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What Happened To....
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:59 pm
by johnallg
The Vibrola Technical Forum?
Re: What Happened To....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:05 am
by admin
What "Vibrola" Technical Forum?
Good question John and "good eye" as they say. Had my eyes been working properly this event would not have occurred.
The data was lost in a file transfer this evening and I need to retrieve it from backup. I have a request in to Gil who has been on a holiday. Until it is reinstated some posters may notice a reduction in their post counts.
I will keep you posted. The error was mine and I apologize to all forum members, especially Paul Curmudge, for any inconvenience that it may cause until all of its files are retrieved.
Re: What Happened To....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:24 am
by jps
I see some other streamlining and rearranging going on, too. Nice.

Re: What Happened To....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:29 am
by admin
Thanks Jeff, your comments with regard to the Forum are appreciated. This was, of course, a level of streamlining that was more than I bargained. I have heard from Gil and he will get to is as soon as he is able.
Re: What Happened To....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:30 am
by badeggs
Peter, is this why the Vintage forum disappeared?
(although, "Modern Rickenbackers (1975 to present)" - ???)
Re: What Happened To....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:47 am
by admin
Jeff: Thanks for noticing. The previous Rickenbacker Vintage forum is currently joined with the Rickenbacker Guitars forum presently as an experiment. There are a number of ways to do this. We may revert back depending on how it works out. There have been more topic areas than necessary for some time. I have a number of thoughts with regard to regrouping the information. There has only been one bass forum (more recently fretless too) since the beginning and it seems to have been all that has been necessary.
Re: What Happened To....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:22 am
by badeggs
True that there are many ways to categorize all of this. Personally I love the Vintage forum being separate, but sometimes vintage topics are posted under Bass instead, for example. What if there were more subforums, such as:
Guitars
-Vintage
-Modern
-325s
-Steels
Basses
-Vintage
-Modern
-Fretless
Like the Marketplace, clicking "Guitar" would NOT lead to a general guitar forum, but would bring up subforums, one for Vintage discussion, one for Modern, maybe even the forums for Steels and such could be under here. Bass could have the same, plus the Fretless forum.
Just a thought. If you keep things the way they were that would be cool, too!
Re: What Happened To....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:34 am
by admin
Jeff certainly you have offered another possibility that makes sense.
Then there are 12 strings, double necks, special editions, lapsteels, mandolins and so forth. RIC has produced such a variety of fine instruments it is difficult to provide a category for everything,
I thank you for your comments, certainly food for thought.
Re: What Happened To....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:54 am
by badeggs
You got it man!
Re: What Happened To....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:51 am
by admin
Jeff: Just to keep all of the options open. I have reopened Vintage Rickenbackers so that the restore will work be easiest. should we decide to go back.
Re: What Happened To....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:52 am
by admin
Jeff: Just to keep all of the options open. I have reopened Vintage Rickenbackers so that the restore will work be easiest. should we decide to go back.
Re: What Happened To....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:31 pm
by badeggs
Sweet!
Re: What Happened To....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:24 pm
by admin
Jeff: Trying to separate the different categories for guitars is going to be far too difficult. As I looked over many of the posts in both vintage and modern forums there was much information that was improperly placed.
I am going to restore the Vibrola to its previous splendor but Rickenbacker Guitars will be the new kid on the block for vintage and modern instruments.
Re: What Happened To....
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:29 am
by gibsonlp
And... It's back
Re: What Happened To....
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:33 am
by admin
Gil go to the head of the class. Thank you for sorting this out.
