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There's a left handed 610/12 JG for sale on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0316066236

The serial number is L3 4072 which makes it from December of 1990. I thought that RIC started making left handed headstocks in 1988. My first Rick was a 335 FG LH which came with a left handed headstock in 1991. Does anybody know when RIC stopped putting reverse headstocks on left handed models?
Thanks.

I can't say for sure, it does seem like that's the basic time period when the lefty headstock started creeping in.

Thing is, I like this one!

kennyhowes wrote:I can't say for sure, it does seem like that's the basic time period when the lefty headstock started creeping in.

That's the thing - Changes to Ricke never seem to have a definite start/stop date. They seem to transition over a (sometimes extended) period of time.

Another question where the photographic evidence built up by the Register would come in handy. Register your lefties.

Maybe an earlier build perhaps; The late 80's was the time when the mirror-image necks appeared...the basses around 1988 IIRC......guitars may have been phased in a little later...either way it is cool.

admin wrote:Another question where the photographic evidence built up by the Register would come in handy. Register your lefties.

I have a 1981 620 FG LH and a 1982 320B LH which I converted to a 325 with a Bigsby and both are registered.
I was hoping that someone from RIC could chime in here and give some sort of definitive answer.

leftybass wrote:The late 80's was the time when the mirror-image necks appeared...the basses around 1988 IIRC......guitars may have been phased in a little later...

That's probably the best answer you're going to find. As I said, most Rick changes happen over a period of time, during which both cinfigurations can be found,

Brian: Thanks for your registrations but have you uploaded photos? The key is having those photos become part of the database so that a pattern can be seen with regard to features such as the headstock.

admin wrote:Brian: Thanks for your registrations but have you uploaded photos? The key is having those photos become part of the database so that a pattern can be seen with regard to features such as the headstock.

You're quite right, I'll take care of that as soon as posssible.

There is only one exception to this I can think of, but it is a pretty wild one at that---- I have seen a left-handed 4008 (yes, a 4008) from 1982 that was an LH model, Azureglo, and with a custom-made neck with a true left-handed headstock. It was on ebay a while back, and Peter Levett and I both tried to get it with no luck.