Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

In a thread about a month ago Dane Wilder brought up the new Pg-design.

http://www.rickresource.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?tpc=5&post=147505#POST147505

I agree totally. The curve is kind of "un-harmonic". When did this start? Any opinions?

"The curve is totally 'un-harmonic'". I concur. I believe the 'new' pickguard was introduced circa 1997.

To be perfectly honest I never really noticed a difference until you brought it up.

... no need to buy a replacement, just sand the hump away a little bit.-
Now everybody have a sharp look at the pickguard!
(Might turn out like the scene with Obelix and the nose of the sphinx???)

the ugly pickguard is the 4000 basses from the 50s ...

When did the new design start? I never noticed either! Easy to fix, though, as Peter said.

probaby 1998 ... that's when the body and headwings changed to a 60s shape ...

I wonder why! Mr. Hall?

just to see and compare

Um . . . I can't tell the difference?

Glad somebody else noticed. Thought it was just me.

Doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me....

Yes! It's a big deal!
Look at the part of the pg where the controls are. On the jetglo bass in the illustration, the revealed part of the body between the binding and the pg increases evenly, forming a perfect harmonic shape. On the fireglo the pg has a hump that distorts the curve!

As perfect as I think the contours of Rickenbacker guitars and basses are, I find this really 'disturbing' the picture.
Can't use 'ugly' on a ric.

OK disturbing