| Author | Message | ||
     Bill Henshell (Byu) Senior Member Username: Byu Post Number: 192 Registered: 04-2004 Posted From: 24.12.138.127 |
730S Shiloh # 2 in a series. Spruce top Rosewood back & sides. Love the bookmatch on the rosewood back.        Cheers, Bill | ||
| Bill Henshell (Byu) Senior Member Username: Byu Post Number: 193 Registered: 04-2004 Posted From: 24.12.138.127 |
Oops, there's more:   | ||
| Dean Mentjes (Dean712) Senior Member Username: Dean712 Post Number: 173 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 67.101.206.132 |
Bill, that is the most beautiful acoustic guitar I have ever seen. Wow! I don't know a lot about Ric acoustics, never seen one in person. Are they available from dealers to order? Hard to find? That is a stunning guitar, with the fretboard inlays and checked binding. Beautiful! | ||
| Howard Bishop (Ozover50) Senior Member Username: Ozover50 Post Number: 635 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 203.194.52.217 |
As I understand it, Dean, Rickenbacker are taking no more orders for acoustics for the time being. Don't know when they will start up again. Perhaps one for JH.... It is STUNNING, isn't it!! | ||
| Peter McCormack (Admin) Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 3338 Registered: 04-2003 Posted From: 142.166.105.220 |
Thanks Bill. Great photograpy. Please give us your impressions of the tonality of the 730S compared to other acoustics with which we might be familiar. | ||
| Steve Wood (86kubicki) Senior Member Username: 86kubicki Post Number: 301 Registered: 02-2003 Posted From: 65.218.222.202 |
I had ordered a RIC acoustic through Mike Parks, but he ended up refunding my deposit because RIC isn't taking additional orders until they work through some of their backlog. I knew I was looking at a wait of 1-2 years, but now who knows when they'll even start taking orders again.  Ah well, I'll just have to look at the pics of Bill's beautiful acoustic and dream... | ||
| John Hall (Johnhall) Senior Member Username: Johnhall Post Number: 927 Registered: 01-2003 Posted From: 64.105.135.123 |
It is true that we're not currently accepting new orders for these- we're swamped. Part of this is a growing issue that we've not yet found the solution to: there simply aren't enough qualified people in our county to do this kind of work and our nutzo cost of housing precludes attracting folks from outside. In fact, the best people are moving out of California so that they can afford to live at a higher standard. I'm not opening a factory elsewhere- that would probably only be a short term solution anyway- so I'm not sure exactly what we are going to do. In the meantime we'll keep interviewing and hope we can find some folks who bought in here 20 years ago when it was affordable! | ||
| paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 1648 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 63.193.9.8 |
Guys, there's a RIC Comstock acoustic 12 on eBay with a few more days left. I'm sure the interested parties are aware, and probably should keep my big word processor shut... It was at $2K yesterday. | ||
| Graham Griffiths (8mileshigh) Senior Member Username: 8mileshigh Post Number: 213 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 62.164.177.32 |
Doh!! Take your own advice Paul (LOL) I'm on that one!!! | ||
| John Simmons (Leftybass) Senior Member Username: Leftybass Post Number: 930 Registered: 04-2002 Posted From: 69.161.23.82 |
JH wrote: "...In fact, the best people are moving out of California so that they can afford to live at a higher standard...." Where I live (70 mi.W of DC) we are feeling the brunt of growth from those who are trying to escape the Metro DC area, my own place has doubled in worth just in the three years I've owned it..I can't sell it and buy/move up locally, for everything else has gone up in a relative fashion... |
