Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

admin wrote:Brian: I think the White Specials are brilliant. I am looking foward to seeing one with black guards and truss rod cover. A reverse Jetglo.

Reverse Jetglos have been made, but lacking in a few desirable characteristics of the model under discussion, such as pearlescent paint, toasters, 21-fret neck and f-hole (and smaller headstock). However, you can get an idea of the general "look" from this 1996 model 330:

Yes, thanks Ron but as you properly point out not with all the features in the UK Pearl White Specials. Your examples surely give us a very good idea of the end result. Very striking.

k43rover wrote:Keep watching this space and you will see some options which may be more to your taste over coming days...

Wellll... it's been at least 24 h since my last post... any update... how long do we still have to wait?

RicukStu wrote:LEAVE IT ALONE AND JUST PLAY IT!!!!

Make up your mind, will you! If he leaves it alone it won't get played at all

k43rover wrote:That does not however mean that I don't have an opinion about aspects of the guitar that I personally find questionable.....

You are welcome to state your opinion and I only suggested you state it as such- not as if were a factual statement that they were "incorrect". I'm not even trying to change your opinion.

johnhall wrote:

k43rover wrote:That does not however mean that I don't have an opinion about aspects of the guitar that I personally find questionable.....

You are welcome to state your opinion and I only suggested you state it as such- not as if were a factual statement that they were "incorrect". I'm not even trying to change your opinion.

Thanks for welcoming my opinions John. I'm attaching a pic of the guitar with guards fitted which are sized/shaped closer to typical 330/360 guards; personally I prefer the look of these better on this body shape/size.

These guitars look great, but to me, white-on-white is where it's at!! If there is a US dealer that has a future special order for all white Ricks, put me down for a 330-6. Just pm me for a deposit. -Jeff.

rkbsound wrote:These guitars look great, but to me, white-on-white is where it's at!! If there is a US dealer that has a future special order for all white Ricks, put me down for a 330-6. Just pm me for a deposit. -Jeff.

Nice to see someone prepared to put their money where their mouth is Jeff...rather than just floating "opinions"....

Wildberry wrote:

k43rover wrote:Keep watching this space and you will see some options which may be more to your taste over coming days...

Wellll... it's been at least 24 h since my last post... any update... how long do we still have to wait?

....well, you asked for it Werner!

admin wrote:Yes, thanks Ron but as you properly point out not with all the features in the UK Pearl White Specials. Your examples surely give us a very good idea of the end result. Very striking.

...mmmmmm.....I have some black plexiglass arriving next week...now what can I use that for???????

Eddie, that is a far more pleasing gold color than stock. Obviously the shape is a huge improvement as well.

k43rover wrote:

8mileshigh wrote:shameful profiteering

..well shame on you Graham (but from a completely different perspective)....I really thought you were going to get your router to work on the headstock and present us with the world's first Pearl White 1993 SPC!!!

That one will come to it's fruition in a few weeks.....

Now......black guards, silver or gold?

sloop_john_b wrote:Eddie, that is a far more pleasing gold color than stock. Obviously the shape is a huge improvement as well.

Thanks John. FYI the factory stock gold guards and gold trc don't colour match (BTW that's fact, not opinion). The plexiglass I cut for the new guards is described by the supplier as "vintage gold". It's actually a better match for the colour of the factory trc than the factory guards I took off as you can probably see in the picture I posted earlier. I took the trc off my 325C58 and compared it to the trc on this white guitar - as far as I can see they are identical in dimensions (same screw hole spacing and size) - the gold shading on the two trc's was very close but slightly different - I'm assuming these trc's used on the white guitars were made for the 325C58 series guitars but I'm guessing it must be difficult to do an exact colour match on gold between batches. The factory fitted gold guards are a much brighter/yellowy shade of gold whereas the trc has the duller "vintage" shading (which you'll have seen if you've ever handled a 325C58). Seems to me these guards were designed to fit a different series instrument (in fact I recall Ben saying in a post somewhere a few weeks ago that they were designed for a 600 series guitar...or maybe I just remembered that bit incorrectly..)

jwilli wrote:

k43rover wrote:

8mileshigh wrote:shameful profiteering

..well shame on you Graham (but from a completely different perspective)....I really thought you were going to get your router to work on the headstock and present us with the world's first Pearl White 1993 SPC!!!

That one will come to it's fruition in a few weeks.....

Now......black guards, silver or gold?

Wow..that sounds great John...can't wait to see the shots. I must admit I was sorely tempted to get the tools onto the headstock of mine as a 1993 is a dream guitar for me; in the end I took the wise counsel of some fellow forumites and decided to leave it as a six string (...at least for now... )

Correct Eddie, these are 660 guards. I hope the next time they can't be bothered making a couple of pickguards, they just call Pickguardian (or you!) instead of slapping I'll-fitting ones on!

sloop_john_b wrote:Correct Eddie, these are 660 guards. I hope the next time they can't be bothered making a couple of pickguards, they just call Pickguardian (or you!) instead of slapping I'll-fitting ones on!

...now there you go John, expressing your o-p-i-n-i-o-n-s again....