| Author | Message | ||
     David A. Blunschi (Ol_reb) New member Username: Ol_reb Post Number: 4 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 131.96.33.31 |
What a damn shame.....with two bids too!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41439&item=7305240306&rd=1 | ||
| Howard Bishop (Ozover50) Senior Member Username: Ozover50 Post Number: 251 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 203.194.54.164 |
Blech!!  | ||
| paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 894 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 63.193.9.8 |
The bastards are out in numbers on eBay this week!!! | ||
| Benjamin Maggi (Scoobster28) Senior Member Username: Scoobster28 Post Number: 124 Registered: 05-2002 Posted From: 24.92.51.50 |
What is wrong. I am bidding on this guitar. Am I stepping on someone's toes here? Are you guys complainging that someone modded it, or that there are already people bidding on it? I happen to LOVE CCR, and this mod is great for me! | ||
| paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 898 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 63.193.9.8 |
Ben, it's just us purists griping about putting a Gibson hummer on a nice rick. It DOES look very strange and out of place, like a turd on a tuxedo... | ||
| Dane Wilder (Aceonbass) Senior Member Username: Aceonbass Post Number: 714 Registered: 07-2002 Posted From: 67.123.212.6 |
Hey, maybe SOME people LIKE turds on their tuxedos! | ||
| David Coyle (Xcoyle) Advanced Member Username: Xcoyle Post Number: 96 Registered: 04-2004 Posted From: 69.211.16.79 |
It is strange that someone would mod a vintage reissue. You pay the extra money to get that Lennon vibe, and then drill holes in it, maybe route it. The seller thinks he did an improvement, and his reserve is probably over a $1000. At $500 it�s novel and it would be fun to play, at $1000 no way. | ||
| Anthony Carey (Tony_carey) Senior Member Username: Tony_carey Post Number: 338 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 81.156.252.183 |
If you want a gibson, then don't beat about the bush, just buy one. Why try to turn a Ric into a Gibson? What on earth makes someone think that putting a gibson humbucker on a Ric will make it better? Why try to change the best guitar in the world? | ||
| paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 900 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 63.193.9.8 |
I think the voice of reason would be (as usual) somewhere between the statement "why change the best guitar in the world?" and "just buy a Gibson (if you want one)". The fact that the guitar was once a vintage reissue, and should probably be valued more than a "reg'lar" Rick, makes this very visually disturbing. The builder no doubt had a concept in mind to extend the Rick capabilities and have a bit of Gibson graunch. I think it's the lack of sensitivity in the addition, no matter how technically well it's done, that got our backs up. Besides, everybody knows the hummer should have gone in the MIDDLE position. Next: "In search of eternal sustain: how to fill a 330 with concrete." | ||
| Anthony Carey (Tony_carey) Senior Member Username: Tony_carey Post Number: 339 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 81.156.252.183 |
Your right Paul, but in my experience, people who 'muck about' with guitars of ANY manufacture, are just admitting that they are unhappy. A guitars sound is much more than just sticking a different p/up in it, as we all know....so why bother. Just move on to try other guitars & leave the Rics intact to those of us that apreciate them! |
