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1956 RIC for $500 BIN....!
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:11 pm
by bob_atherton
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:27 am
by edski
Probably could sell the horseshoe for more than the BIN. Looks like a good candidate for donatione of PU surgery.
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:45 am
by phlemmy
rickenbac"H"er?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:04 am
by marc61
If you just wnated the shoes, you should have grabbed this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41439&item=7334909073&rd=1
Steel guitar guys get ****** at this but, if you grab one of these, you have magnetized shoes, the base,screws,springs. What you don;t have is a pickup or surround, but I've done this several times. Most notably on my 73 project where I BT'd the shoes.
I consider that pickup, with magnetized shoes and the reissue v63 pickup inside to be the most awesome combo.
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:45 am
by edski
Rickenbacher was the OLD style spelling. It's legit. Not sure what year they went to the "correct" spelling...
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:46 am
by rickfan60
There was alot of anti-german sentiment after WWII so many german names were disguised by minor spelling changes. I don't know when the spelling of Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker changed but the two were used simultaenously for a while. Apparently until the factory used up it's inventory of -bacher decals.
I bought a few steels like this one for $250 - $300. The $500 BIN is no bargain. Those shoes would work to make a bass pickup BTW.