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HA! I've got it back!
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:56 am
by tony_carey
I've got my old 230 back! I originaly bought it from a Welshman who lived in the US. I loved the gtr, but the volute & screaming feedback at high volumes sort of mellowed my feelings for it, even though it was one of the BEST sounding Rics I have ever owned. I sold it, but did a deal today to bring it back home.
I'm going to do some serious thinking about this gtr & how I can adapt it to be a regular user....first job is to string her with 11's.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:06 am
by sloop_john_b
Very cool, Tony! I remember a long thread about that guitar in the Curmudgeon section about having the volute removed.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:40 am
by leesh
Very nice Tony!
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:27 am
by jingle_jangle
Ah, yes, Tony! Congratulations!
I do remember all the talk of modding the volute back when...
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:55 am
by tony_carey
Thanks everyone. I would LOVE to make it JG, with a single layer pearloid Ric shape pick guard & of course, to surgically remove the volute....oh how I wish the curmudge was over here!
Talking of which....wouldn't a pearloid Ric TRC be stunning!
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:13 am
by captsandwich
What is a volute? I mean, in relation to that guitar?
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:24 am
by tony_carey
It's the extra wood where the neck meets the headstock, designed to strengthen that area. It seems that most manufacturers resorted to this in the '80's (mine's an '85). There were obviously headstock breakage issues in the industry at the time. It's really uncomfortable though!
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:46 am
by ozover50
Congrats, Tony! A rootin' tootin' volutin' return for sure!!
I hope you can sort out the problem and make it a regular player. Guess you could always down-tune it and use a capo but that's one hell of a compromise!
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:25 pm
by tony_carey
Ha, ha....good one Howard.
I'm pretty determined to make this one work for me, so I'll sort it one way or another!
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:16 pm
by sowhat
Ha! congrats!
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:53 pm
by doctorwho
Congrats, Tony! BTW, Gibson resorted to the volute back around 1970 or so on their ES series; my 1967 ES-335TDC does not have a volute.
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:04 am
by tennis_nick
Gibson had switched to a Volute in the 70's. Gibson solved a problem people were complaining about, easy neck breaks... BUT then people started complaining about the volute, how it isn't "vintage styled" and so and so... So they changed it again...
People will always complain. Selective hearing is the key.
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:19 am
by tony_carey
I tried....I REALLY tried!!!
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:38 am
by ozover50
So you still can't get on, Tony?
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:19 am
by tony_carey
I can't Howard. It's not the guitars fault, it sounds & plays superb. But I've gotten too used to a bit of height! The Les Pauls thickness & carved top, along with the Ric thinlines extra thickness has made your slab solid bodies feeling just a little awkward to me now. I just can't get comfortable with it.....oh well, looks like another 330!