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"Completely original"
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:54 pm
by sloop_john_b
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:31 pm
by brammy
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:44 pm
by brammy
The first production 345 didn't come out until 1958:
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:51 pm
by fatcat
Gretsch Pups and surrounds.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:00 pm
by jingle_jangle
Lots to ponder. Look at the neck heel, for one...
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:07 pm
by bails
Is it normal for the skunk stripe to finish before the neck block?
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:11 pm
by jingle_jangle
Nope. And early Ricks had a squared-off heel.
The finish looks all wrong, and can be seen inside the sound hole, too.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:29 pm
by sloop_john_b
Pickguard and tuners are definitley not original either.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:30 pm
by bails
Looks like the strap pins, 'R' tail piece, nut and truss rod cover are genuine Rickenbacker... and that's about it!
The lack of skunk stripe at the neck/body join and finish in the sound hole worry me.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:50 pm
by red_rob
What kind of an idiot would put any sort of non-Rickenbacker pickups in a Rickenbacker in the first place.
No no no there is no justifiable reason whatsoever no no no
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:12 pm
by brammy
geez, the bid is up to $225. Thats already too much.
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:10 am
by brian_l
I also think it's rather suspicious that the seller never listed the serial number or took a close-up picture of the jack plate. I wonder if John Hall has seen this auction yet? Maybe he can chime in here and let us know what this thing REALLY is.
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:13 am
by freshmattyp
Robert - John Fogerty and Paul Weller, to name a couple off the top of my head.
I always wondered what filtertrons would sound like in a rick. Too bad that's not a rick.
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:19 am
by jingle_jangle
We've determined that it's not a Rick already?
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:26 am
by ajish4
