Some Rickenbacker Combo 800s

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:07 pm

I saw these for sale at the Rickenbacker forum.

Trans Yellow Combo 800 $8,000 or best offer

Cloverfield Green Combo 800 $10,000 or best offer

Mapleglo Combo 850 $25,000 or best offer

George · Post by **George** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:12 pm

Very cool, but can you take the bridge cover off? Not being able to mute the strings with your hand would be a massive hinderance.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:33 pm

GeorgeF wrote:Very cool, but can you take the bridge cover off? Not being able to mute the strings with your hand would be a massive hinderance.

The pic of the cloverfield green one doesn't have the cover on it.

George · Post by **George** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:35 pm

Sorry, pickup, not bridge.

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:38 pm

GeorgeF wrote:Sorry, pickup, not bridge.

that's the nature of the beast. it's a horse-shoe style pickup; the strings go through the magnetic field and the magnet itself.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:44 pm

It's the Michael Monarch guitar

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AaronGuitarDude · Post by **AaronGuitarDude** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 1:16 pm

OVERPRICED, FUZZ!

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:22 pm

AaronGuitarDude wrote:OVERPRICED, FUZZ!

Maybe,I don't know what these are really worth. The seller just through out a price because the the forum say he has to. I think he is just fishing.

There is a combo 800 on ebay for $6000 but that one had been refinished and has some replacement parts.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:13 am

look pretty but i need to palm mute

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:29 am

gaybear wrote:look pretty but i need to palm mute

You can take off the bridge cover.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:17 pm

This another 850 that is owned by the same guy(not for sale). Check out the photos on his website (Link)

desertan · Post by **desertan** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:28 pm

westtexasred, are you a member of the RRF? If so, what's your member name?

Compared to yer average '71 Strat, these are not "overpriced". They may not be to everyone's taste, but remember how you couldn't give away left-handed Jags in the '70s and early '80s?

One of the reasons Rickenbacker switched to "toaster" pickups was because of the physical limitations of the horseshoes. However quirky, they had a unique, crystal-clear tone and were quite strong. To a Rick collector (maybe player, too), these are one of the "holy Grails".