire.

....or not.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:10 am

ROTFLMFAO!!

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:11 am

If this were only happening around April 1st, it would be MUCH easier to figure out....

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:21 am

I love Chris' GloKnob idea.

Website? Nah. This is bigger than that.

It's bigger than all of us, Duke.

I'm afraid, Daisy...

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:23 am

no they will reintroduce the light show bass ... except this time it will have a built in cell phone, pda, and laptop computer ... so you can run opengl screen savers while you play ... also you will be able to uplink with other ric instruments and jam in virtual reality ...

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:24 am

and it will have a gps chip in it so you won't get lost on your way to a gig and you can track it down if it is stolen ...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:26 am

And it'll have a 4 or 5 string selector switch...

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:32 am

I'll bet JH is sitting at his computer reading this, chuckling to himself and shaking his head ruefully.....

"c'mere Howes, take a look at THIS one"...

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:58 am

I know JH has mentioned a major website overhaul in the past, I'm sure this has something to do with that. I know someone made a comment here about the site, and JH mentioned that they had been working for X amount of time re-tooling it.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:02 am

I don't think a new computerized guitar or pod rates The New York Times, we have too many of those already, it's got to be something big about the business itself.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:06 am

Why would a new website get announcements in all these media outlets? Corporations put up new websites every day!