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     Mitch Berger (Octagon) Intermediate Member Username: Octagon Post Number: 70 Registered: 03-2005 Posted From: 24.118.136.83 |
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41439&item=7315515572&rd=1 | ||
| Benjamin Maggi (Scoobster28) Senior Member Username: Scoobster28 Post Number: 153 Registered: 05-2002 Posted From: 24.92.49.84 |
Does it look like the pickguard is cut away for a third toaster? It says in the description it is all original, and I see no routing from a third pickup. Is that how the pickguards came from the factory, already cut like that in case a future owner wished to add another toaster? | ||
| Ken Joseph (Ken_j) Senior Member Username: Ken_j Post Number: 409 Registered: 07-2003 Posted From: 69.209.154.171 |
The photo on page 197 of the Smith book shows one that looks the same.  | ||
| Gary Clauson (Doctorwho) Senior Member Username: Doctorwho Post Number: 1371 Registered: 06-2002 Posted From: 66.229.61.99 |
I got to play a 456/12 JG a couple of weeks ago. Not a bad guitar, and the converter comb worked very smoothly. If that auction were in the US, I'd be bidding. | ||
| John Williams (Jwilli) Senior Member Username: Jwilli Post Number: 849 Registered: 04-2002 Posted From: 24.88.72.49 |
The reason that the guard is cut like that is the 450 body has less clearance under the strings than a 360. It allows the "comb" sufficient space. | ||
| Spencer Wilson (Spencer) Senior Member Username: Spencer Post Number: 295 Registered: 06-2003 Posted From: 67.78.236.116 |
I messed around with a 360 with a converter comb many years ago and actually kind of wanted to buy it. The comb does actually work, the bad part about them was where they put the handle mechanism. It's was just a little bit in the way - making it rather unwieldy. | ||
| Ethan Jones (Beefandbones) Senior Member Username: Beefandbones Post Number: 213 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 206.63.252.74 |
I used to own (sigh...) a 456/12 from September 1967, and I don't remember it looking like that. But then, I almost always had it in 6-string mode so comb would have probably sat where the gap in the pickguard is. I'll have to dig through my pictures... I miss that guitar. It was my first Rickenbacker. | ||
| Gary Clauson (Doctorwho) Senior Member Username: Doctorwho Post Number: 1376 Registered: 06-2002 Posted From: 64.168.183.122 |
I feel your pain, Ethan ... when I tried out the 456/12, I was actually there to buy the 370/12RM FG, and wished the checking account had a lot more in it ... and I had originally planned on buying a 620 BB VP that weekend, to boot! | ||
| Scott Jennings (Route66guitars) Senior Member Username: Route66guitars Post Number: 142 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 69.231.148.208 |
Rickenbacker did not offer a 3 pickup 400 series model. There are a couple that have surfaced that claim to be original, but I have seen them, and in each case the middle pickup was added after it left the factory. | ||
| Peter McCormack (Admin) Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 3382 Registered: 04-2003 Posted From: 142.166.105.220 |
Scott: Would your argument also pertain to the Rickenbacker Model 483? Also, are you ruling out the possibility that the factory made any customized 3 pickup models for the Model 450 and 460 models? |
