Rickenbacker cases.......

[YukonCor55]

Are these cases actually available for sale now or are they still prototypes? I can see my 370/12 inside that silver beauty!

we are actually busy making some silver tolex 330-360 cases at the moment, should be ready sometime next week

Oh great...now I have to re-shuffle my wish list...man that Rolex will just never get to the top!!

[jps]

Oh great...now I have to re-shuffle my wish list...man that Rolex will just never get to the top!!

Maybe you should be thinking of a Rollex, instead. I am sure you could find one off of some bloke in Manhattan!

[Steve Gunderson]

A true story. While watching a friend's house during their vacation, I had brought my McGuinn 370-12 to their house to do a little practicing. The McGuinn was(is) a dream guitar that I had always wanted since 1968. I couldn't afford anything like that since I was newly married, but someday I vowed I would have a 370-12. In 2003 I found my McGuinn in a shop in Richmond, Surrey UK (Chandler's Guitars). It was in almost perfect condition and I finally had money. I brought that guitar to Port Townsend, WA where we now live. In January I sent my 370-6 to Paul Wilcynski for inlay work and I sent it in the original McGuinn case and kept the vintage 370 case for my McGuinn. On my last day of house-sitting there was an electrical fire while I was away. I came back to find the house in smoke and flames and it took 4 hours to get the fire out. I was gutted because I was sure my McGuinn was lost. I asked a fireman to see if he could find my guitar and amazingly he brought out a charred and burnt case. My heart sank, but when I opened the case the McGuinn was still intact. It was hot, but no damage except for a small mark on the binding. The case was hot and the metal clasps were very hot, but again no damage to the guitar. Needless to say, I am a great fan of the vintage RIC case. I lost the case, but not the guitar.

[collin]

A true story. While watching a friend's house during their vacation, I had brought my McGuinn 370-12 to their house to do a little practicing. The McGuinn was(is) a dream guitar that I had always wanted since 1968. I couldn't afford anything like that since I was newly married, but someday I vowed I would have a 370-12. In 2003 I found my McGuinn in a shop in Richmond, Surrey UK (Chandler's Guitars). It was in almost perfect condition and I finally had money. I brought that guitar to Port Townsend, WA where we now live. In January I sent my 370-6 to Paul Wilcynski for inlay work and I sent it in the original McGuinn case and kept the vintage 370 case for my McGuinn. On my last day of house-sitting there was an electrical fire while I was away. I came back to find the house in smoke and flames and it took 4 hours to get the fire out. I was gutted because I was sure my McGuinn was lost. I asked a fireman to see if he could find my guitar and amazingly he brought out a charred and burnt case. My heart sank, but when I opened the case the McGuinn was still intact. It was hot, but no damage except for a small mark on the binding. The case was hot and the metal clasps were very hot, but again no damage to the guitar. Needless to say, I am a great fan of the vintage RIC case. I lost the case, but not the guitar.

Wow, what a story! Glad your guitar was okay.

Were your friend's just gutted when they returned? Hope they didn't think you started it!

[Steve Gunderson]

Collin,
My friends actually phoned to see how things were as I was standing in the front yard watching the firemen and the fire. Talk about an awkward moment! "Well, er, um, things are OK, except your house is on fire." It was an electrical fire in one of the sockets and smoldered for sometime. Had it happened at night, I probably wouldn't be here to tell the story.

[tristanbacker]

I`m wondering if there are/was any kind of vintage case for acoustics Ricks. Any pic to show...

[libratune]

I`m wondering if there are/was any kind of vintage case for acoustics Ricks. Any pic to show...

Here's a pic of my acoustic RIC 700C in its case. This guitar is dated January 2006. I don't believe RIC provided "vintage" cases as an option for acoustics. The earliest dated Rick acoustic on the Register was made in 1994, and by that time RIC was likely using the black plastic cases, like the one below.

700C JG 06

[jingle_jangle]

To add to what Ron says, which I believe is "the case", early Rick acoustics from the mid-1950s mostly had bodies constructed by Martin (if factory invoices are to be taken literally) and possibly Kay. These would have fit commonly-available cases of the time, which of course would have been wood and linen, oilcloth or Tolex construction. It seems unlikely to me that any sort of Rickenbacker logo would have been affixed to these cases, though the same Rickenbacker rectangular plate that was seen on lap steels and some amplifiers could possibly have been used...

[tristanbacker]

I understand the most similar to a vintage case is the ameritage case. Yes Paul have reason I´m sure. Thinking in Gretsch acoustics the ameritage cases is like cowboy gretsch case or similar

Cowboy Gretsch Case


Ameritage Case (option for Paul W. Rickenbackers)

[david/wales/u.k]

Rob, I've seen Ric cases online ranging in price from £200-250 so I would say they get plenty of credit literally!!