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$2499 opening price and a $2500 BIN.

A little Pricey for Me

How does John Hall think about this?

I don't really know, I know I've asked Mr Hall, as have several other Forum members if Rickenbacker would sell the current Horseshoe as a spare, with no luck as yet.

There are a few Forum members who can make a cosmetically similar product for significantly less.

I think JH has sent Kenny out back to find that box of vintage horseshoes that have been hiding somewhere since 68!

More likely, with the reissue HS selling for $450 consistently, one would think that it's only a matter of time before they come back to the RIC catalog.

Mark W.'s went for quite a price, but not that high.
He's got one for sale now, & no one is going to start that high.
They're just sour because he got their first auction pulled.

JH said that when the warranty period on the C63 series lapses that HS pickups will be for sale again.

It seems the original thread dealing with said auction has been deleted.

Forgive my ignorance...but is it real?

Dave, see the "Any thoughts on this?" thread.

The parts are RIC parts but were not necessarily part of the same pickup or even made in the same era. The base plate is 50's/60's vintage, probably from an old lap steel. The shoes are probably original to the base plate. The bobbin appears to be a 70's high gain bobbin or possibly homemade. The drive screws (poles) appear to be zinc plated. Rick used poles like that from time to time but they were mostly dark finished metal that was painted black. The upper bobbin plate is larger than the bottom plate. I have seen that before so it could be real. This is an assembled pickup. I have built a few myself. They sound good but care must be taken to wire them in phase properly.

Some of the wired pickuards they are selling don't look like any Rick parts I've seen.
I'm certainly no expert, but they just don't look at all familiar.

That wired pickguard appears to be from a 70's vintage (post horseshoe) lap steel.

They've got three up for sale, I think, at the moment.
Being a lap steel would account for it's unfamiliarity.

My attraction to the Horeshoe pickup is strictly the "cosmetic" appeal. In other words,,,,I really like how they look.

I really prefer the modern Hi-Gains though.

There aint no way in H*ll that I would pay anything remotely close to that outragious price.

I would really like to see the re-issue version brought back to bring things into perspective.

Amen, Scott. When I posted the first pickup that went for $2225.00, I was originally hoping to see $600.00. And just for the record, the "winning bidder' on that one was a fly-by-night bidder who never paid. So in actuality, that pickup did NOT sell for $2225.00 for which I am oddly thankful. I sure as heck wouldn't pay over $2000 for an HS PU... not even if Jesus himself made it.

I agree with Scott ... the horseshoe is pretty but the high gains sound better ...