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Rick 330...whats the deal with the PUPs?
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:22 am
by doombuggy
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:27 am
by ken_j
I appears to me that he has painted high gains to look like toasters.
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:53 am
by doombuggy
yeah I couldnt tell what the deal was the guitar has been pretty jacked around.
Im going to watch it but Im not real sure about paying much.
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:54 pm
by scott_s
I'll bet it's still an okay guitar, if you can overlook goofy stuff like that. I've been watching it for a while, just to see how much it goes for.
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:18 pm
by jingle_jangle
I'm gonna guess around $700.
Hard to tell how good the paint job is without seeing it in person. However, the body-neck joint area looks a bit strange ("Impossible to do it without those black lines unless it is factory-done".)
The factory uses joint bleach, one assumes...
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:56 am
by scott_s
Interesting addendum: at $809, it not only didn't meet the reserve, the seller relisted it for $1000!
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:34 am
by Scastles
What gives with the black or charcoal color inside the body as you can see through the slash hole? Is that natural?
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:17 pm
by jim_fel
I bought it for around $700 and consider it a good deal.
It has been professionally refinished. It is absolutely gorgeous.
It is a high gloss red (finish seems factory-baked on) that allows the wood grain to clearly show through.
It has genuine "toaster" pickups.
Serial number dates it to March of '97.
I have a Gibson, Washurn, two Fenders, an Ovation 12 string, and a Ric 360/12.
This guitar feels better than those. It sounds great too.
Hope this answers your questions.
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:37 pm
by jwilli
Those pickups are Hi Gains which have been painted to look like toasters. Kind of hard to miss that, ha ha.
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:50 pm
by jim_fel
They are "toasters".
They sound soo good, I'm thinking of replacing my Hi Gains on my 360/12 with some.
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 5:32 pm
by jingle_jangle
Welcome, Jim!
How did you get toasters with silver bumps on them?
This is how Rickenbacker toasters look:
This is how Hi-Gains look:
Note the bumps on the High-Gains and the smooth tops on the toasters.
The factory doesn't "bake" finishes, incidentally. It's an air-dry varnish clearcoat that is then hand-sanded and abrasive-polished to a fare-thee-well.
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:41 am
by iamthebassman
Toaster-gains?
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:27 am
by jwilli
Hi-sters?
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:44 am
by jim_fel
Paul,
How 'bout sending me a set of each so I can see it first-hand and try them out
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:59 am
by jingle_jangle
Nice try, Jim.
Nice feller.