Any love for the old silver mustache converter guitars id love to see your photos and thoughts on these guitars? What ya got?
My 67`366 previous owner Jdog.~A great guitar with my personal favorite FG year.Love the quirkiness of these and id love to see a one off being made again someday.
Re: 336 366 456
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:56 pm
by libratune
Funny you should ask! I have some unusual variations color- and design-wise on the "moustache" Rick:
456-12 BG 68
376-12 FG 67
366-12 OS ATG 67
366-12 Redburst 68
336-12 AZG 68
Re: 336 366 456
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:47 am
by scotty
Woah...love the OS and the AZG Ron thanks for sharing these beauties.
Re: 336 366 456
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:38 pm
by collin
I still think they're cool though.
Re: 336 366 456
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:46 pm
by deaconblues
libratune wrote:
366-12 Dark Cherry Burst.jpg
DROOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLL....
Re: 336 366 456
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:56 pm
by libratune
collin wrote:
I still think they're cool though.
LOL good one!
Are six of her teeth removable with a flip of the retainer?
I always thought the 6/12 converter was really cool. How does it play as a 6 string with the octaves muted? I'd love to try one sometime in my life
Re: 336 366 456
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 12:55 pm
by libratune
raygunpyle wrote:I always thought the 6/12 converter was really cool. How does it play as a 6 string with the octaves muted? I'd love to try one sometime in my life
Mine play surprisingly well. I used to play in a situation where it would have been very useful to switch between 12- and 6-string options. Because the Rick 12-string setup has main string first in string pairs, pulling down the octave strings doesn't change very much the attack of pick on main string. The right hand (if you are right handed) hits just the main strings, the left hand is still fretting the string pairs. What makes it a bit impractical is that you have to really focus on getting the octave strings pulled down properly, so you have to work the mechanism during a pause between tunes. It's hard (but not impossible) to do that while playing -- unless you can take a 10-second break from your part and see (visually) what is going on.
Re: 336 366 456
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 2:56 pm
by scotty
The mechanism is one of these things that practice makes perfect the more you use it the faster you become in changing.When engaged to the 6 string mode releasing the comb back to 12 is easier than the other way around.I agree with Ron when you engage the comb that you,well i do,need to visually see whats going on so that all the octave strings are properly locked in.
Heres a Vid of a demo
Re: 336 366 456
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 3:57 pm
by godber
The Fireglo on yours is one of the finest I've seen Scott. Just superb.
