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Best book on all things Rick??
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:21 am
by golfo
howdy all
could you folks recommend a book(s) on the subject of rickenbacker?
thanks
geoff
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:37 am
by Scastles
Geoff, there are a couple. The Complete History of Rickenbacker and The Rickenbacker Book. The first can be had off Amazon for a better price than Ebay and probably the same can be said for the second book. Both are pretty good.
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:14 pm
by ozover50
I'm trying to find them at the right price. My dealer has the former but wants $80 for it!
Time to start surfin'......
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:23 pm
by Scastles
Howard, don't know about overseas shipping, but right now Amazon has The History of Rickenbacker, new, for 23US, which is like 30 to you before shipping.
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:30 pm
by ozover50
Thanks, Stan. I've toyed with that idea but was trying to get one locally. Maybe it's time to bite the bullet!
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:36 pm
by golfo
thanks for the suggestions!
geoff
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:40 pm
by route66guitars
Try
www.jklutherie.com. They are really great people, and carry every guitar related book you could imagine.
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:19 am
by ken_j
Don't over look used at Amazon. The dealers there sometimes list overstocks they buy from publishers. I have gotton new from them at a third of the cost. Also overstock.com has some good deals from time to time. I picked up the latest edition of the Tube Amp Book from them at half price.
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:30 pm
by ratso
The Rittor book is great if you can read Japanese!
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:36 pm
by ozover50
Ah so! Lickenbackel! (no offence meant to our Japanese members).
In Oz it would be 'Rick'nbacka'!!
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:11 am
by johnhall
Actually, the Rittor book is good even if you don't do Nihongo. The various charts can be deciphered fairly well and there's no other source with such great detail.
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:08 am
by dr_evil
Howard, it's the Chinese not being able to speak R, not the Japanese.
What would an L-Tailpiece look like??
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:08 am
by jingle_jangle
Peter, it's both. The Koreans are able to speak R.
(Most of my students are Asian.)
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:44 pm
by jps
"even if you don't do Nihongo"
I prefer Nigiri, oh, I thought you were talking about Sushi!
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:40 pm
by ratso
Why doesn't someone translate the Rittor book? I bet there would be a lot of buyers here in the states and certainly here on the forum!