This Forum May Be Hazardous to Your Wallet

doc · Post by **doc** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:29 am

I'm not sure I can reduce the file size w/o reducing the pic size. Not the greatest but here goes...

Yeah, been a Strat player (is that blasphemous here?) forever but I always wanted a Ric and like most things I purchase, from the time I decided it was time, about 4 days went by! I later found out how lucky I was given waiting times for new and all.

doc · Post by **doc** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:46 am

Sheena, That's It! It's now lounging around on MY couch! He was new to the forum and I was a little...ok, a lot reluctant to send him money but I did anyway and Randy was a Prince. I had it sent Next Day Air (so to keep the handling to a minimum) and it all went extremely well.

I told Randy to tell his mother today that I said she raised a good boy.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:49 am

Well, i hope the new couch is as comfortable as the old one!

Congratulations!

doc · Post by **doc** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:56 am

I looked at what you own. Is that what I have to look forward to - a life of seeking, yearning and acquiring Rics?

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:12 am

I'm afraid so Dave...it is a bit of an obsession around here & there really is no cure, so don't try to fight it....

doc · Post by **doc** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:20 am

So, this is probably a very rudimentary question for your veterans but would someone like to explain the theory behind the dual tone controls for bass and treble on a 330? And while I'm (you're) at it, the smaller knob in the rear. I mean, it's obvious what is happening when I adjust them while playing but there must be some correlation to a specific pickup, etc.

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:29 am

Dual tone controls.....why not, there are two pickups, why not a tone for each?

As for the mysterious blend control, if you go here, all will be explained!

http://www.rickenbacker.com/pdfs/manual.pdf

doc · Post by **doc** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:45 am

What a concept - Rickenbacker.com...manuals. Thanks, Tony.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Sun May 14, 2006 11:34 am

Welcome, Dave!
A perfect choice for starting a Rick collection! I've got three myself, but really could make use of 3 more...then of course there are 8 string basses to consider, then...
You see how it goes? All innocent enough at first.

doc · Post by **doc** » Sun May 14, 2006 1:09 pm

I now know what everyone is saying. I saw a blue 360, I believe it was, in another forum and want one bad. This isn't a forum, it's a support group for the satifaction-challenged, disguised as a guitar forum!

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Sun May 14, 2006 1:17 pm

Or - that's a group that can make an addict of a regular guitar sound fan...

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Sun May 14, 2006 5:38 pm

What's wrong with me? I only have three.

winston · Post by **winston** » Sun May 14, 2006 7:48 pm

I only have four. Must be something wrong with me too. Welcome Dave. Enjoy your near new 330. You got a great deal on that one.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:10 pm

Pardon my omission, please Dave. Welcome to the forum from Down Under!!

And yes, we do actually eat vegemite and kangaroos..... not on the same plate, as a rule!

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:54 pm

Oops... you eat that?!

(but then again, there are polar bears in Moscow... at the zoo, in fact...)