Heavenly Headstock Hunt

admin · Post by **admin** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:15 pm

Just gorgeous Melissa. Fit for a RIC catalog.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:49 pm

It's just so much fun tormenting you guys!

Here's one especially for you, Paul W.!

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bill_yantz · Post by **bill_yantz** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:24 pm

Melissa, I don't think any of us would ever get sick of seeing pictures of your impeccable collection. So, while your at it, why don't you post one of your 60s 12-string?

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:34 pm

60's 12-string? Now that's something I don't have yet.... my only real vintage Ric is my '67 365, which is my very favorite electric.... I also have a September 1969 Electro, which my husband bought for me because it was made the same month I was born! All my other Rics are '80s and newer--but I'm not complaining!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:29 pm

Ah, Melissa, you did it again. Your turquoise shorty was the first Rickenbacker I saw that made my heart skip several beats, just when I was getting back into them last winter. It's no less stunning now. What year is it?

And the Comstock with the gold hardware is nonpareil. Why don't you open a museum and contribute in a major way to the local economy?

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:38 pm

Here's a couple of photos of my 1965 Export Model 1998...a pretty ordinary 60s headstock, but the rear of the headstock shows the original music retailer sticker from Nicholsons Music, George St, Sydney. I understand this store operated in the 60s and has long since gone. I guess this makes my Export model a certified "Aussie Issue Rickenbacker" and not an import export from the UK!

bluesyric · Post by **bluesyric** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 4:08 am

Wow, Darren. That's beautiful!

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:19 am

Wow, it looks JUST like this one!

That Shaftesbury's one bad mother...

bluesyric · Post by **bluesyric** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:22 am

I'm diggin' the zero fret on that Shaftesbury...

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:42 am

Obviously where RIC got the idea for the zero fret on the 4001C64S. 4001C64S=Fakersbury

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:48 pm

Sorry..........couldn't resist one more......

.......must resist........must resist....

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:53 pm

........can't resist

......must resist......

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:59 pm

..........can't resist

.......must resist......

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:45 am

Wow, Graham, those checkerbound headstocks are absolutely stunning! What model guitars are they from? I am dreaming of a headstock like that in Blueburst! How does one go about ordering a special one like that? The FG one with the gold hardware is spectacular--the white nut tells me it must be an acoustic....

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:36 am

Melissa - the mapleglo is a model 6006 banjoline from 1968 and the fireglo is the 760J - which I sadly don't own. And I wish I knew how to order checkered headstocks. I would love to have them on all of my Ricks. It just looks fantastic! Perhaps JH could offer it as an option - I know I'd pay extra.