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since i will soon have my hands on my dream ric i wanted to see if there was any love for the 381v69 and your take on the deluxe ric and please post some pic's

Great guitars but rather heavy for my liking.

ken_j wrote:Great guitars but rather heavy for my liking.

i have never held one but i was told there about 9 pounds

I'd love one
I've only ever seen and held one,it was a Monty Brown 6 string,should've bought it ,but alas....

Love the carved body. I hope I can get one as my next Ric 12 but they're just so expensive...

I played one a few years ago at Rudy's in New York:
In person, they're more comfortable and a bit thinner than they look in pictures.

anyone got a pic of one in AFG ? i have never seen one and about how many does ric make each year?

I would LOVE to see one in AFG. As for production totals, same answer as always...nobody knows.

Lots of love for the model from me-it's definitely one of my favorite, if not my absolute favorite Ric model. They only weigh about a pound more than a 360 WB (my other fave model), but they are twice as thick. The weight itself doesn't bother me-I've completed plenty of sets jumping about the stage played entirely with my 381:

I have much love for the 381v69. If I weren't about to be laid off I would have bought that fireglo one on Ebay that had the $2500 BIN.

I've briefly held and noodled with a few and honestly didn't take much notice of the weight. I guess strapping one on for 2 or 3 hours might be a different story.

Needless to say, really, but I'd LOVE to have one!! The Fireglo example EriK speaks of was a huge temptation at the price.

Damn!!

Very sorry to hear about you situation, BTW Erik........ absolute bummer!!

ozover50 wrote:I guess strapping one on for 2 or 3 hours might be a different story.

I don't want to be around to see that! ;o)

ozover50 wrote:sorry to hear about you situation, BTW Erik........ absolute bummer!!

Thanks, I'm sure this will all work out for the better. At least I have a golden opportunity to move away from California to somewhere I can actually afford to buy a house.

Every cloud has a silver lining/golden opportunity, eh? Good to hear positive vibes, Erik.

Best wishes.

Here's a photo of my 381/12V69. I love this guitar. It's a keeper. The other photo shows all of my Ricks. I'm selling three of them.

I had one from December '87, the first year of reissue production:
It was a wonderful guitar! I did find it to be heavy and somewhat bulky, but not to a degree that I found it bothersome or tiresome to play. I gigged with it once or twice and it was great.