Red Sparkle Rickenbacker

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun May 08, 2011 7:41 am

Last week I was in FLA and I went to Guitar Center in West Palm Beach

I went in the room were they had the expensive guitars and in a glass case that had a Red Sparkle Rickenbacker 330. I forgot to take a picture but I looked at the GC webpage and they had this picture of it.

It's like the strat from Mars Music

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Thu May 12, 2011 3:13 pm

"This guitar has been re-done head to toe by Mark Johnson of MJ Guitars. All electronics have been upgrade to cts pots and higher end caps. The electronic cavity has been shielded. Plays and sounds amazing. The pictures do not do this guitar justice. The color is a deep sparkle red with an amber to orange tint. Must be seen to be believed! Pickups are a higher output custom wound with adjustable pole pieces. A true one of a kind! The binding edge is the wood of the body!

http://www.mjguitar.com/

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Thu May 12, 2011 3:36 pm

Do not like. I really can't see the attraction to a sparkle finish. The neck looks stupid too...

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Thu May 12, 2011 4:35 pm

Simon wrote:Do not like. I really can't see the attraction to a sparkle finish. The neck looks stupid too...

What's not to like about red sparkle?
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laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Thu May 12, 2011 4:36 pm

That's probably the nicest looking Ric I've seen in a while, actually.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Thu May 12, 2011 5:43 pm

It will look great with my other Rick!

nyck · Post by **nyck** » Thu May 12, 2011 5:44 pm

that thing is gorgeous. Probably costs more than my car.....

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Thu May 12, 2011 5:45 pm

westtexasred wrote:It will look great with my other Rick!

this means he is buying it, he did not say would, but WILL......lol

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Fri May 13, 2011 1:33 am

Sparkle depends on your mood. Even White Falcons are tacky fuckers, but who isn't?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri May 13, 2011 5:40 am

I love sparkle guitars.Especially red sparkle

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Fri May 13, 2011 8:49 am

NickS wrote:
Simon wrote:Do not like. I really can't see the attraction to a sparkle finish. The neck looks stupid too...
What's not to like about red sparkle?
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I don't know, it's just a personal preference. If I saw that in a guitar shop, it's probably the last guitar I'd gravitate towards... only if there wasn't a Jackson!

AaronGuitarDude · Post by **AaronGuitarDude** » Fri May 13, 2011 10:26 am

sorry but this color is kinda nice too

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Fri May 13, 2011 12:43 pm

It's just a shame that you associated it with massive douchebaggery by choosing that picture.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat May 14, 2011 3:37 am

This reminds me of one of the Gretch Sparkle Jets

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat May 14, 2011 5:42 am

once I had one of the Gretsch Synchromatics in that color. Meh guitar but an awesome color

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat May 14, 2011 9:02 pm

Nick wrote:once I had one of the Gretsch Synchromatics in that color. Meh guitar but an awesome color

There is one on ebay for $249. Maybe I should get that instead? (Link)

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat May 14, 2011 9:08 pm

I don't remember it being a spectacular guitar, but in hindsight, it could've been better than I was giving it credit for. I think I paid the same price for mine, only it had a bigsby instead of the hardtail. One of the tuning buttons snapped off in a well padded case on the way to practice, so I just returned it to GC 2 weeks after I bought it.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat May 14, 2011 9:26 pm

Nick wrote:I don't remember it being a spectacular guitar, but in hindsight, it could've been better than I was giving it credit for. I think I paid the same price for mine, only it had a bigsby instead of the hardtail. One of the tuning buttons snapped off in a well padded case on the way to practice, so I just returned it to GC 2 weeks after I bought it.

I always wanted to try one of these. I didn't know they cam in Red Sparkle until you mention it. What are the pickups? some kind of mini humbuckers?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun May 15, 2011 12:09 am

They're full size buckers with chrome rings. They look kind of like those tv jones hum sized filtertrons but I think they were just normal output humbuckers. I couldn't tell you how good they sounded since I don't think i had a real good amp at the time

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun May 15, 2011 1:26 am

Did yours have a Bigsby like this?