Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

If you could only have one(choosing between AG and JG), which would you choose, and why? And how would you have it set up?

I'm torn. I know I want a bigsby and bowtie, but as for colors and knobs, it's a constant tossup. The AG is classic, original to the capri, just very nice all-around. The JG looks amazing with the gold guards and chrome... arg.

Which would you choose, and why?

Jetglo; it's a fat bolder finish to my eye.

Alder is more grey than yellow, so has less of an appeal to my eye as a natural finish, and natural finishes don't excite me all that much in any case.

Given the choice, I'd prefer a 350 C58, but those don't exist.

Alderglo for me because the wood grain looks different than the standard maple, and I'd want to show that fact off.

Jetglo all the way!

I chose AG just for the looks, I suppose. I think I'd rather not have the Bigsby on it. It looks too busy to my eye on such a smallish guitar body. The Bigsby would be a must on a Gretsch, however.
JimK

jimk wrote:I chose AG just for the looks, I suppose. I think I'd rather not have the Bigsby on it. It looks too busy to my eye on such a smallish guitar body. The Bigsby would be a must on a Gretsch, however.
JimK

Thats interesting, because to me a 325 is one of the few places I think a (standard)bigsby looks right on a Ric... compact, but all business. On a 330/360, i feel like its lost in the size of the guitar. I do like a B7 on a 330 tho.

egosheep wrote:Thats interesting, because to me a 325 is one of the few places I think a (standard)bigsby looks right on a Ric... compact, but all business. On a 330/360, i feel like its lost in the size of the guitar. I do like a B7 on a 330 tho.

Good luck with that B7 on your 330!

libratune wrote:

egosheep wrote:Thats interesting, because to me a 325 is one of the few places I think a (standard)bigsby looks right on a Ric... compact, but all business. On a 330/360, i feel like its lost in the size of the guitar. I do like a B7 on a 330 tho.

Good luck with that B7 on your 330!

Grrr, I always get the numbers confused! You know what I mean, right? B3.

Jetglo, so I can mod it up to look like the V81 in "Sullivan" state. I always thought V81 looked it's coolest then. It's most relic'd, too...

Jetglo----I had my choice back in December and I chose the Jetglo----no regrets!
Bob

Hmm...We seem to be evenly divided.

Howcum Blue Boy wasn't an option?

Or Montezuma Brown, or Fireglo?

It's a tough choice...the guitar looks great in both finishes. When I ordered my first one new, I said JG...then changed my mind and said MG...then said I'd take whatever came in first. Turns out it was JG.

Later on I got a MG model off the 'bay, which I intended to flip. But I liked the finish and feel of it so much (the neck has a slightly different heftiness to it than my JG) that I still have it.

jingle_jangle wrote:Howcum Blue Boy wasn't an option?

krick wrote:Or Montezuma Brown, or Fireglo?

It's a selfish thing, I'm trying to choose between those two, so I just included the stock colors. Also, JG and AG were how Lennon had his 325, so I'm interested in which people prefer in that context as well. I really don't know what I prefer, but now I'm leaning JG. I think JG with chrome toasters, bigsby, bowtie and all that gold is just a really striking combo.