Please help this man with the 50's Rickenbacker
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:36 pm
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Please help this man with the 50's Rickenbacker
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:49 pm
Whatta honey. Wrong tailpiece, obviously. Love that early headstock shape...
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:09 pm
Original tailpiece. I have this guitar's twin around here somewhere.
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:10 pm
God, sometimes I feel so STOOPID...
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:11 pm
Wow! What a beauty!
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:57 pm
John...when you find the guitar... I need it back... thanks! ;>)
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 4:16 pm
I used to own 2T116 and this one's all there!
I WANT IT BAD!
I need a sedative; make it a big one!
I WANT IT BAD!
I need a sedative; make it a big one!
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:49 pm
Shhhhhh!
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:11 pm
Sweet mother of pearl! Glad no one saw me lick the monitor. 
It's beautiful...
Now, tell me why it looks so, well, stripey. Is that the age showing -or was it painted with a brush (not that it diminishes the appeal in the least).
It's beautiful... Now, tell me why it looks so, well, stripey. Is that the age showing -or was it painted with a brush (not that it diminishes the appeal in the least).
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:16 pm
Monty Brown?
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:48 pm
It looks stripey because the lacquer finish has checked in line with the grain...
Not Monty Brown, AutumnGlo. Early Montezuma Brown was a solid, chocolatey color.
Not Monty Brown, AutumnGlo. Early Montezuma Brown was a solid, chocolatey color.
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:46 pm
As for the stripes-
That is how the early finishes checked.
This guitar was built before Rick used
their No-Check finish.
Jest yer plain ole Nitro....
Capris from this era are also some of the crudest
Ricks built. You can feel the milling marks on the inside
of the soundhole. Roger himself might have done a large
part of the woodwork.....
Seeing this guitar makes me feel like Granma Edie when
the Eggman finally comes-
Oh God, Oh God! Oh God!!!!
That is how the early finishes checked.
This guitar was built before Rick used
their No-Check finish.
Jest yer plain ole Nitro....
Capris from this era are also some of the crudest
Ricks built. You can feel the milling marks on the inside
of the soundhole. Roger himself might have done a large
part of the woodwork.....
Seeing this guitar makes me feel like Granma Edie when
the Eggman finally comes-
Oh God, Oh God! Oh God!!!!
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:20 pm
John said
My 370/12RM FG has similar with-grain checking, and it's not that old!... This guitar was built before Rick used their No-Check finish ...
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 12:30 am
What amazing original condition.
Check the long soundhole, and combo style controls, and plain tailpiece. All the rarest transitional features you could ever want in a capri. The tailpiece is correct. Most capri's were vibrola fitted, but the rare 'T' versions were fitted with this generic tailpiece (until a little later when came up with the nifty trapeze that hooks straight on in place of the vibrola). Not Autumnglo either. These ones are called two-tone brown....
Check the long soundhole, and combo style controls, and plain tailpiece. All the rarest transitional features you could ever want in a capri. The tailpiece is correct. Most capri's were vibrola fitted, but the rare 'T' versions were fitted with this generic tailpiece (until a little later when came up with the nifty trapeze that hooks straight on in place of the vibrola). Not Autumnglo either. These ones are called two-tone brown....
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:40 am
That's an awesome piece. Looks right out of Jwilli's collection.