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OK! What Model Is This?
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 9:21 pm
by winston
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 9:52 pm
by jps
Looks like someones bad dream came to light in a "custom" bandsaw job!
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:34 pm
by tony_carey
They made a right hash of adding the third pick up. Not straight & not central...looks like his lad did it.
The ad says that it was 'customised' for him from a doubleneck.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 12:01 am
by rickcrazy
Well, allow me to translate the description:
"Rick '75 - Fireglo - Very good condition (see pics) - Three pickups - Grover tuners - Special binding - One-of-a-kind guitar, built for me in 1976 from a 362/12 - Has seen a fair amount of recording - De-luxe case included - Collector's piece."
Yeah, right.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 1:06 am
by admin
I have looked at the photos, side by side. While this won't win any awards, it does look as if the project is feasible and could have been cut from a doubleneck. Customized means different things to different people. Fashioned with a Vox teardrop in mind, perhaps?
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 1:29 am
by marc61
The fact the he's the only one that did anything like this doesn't make it valuable. In fact, because Rics aren't meant to look like this, IMO it has almost no value except for the usuable parts on it.
What happened to the 12er part?
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 1:32 am
by marc61
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 2:08 am
by admin
Agreed Marc. It has little value to my way of thinking. However, had Lennon owned it, many would be at the bandsaw today.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 2:42 am
by tony_carey
I think that no one should sell a doubleneck to this chap, he is obviously on a mission to rid the world of Ric doubles!
Peter, you are of course absolutely right....
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:12 am
by rickcrazy
I think that seller escaped from somewhere...
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:26 am
by admin
Right you are Tony. Unless the 12 string neck met with a horrible accident or the creator worshiped Brian Jones, I cannot see the motivation for this creation.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:14 am
by longhouse
At a glance, and I cannot overstate the glance part, the second one looks fair. A closer look, of course, induces cringing.
And did the guy scrub them with Brillo after painting? My goodness...
Maybe Paul Reed Smith told him to position that middle pickup on the teardrop as such to avoid a harmonic node.
blech
Noel
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 7:36 am
by jingle_jangle
OMG. Twin disasters that you could BIN for only about $9K.
Quick, where is my blood pressure medication???
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:10 am
by dswp
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
They were double-necks
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:08 am
by melibreits
Ick.... What a shame.