Rickenbacker factory

00soul · Post by **00soul** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:40 pm

i live pretty close to the ric factory in california. i was wondering if its possible to go there and purchase a guitar. i figure that most stores need to special order them anyways, why not skip the middle man?

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:04 pm

No You Can't Go To The Factory and Buy A Guitar.
All companies who build most any product sell wholesale to Music Stores who sell retail or discount price them to the general public. This is free enterprize. If we cut out the middle man then we have more unemployed people and more welfare and, well you get the picture. Go to your favorite music store and bargin for the guitar you want.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:53 pm

Dale, If I could FIND them in a store, I would!

In this era of corporate mega-stores, they just don't have the numbers in stock, lest they lose valuable floor space for Squiers and Epiphone starter models. And if they DO have one, it's up so high on the wall that you can barely even see it. I've rarely seen 4003's for sale new, and that one time was about a year ago.

00soul · Post by **00soul** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 9:37 pm

darn, im going to have to either wait for a store to order it, or to buy it online. i guess either way im going to be waiting

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:09 am

"If we cut out the middle man then we have more unemployed people and more welfare and..."

Isn't that the modern way of doing business these days?

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:27 am

Steve I was at motor city two days ago and they have four 4003's on the wall. A fireglo, mapleglo, midnight blue, and a mapleglo. The mapleglo was priced at $1038 the others were slightly higher like $1080 as I recall.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 7:30 am

Ken, that was the store I was referring to! I was blown away to see they had new ones in stock. But I am surrounded by GC stores over here that have NOTHING. They have 200 Fenders and Warwicks and Ernie Ball SUBs, but no Ricks.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 8:23 am

Jason,
Maybe a road trip up to Vegas would be in order, you could go see Ed Roman's store, he'd not only have new 4003's but he's also got the Lemmy" special edition as well.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:27 am

I wonder if the RIC factory has the same smell as when you open the case for the first time.

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:01 am

I don't think so, 'cause if it did, you'd never get any work done!