Headless Rickenbacker Guitar?
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:14 am
There's never been such an instrument, right? I have a bet with a fellow who claims he had one. So please back me up here, guys, I'm ready for a cold one...
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Re: Headless Rickenbacker Guitar?
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:44 am
Only when they've been accidentally broken off...
Re: Headless Rickenbacker Guitar?
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:35 am
Ah, the original Pete Townshend model!
Re: Headless Rickenbacker Guitar?
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:16 am
Those weren't accidents.
Re: Headless Rickenbacker Guitar?
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:11 pm
Pete's guitars don't count! 
Re: Headless Rickenbacker Guitar?
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:13 pm
Where would you put the TRC?
A Steinbergenbacker?
A Steinbergenbacker?
Re: Headless Rickenbacker Guitar?
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:35 pm
My first thought preciselyjingle_jangle wrote:Where would you put the TRC?
Or a Rickenberger?Oh, cool, I see they removed the qualifier from my title... no more junior
Re: Headless Rickenbacker Guitar?
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:43 pm
Calling Dave Pascoe...
Re: Headless Rickenbacker Guitar?
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:45 pm
a rickenstein (burger?)
Re: Headless Rickenbacker Guitar?
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:17 am
NO 
Enjoy your cold one
Enjoy your cold one
Re: Headless Rickenbacker Guitar?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:37 am
Funny, I came across this image yesterday and did a double take - Rick Derringer with
a Steinberger. It seems to be a one / two off. They do comment on the site that the
Ric legal team were in touch to ask them to stop doing it!
But they then go on to say that you can order them....
from http://www.edroman.com/guitars/lsr.htm
a Steinberger. It seems to be a one / two off. They do comment on the site that the
Ric legal team were in touch to ask them to stop doing it!
But they then go on to say that you can order them....
from http://www.edroman.com/guitars/lsr.htm
Re: Headless Rickenbacker Guitar?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:49 am
Well, at least they didn't copy the headstock design...
Re: Headless Rickenbacker Guitar?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:49 am
That's possibly the first guitar design I've seen that has NOTHING right, NOTHING to recommend it to anyone.
God, that is FUGLY. My eyes hurt.
God, that is FUGLY. My eyes hurt.
Re: Headless Rickenbacker Guitar?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:38 pm
Rickenbacker made a headless electric violin in the 1930s.
They are a remarkable, far ahead of their time design with a solid Bakelite body/neck (almost bodyless) with the tuners between the bridge and the chin rest and have no headstock - the minimalist design, the stringing arrangement, and the use of non-wood material pre-dates Steinberger by about fifty years.
But as far as I know they've never made a headless guitar or bass. The similar 1930s Electro Bass Viol had a conventional headstock although it also had a minimalist neck/body (metal not bakelite) and used the amplifier as the stand.
They are a remarkable, far ahead of their time design with a solid Bakelite body/neck (almost bodyless) with the tuners between the bridge and the chin rest and have no headstock - the minimalist design, the stringing arrangement, and the use of non-wood material pre-dates Steinberger by about fifty years.
But as far as I know they've never made a headless guitar or bass. The similar 1930s Electro Bass Viol had a conventional headstock although it also had a minimalist neck/body (metal not bakelite) and used the amplifier as the stand.
Re: Headless Rickenbacker Guitar?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:57 pm
Pete Townsend had a couple of headless RICS.
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