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Re: New Rickenbacker Video - Pearl Red 330
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:59 am
by lucky
Watched this twice now,it's always nice to get a glimse into the Ric factory. The whole process was fasinating to watch,the handwork on the binding & time spent on buffing sets Rickenbacker apart from other makers.
I would still love to see a video of the whole process of making a 4003.
Re: New Rickenbacker Video - Pearl Red 330
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:39 pm
by Ivan3000
Wildberry wrote:IvanMunoz wrote:ajish4 wrote:When the kids were small and had those pet "RATLIKE CREATURES", I paid a fortune for those darn shavings!
The shaving do get expensive. Good for the company though, they are probably just selling off a waste product.
I kept my rodents on small wood chips rather than shavings - shavings usually have too much dust with it to be healthy.
Geesh, I'm giving rodent pet advise on a guitar forum???
How many pets do you actually have Ivan? A whole zoo?
I have 2 Chinchillas - Cappi and Poppy
2 Degus - Windjammer and Zepher (A Degu is pretty much a double sized Gerbil, but they don't smell because they are dry mountain creatures, just like the chinchillas.)
1 African Grey Parrot - Pigeon
1 Snapping Turtule - Tippy (My brother found him whilst fishing when he was about 2 inches long.)
3 Corgis - Fruitbat, Sailor, and Jane.
I used to have Loads more, but we let the 2 box turtles back into the wild, and my 4 gerbils eventually died of old (very old for a geril) age. I had some insects at a time as well.
I would say one of my true passions are my animals.
I'd like to get a cat, but they don't go well with rodents and birds, I'd also like a giant blue tounged skink or a snake, but they eat rodents...a sugar glider would be nice to have as well, but they are extremely delicate and I wouldn't forgive myself if I were to accidentally hurt it. No ferrets - they smell. I had guinea pigs for a while, a really nice grey one named Agouti, and then I used to have rats, they smelled bad. No I stick to cleanly rodents. Also I used to have a rabbit.
In all honesty if anyone needs rodent advice just ask me. Most of my childhood until present was spent taking care of rodents.
Re: New Rickenbacker Video - Pearl Red 330
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:53 pm
by gearhed289
Mr. Hall, didn't you guys used to attach the fingerboard and frets prior to carving the back on the neck?
Re: New Rickenbacker Video - Pearl Red 330
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:52 pm
by RIC_FACTORY
Not to spoil the party, but "Pearl Red" is "Midnight Red" and this was a test guitar for the 620 that we sent to Tom Petty to auction off last October. Pearl Red will not be a Color of the Year.
That 360 JG was just a repair where we had to strip the paint off the back of the instrument in order to respray it.
The fretboard used to be attached prior to carving the neck back, but that changed several years ago as we updated our CNC engineering methods.
Re: New Rickenbacker Video - Pearl Red 330
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:03 pm
by godber
Thanks for the info Ben.
Will the test 330 be sold as a one off? It's nice!
Re: New Rickenbacker Video - Pearl Red 330
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:08 pm
by RIC_FACTORY
Probably not. It also has a newer version of our UV curable finish on it, so we'll keep it around for a little while.
Re: New Rickenbacker Video - Pearl Red 330
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:14 pm
by godber
Appreciate your input Ben. It will interesting to see how that 330 turns out in the future.
Re: New Rickenbacker Video - Pearl Red 330
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:58 pm
by jps
RIC_FACTORY wrote:...Pearl Red will not be a Color of the Year...
That's okay, a standard production color is fine, too.
Re: New Rickenbacker Video - Pearl Red 330
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:02 pm
by fireglo67
jps wrote:RIC_FACTORY wrote:...Pearl Red will not be a Color of the Year...
That's okay, a standard production color is fine, too.
It would be a shame if we never see this colour outside of a one off.
How about you use this colour on the 75 Rickenbackers heading to GuitarGuitar in the UK next year?
I'm sure the Fender fanboys there wouldn't even notice.
Re: New Rickenbacker Video - Pearl Red 330
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:11 pm
by rickenbrother
IvanMunoz wrote:
Geesh, I'm giving rodent pet advise on a guitar forum???
I have 2 Chinchillas - Cappi and Poppy
2 Degus - Windjammer and Zepher (A Degu is pretty much a double sized Gerbil, but they don't smell because they are dry mountain creatures, just like the chinchillas.)
1 African Grey Parrot - Pigeon
1 Snapping Turtule - Tippy (My brother found him whilst fishing when he was about 2 inches long.)
3 Corgis - Fruitbat, Sailor, and Jane.
I used to have Loads more, but we let the 2 box turtles back into the wild, and my 4 gerbils eventually died of old (very old for a geril) age. I had some insects at a time as well.
I would say one of my true passions are my animals.
I'd like to get a cat, but they don't go well with rodents and birds, I'd also like a giant blue tongued skink or a snake, but they eat rodents...a sugar glider would be nice to have as well, but they are extremely delicate and I wouldn't forgive myself if I were to accidentally hurt it. No ferrets - they smell. I had guinea pigs for a while, a really nice grey one named Agouti, and then I used to have rats, they smelled bad. No I stick to cleanly rodents. Also I used to have a rabbit.
In all honesty if anyone needs rodent advice just ask me. Most of my childhood until present was spent taking care of rodents.
Ivan, you can discuss pets in the Other Forum. Believe me, it would make alot better discussion than some of the topics have already been started there over the years.
I've had 3 parrots for many years. I suddenly also have two cats. The cats have learned to take parrot beaks seriously. Even my smallest parrot (Green Cheek Conure).
...And Tony just LOVES animals.
Just ask him how many pets he's been through, especially birds!
Re: New Rickenbacker Video - Pearl Red 330
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:33 pm
by scotty
Nah dont mention Parrots....It might get messy
Re: New Rickenbacker Video - Pearl Red 330
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:44 pm
by rickenbrother
scotty wrote:Nah dont mention Parrots....It might get messy
No, it would definitely be messy! Just ask my vacuum cleaner (Diane)!
Re: New Rickenbacker Video - Pearl Red 330
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 4:06 pm
by nukebass
With all the power screw drivers, I see why a number of my screw heads are half stripped. By the time I get done with them they are fully stripped.
At some point, I should order a whole new set of screws.