NGD. 700/12 Comstock Shasta. (2001)

fireglo67 · Post by **fireglo67** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:24 pm

New guitar day for me!

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:46 pm

Cool! Congrats!

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:16 pm

cjj wrote:Cool! Congrats!

Very Cool!, Congrats!

A nice RIC factory made one.

fireglo67 · Post by **fireglo67** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:28 pm

jps wrote:
cjj wrote:Cool! Congrats!

Very Cool!, Congrats! A nice RIC factory made one.

Thanks guys!

It's a stunning guitar.
I think it even had the original Ric strings on it!

Does anyone know what gauge of strings these shipped with?

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:47 pm

Nice, congrats!

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:15 pm

Where'd you find it?

collin · Post by **collin** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:54 pm

Wow, nice one Rob!

I've always loved the Comstocks. My favorite jumbo acoustic shape, plus a 12-string - wow!

libratune · Post by **libratune** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:09 pm

Rob, congrats. Hope it plays as good as it looks!

xpitt · Post by **xpitt** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:06 am

Congrats, Rob ! Is this the one Darren from Melbourne offered a while ago on ebay? Lovely guitar !

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 3:38 am

Great score, Rob, congrats!

BTW, the rosewood sides and back make it a Shasta (a Comstock is maple all around).

fireglo67 · Post by **fireglo67** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 3:58 am

doctorwho wrote:Great score, Rob, congrats!

BTW, the rosewood sides and back make it a Shasta (a Comstock is maple all around).

Ah, thanks for that Gary.

I thought Comstock referred to the body shape.

kiramdear · Post by **kiramdear** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:32 am

Speaking of body shape, were there ever other Rick acoustic models offered besides dreadnaught and jumbo?

k43rover · Post by **k43rover** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:21 am

Wow...looks great!! This must be a super rare bird here in the UK - well done Rob!!

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:01 pm

fireglo67 wrote:... I thought Comstock referred to the body shape.

The model numbers (700 and 730) are what actually specify the body style. Both the dreadnought and jumbo body style were available as maple- or rosewood-back-and-sides variants, so there are two names associated with each body style:

Dreadnought
730L Laramie (maple sides and back)
730S Shiloh (rosewood back and sides)

Jumbo
700C Comstock (maple sides and back)
700S Shasta (rosewood back and sides)

kiramdear wrote:Speaking of body shape, were there ever other Rick acoustic models offered besides dreadnaught and jumbo?

Well, technically, yes ... the Jazzbo was in the catalog and pricelist, but there was only one made at the factory and it is in the RIC collection.

8mileshigher · Post by **8mileshigher** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:22 pm

Congratulations, Rob ! !
Very nice acoustic

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