Ouch - "Modded" '68 381
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:36 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:39 pm
Are those Gibson pickups? Also, I wonder how original that aftermarket case is?
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:51 pm
Looks like an easy fix .
Odd about the Vox(or Eco) case....
Why does all the good stuff turn up when I'm
broke.....
Odd about the Vox(or Eco) case....
Why does all the good stuff turn up when I'm
broke.....
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:14 pm
John, wait until the end of the auction - I have a feeling that it will go for beaucoup dollars, so "broke" is a relative term!
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 2:27 am
first '68 V69 I've ever seen
This guitar was ahead of it's time
This guitar was ahead of it's time
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:38 am
"No strings are missing"!
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 4:39 am
a '68 V69. That's a larf.
I have never seen a 1968 381 either. July no less. Between this and the '58 330, get the checkbook, Maw.
I have never seen a 1968 381 either. July no less. Between this and the '58 330, get the checkbook, Maw.
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 4:55 am
Cool. My '68 381 serial number is HD 885. And a whole lot different than this one. Both have checker bound headstocks though. Modded but still very cool.
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:39 am
What could you do to fix it???
Jeez, a couple of guys start after market humbucker businesses in the 70s and look what the grandkids have done to the old wood!!!! My GAWD........
Jeez, a couple of guys start after market humbucker businesses in the 70s and look what the grandkids have done to the old wood!!!! My GAWD........
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 8:29 am
Well, it is worth something to some people. I don't think these pickups look terrible on it... not like a zebra set of humbuckers or something.
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 8:41 am
Since I play a lot of hard rock and even metal, these pickups would actually be useful to me, although I would NEVER modify a Rickenbacker with them.
I have already put this one on watch, so maybe, just maybe I will pull the trigger on this one.
I have already put this one on watch, so maybe, just maybe I will pull the trigger on this one.
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 8:58 am
Scoobs is bidding on it, so good luck. It will be interesting to see what it goes for.
I agree that although it is horribly modified, it's still a pretty good looking & desireable gtr.
I agree that although it is horribly modified, it's still a pretty good looking & desireable gtr.
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 12:04 pm
It's quite a "honey"
The guy obviously doesn't like changing strings often!
The guy obviously doesn't like changing strings often!
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 2:03 pm
Brian, do you think this guitar would be able to play metal without being a feedback monster? That was the problem I had with a lot of hollowbodies in the past, non-Ric, of course...
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 2:49 pm
Hey Steve-
I used to play a 381 with stock PUs through two Orange
OR120s with no problem.
If I stood within a foot the Pickups would squeal microphonicly but easily dealt with by the guitar's volume control. Walk away from the amp-line and back tack full blast.....
I used to play a 381 with stock PUs through two Orange
OR120s with no problem.
If I stood within a foot the Pickups would squeal microphonicly but easily dealt with by the guitar's volume control. Walk away from the amp-line and back tack full blast.....