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Rickenwhitefalcon
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:20 pm
by scotty
What do the gallery say MMnnn i like it.Stumbled across this and wondered if you guys had set your eyes on this before.
This late 1980's Rickenbacker 370/12 is a one-of-a-kind. Built to order for a Nashville session player who didn't take delivery, it was offered to us to sell.
The white finish, gold binding, gold plated parts, and uncarved 381 body depth would remind any guitar savvy individual of a Gretsch White Falcon. This resemblance seemed lost on the folks at Rickenbacker until it was pointed out to them after we presented it for sale.
370-12SPC
Photo: ©1991 Scott Jennings/Route 66 Guitars
We had the guitar for a couple of months before RIC CEO John Hall requested the guitar back. To my knowledge it is still hanging in his office with the remaining instruments in the company's collection.
This studio shot was taken during the same session as my lefty 1959 Les Paul Special that appears in The Les Paul Book, and a one-off Gibson that will be featured here soon. Jeffrey did not take this image. I am quite certain he wants that known, as he was less than complementary about the way it turned out. Regardless, it is an image of a truly one-of-a-kind Ricky 12.
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur ... G%26um%3D1
Re: Rickenwhitefalcon
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:24 pm
by paologregorio
I've never seen this guitar. Interesting one off.
It would be interesting to hear this guitar, especially wrt to its resonant qualitites due to the double deep body.
It's a 21 fret model as well. Most unusual. I wonder how the internal bracing is constructed. Not too the neck heel extends to the back surface of the body. Pretty cool!!
Thanks for posting.
Re: Rickenwhitefalcon
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:33 pm
by scotty
Square heel and i cant make it out but is the binding gold or black? Also a nice section about Roger McGuinn's Custom 1967 Rickenbacker 370-12
Re: Rickenwhitefalcon
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:42 pm
by jingle_jangle
It's not in the collection in Santa Ana. Could be elsewhere.
Re: Rickenwhitefalcon
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:43 pm
by collin
Very cool!
If it is deeper bodied, it's subtle--I can hardly tell.
I dig the White Falconedness, but the natural class and reservation of Rickenbacker's body design doesn't strike me as working with the white/gold/naff as much as a huge hollow body white Gretsch with a bird pictured on it. Ostentatious x1000 (and perfect!).
Re: Rickenwhitefalcon
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:55 pm
by scotty
jingle_jangle wrote:It's not in the collection in Santa Ana. Could be elsewhere.
Somewhere near elsewhere and beyond
Has anyone ever seen this in the flesh?
Re: Rickenwhitefalcon
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:07 pm
by paologregorio
collin wrote:Very cool!
If it is deeper bodied, it's subtle--I can hardly tell.
I dig the White Falconedness, but the natural class and reservation of Rickenbacker's body design doesn't strike me as working with the white/gold/naff as much as a huge hollow body white Gretsch with a bird pictured on it. Ostentatious x1000 (and perfect!).
I think Gold Guards/TRC would better complete the effect, but the guitar was eveidently made to order with the black guards.
The thickness of the body is subtle, but a couple of clues to the deeper thickness of the body are the neck heel, as well as the thinness of the ROS Jack plate in relation to the body edges and binding; note the space between the edge of the jack plate and the binding.
Re: Rickenwhitefalcon
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:09 pm
by scotty
Also the fact it states a uncarved 381 body depth.Nice i like it.Ostentatious x1000 (and perfect!) +1
Re: Rickenwhitefalcon
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:10 pm
by freshmattyp
That is 10 pounds of awesome in a 5 pound bag.
I'm your Venus!
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:52 pm
by longhouse
It begs the question 'who needs porn?????'.
Wow! Clearly late eighties Nashville had no more taste than current day Nashville cos the guy 'was less than complementary about the way it turned out' (unless that was a reference to the photographer?).
What a lovely and unique Rickenbacker 12. Conjures images of a Deco theatre with an extravagant bandstand. I would pair this guitar with a Gretsch White Penguin.
Re: Rickenwhitefalcon
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:02 pm
by paologregorio
Scott Jennings is referring to photographer Jeff Veitch, who took photographs of many of the instruments Scott sold at his shop. Jeff was obviously less than happy with the way the photograph of the guitar turned out and wanted to emphasize that he had not taken the photograph.
Re: Rickenwhitefalcon
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:07 pm
by longhouse
Got it. Wonder why the Nashville picker failed to take delivery of this guitar
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Re: Rickenwhitefalcon
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:10 pm
by scotty
longhouse wrote:Got it. Wonder why the Nashville picker failed to take delivery of this guitar
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must have had the guide dog in at the vets......
Re: Rickenwhitefalcon
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:22 pm
by longhouse
scotty wrote:longhouse wrote:Got it. Wonder why the Nashville picker failed to take delivery of this guitar
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must have had the guide dog in at the vets......
Re: Rickenwhitefalcon
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:17 pm
by cjj
