Take the reds, man!

General Rickenbacker discussion

Moderators: rickenbrother, ajish4

User avatar
doctorwho
Veteran RRF member
Posts: 12522
Joined: Tue Jun 11, 2002 3:28 pm

Take the reds, man!

Post by doctorwho »

I had out today some examples of instruments of the various shades of red finishes that Rickenbackers come in, so I thought that I would share the pictures with everyone here.

First, the cast of characters: 4003S SPC Redneck (Dec 1987); 4000FL Burgundy (Jan 1977); 610 Ruby, (Jul 1987); and 4001 Ruby (Feb 1982).

I was trying to figure out how dark the 610 Ruby was compared to the others, so that's why it tends to be in the center

Now, the pictures.

Set 1.
P6254576.jpg
P6254577.jpg
P6254578.jpg
P6254579.jpg
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. - Seneca
User avatar
doctorwho
Veteran RRF member
Posts: 12522
Joined: Tue Jun 11, 2002 3:28 pm

Re: Take the reds, man!

Post by doctorwho »

Set 2.
P6254580.jpg
P6254581.jpg
P6254582.jpg
P6254583.jpg
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. - Seneca
User avatar
doctorwho
Veteran RRF member
Posts: 12522
Joined: Tue Jun 11, 2002 3:28 pm

Re: Take the reds, man!

Post by doctorwho »

Set 3 (one picture).
P6254584.jpg
IMO, the edge-on views seem to represent the 'true colors' the best )in the sun-lit edge areas).
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. - Seneca
User avatar
paologregorio
Senior Member
Posts: 6371
Joined: Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:56 pm
Contact:

Re: Take the reds, man!

Post by paologregorio »

8) :D RED!!! :)
User avatar
melibreits
Senior Member
Posts: 4081
Joined: Wed Mar 12, 2003 6:00 am
Contact:

Re: Take the reds, man!

Post by melibreits »

Nice! They look great sitting by the pool, too. 8)
User avatar
scotty
Senior Member
Posts: 7094
Joined: Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:27 am

Re: Take the reds, man!

Post by scotty »

Loverly spread Gary. :D
User avatar
cjj
RRF Moderator
Posts: 10901
Joined: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:17 pm
Contact:

Re: Take the reds, man!

Post by cjj »

Red, RED, RED!!! Beautiful! :D
I have NO idea what to do with those skinny stringed things... I'm just a bass player...
User avatar
eljayski
New member
Posts: 77
Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:15 pm

Re: Take the reds, man!

Post by eljayski »

hmmm, the OP lives in santa ana! appropriate! :D
330/12 fg
360/6 fg
381/6 fg
4003 mg
harley
Member
Posts: 254
Joined: Mon Jan 31, 2005 2:10 pm

Re: Take the reds, man!

Post by harley »

They're all beautiful, but that 610 stands out. I've always liked the 600 series body styles best of everything Ric does (although I haven't seen anything they do that I don't like at least a little). ;)
User avatar
rickenbrother
RRF Moderator
Posts: 13099
Joined: Sun May 26, 2002 5:00 am

Re: Take the reds, man!

Post by rickenbrother »

Nice pics, Gary! Beautiful guitars, my favorite is the 4000FL. My Cii/5 and 4001FL would look nice added in with those also.
Now you have to do this with all the finishes that you have more than one of. I'd be happy to add mine to the mix, like we did with the Turquoise Ricks for photo shoots! :wink:
The JETGLO finish name should be officially changed to JETGLO ROCKS! :-)
User avatar
sloop_john_b
Rick-a-holic
Posts: 13836
Joined: Tue Jan 25, 2005 6:00 am

Re: Take the reds, man!

Post by sloop_john_b »

Very nice Gary! I've been waiting forever for you to take some decent pics of your stuff. :)
User avatar
chronictown
Veteran RRF member
Posts: 791
Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2000 12:09 pm

Re: Take the reds, man!

Post by chronictown »

Take the reds, man!
You don't mean communists, do you Gary? :lol:

Thanks for posting these pics - very cool! That really gives a good comparison for all the different shades. The 610 looks great 8)
User avatar
fluffy
Intermediate Member
Posts: 631
Joined: Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:19 am

Re: Take the reds, man!

Post by fluffy »

I thought his lads may have been playing Arsenal today :lol: :lol: :lol:
♪♫♪♫I need new strings, these ones have a bunch of dang wrong notes on 'em ♫♪♫♪


http://www.reverbnation.com/#!/thesubtleties
User avatar
beatlefreak
Senior Member
Posts: 6160
Joined: Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:45 am
Contact:

Re: Take the reds, man!

Post by beatlefreak »

That Ruby 610 is gorgeous!
Ka is a wheel.
User avatar
ozover50
RRF Consultant
Posts: 10492
Joined: Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:07 pm
Contact:

Re: Take the reds, man!

Post by ozover50 »

When I saw the topic I thought this was going to be some amusing post about two guys trying to decide which pills they were gonna pop!! :roll:

How wrong you can be!! :shock:

Great set, Gary!! :D
"Never eat more than you can lift." - Mr. Moon
Post Reply

Return to “Rickenbacker General: by Howard Bishop”