RIC website

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:59 am

Every once in a while I'll check out the RIC website, only to find that there's nothing new (aside from an occasional update to the home page graphic). Does anyone know if RIC manages their site in house or whether it's done by an external company? I'd love to see pictures of their various models in all the available RIC finishes. Some news on current bands using Rickenbackers would be great. Any other things you'd like to see on their site?

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:00 pm

I'd like to see the 2005 color of the year.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:06 pm

Lots of things I would LIKE to see...but it would require a major overhaul of the site. Like audio clips, virtual tour of the factory, a Rickenbacker historical video, make it more interactive. Also, I would like to be able to see the guitars and basses in the color I choose, not a little swatch of each color. Maybe you could pick the color, the hardware (if there is an option) and then it shows you what it looks like with gold hardware, or chrome, or black. Something like that.

jaymi · Post by **jaymi** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:27 pm

kinda like the ernie ball site, you can change the color and the options and look at the guitar. That is cool. the color of the year would be fine.

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:55 pm

Yeah, RIC does need to get somebody crackin' on that site...

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 2:56 am

I agree, I live in a very small midwest town, and really depend on my PC to reach out and gather as much information about a product that I can.

Rics website kinda leaves you wondering.

dr_evil · Post by **dr_evil** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 11:50 am

Give them an award for worst guitar website on the net. Guitarists want to see cool guitar pics, but there's no cool pics...they seem to have taken ONE boring pic of every guitar some ten years ago and are using it ever since.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 2:50 pm

You know, thinking about it, in this day and age, Rick really needs to think about this. Look how much information is shared on this forum alone. A website packed with pics and information is very valuable to me, and thousands of people worldwide.

The internet is the eye to the world.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 4:43 pm

they really don't have to market their product ... they sell basses and guitars faster than they can make them ...

spencer · Post by **spencer** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:57 am

'they really don't have to market their product'

That's right, I'd be into them if they didn't have a website at all.

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:05 am

What? RIC has a website??? I thought THIS was RIC's website!!

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 11:53 am

You jest, surely.

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 3:45 pm

Shirley? Is she a new member?

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:27 pm

I was jest joking

Tell Shirley I said "hi"....

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:07 pm

The real jest is the Ric site. I know we'd all be just as crazy about them if there were no site at all, but it would be nice to hear news straight from the horses mouth, as it were. There really is so much they could tell us. I understand that Ric don't do tours of the factory, so the virtual tour idea earlier, would be a real winner.