I don't know where I got this image from, probably here. I don't normally like metallic teal or gold anodized aluminum pick guards. The only change I'd have done on this would be to engine turn the PG
Anyway, is it a short scale? Is it a set neck or bolt neck? What can you tell me about it? I love everything about it, esp that big ass horse shoe pick up.
Is that yours? I think my next guitar might be a Gretsch Corvette done up in that style. Or just as a Corvette, I like them too. Even more with a horse shoe pick up.
61fury wrote:Is that yours? I think my next guitar might be a Gretsch Corvette done up in that style. Or just as a Corvette, I like them too. Even more with a horse shoe pick up.
No,it belongs to one of my friends from the Rickenbacker forum. He is the guy who bought my VOX XII.
At least,I think that one is his,I know he owns this Combo 600
Hello, I am new here and love the site. I got here through Googling Rickenbacker 850. West Texas Red I have never seen these pictures. The only 850 I have seen belonged to Tony Blair. I hail from West Texas, Midland to be exact. I am now in the center of the state. Where did you find those pictures of the different 850's. I have a one of a kind Rick that is somewhere in the middle of the transitional years right before the 325C58's were made and right after the 850's. It is in pieces but here is a link to the pictures. The 850 shown was for comparison and does not belong to me. The black pickguard was gold, the knobs were the black flared type.
Haven't you posted your guitar on the Rickenbacker Resource Forum? I seem to remember it popping up there a couple of years ago. I don't recall the thread, however.
It's the only Rick (if it's genuine) I've ever seen that has that odd set-in neck that shows through on the back.
West Texas Red is also a member there, so he's seen it too, I'm sure...
Hi , I belong to the corporate Rickenbacker forum and did have the same pictures up there last year. I can't remember what the hole is on the back of the 850. If you look at all the 850's they have differences. My guitar is a single pickup, toaster type. It is authentic, because it copies nothing. It is something now, but at the time it was made, it was only worth $166.00 including case, new strings, capo and a hand full of picks. I was saving for a Stratocaster, until I played the Rickenbacker. My cousin was rhythm guitar and he played a Strat. He has tried to trade me many times. I have short, wide fingers which makes this my perfect guitar except you have to watch what you are doing past the 7th fret. I actually wish the neck was a little thicker at the nutt. It's almost like a big dowel that was flattened for the fingerboard. I will try to post a picture of my hand on the neck in photobucket in the next few days. I have several wanting to buy her, and for now I plan to finish her and keep her. Thanks for the responses. I once did work with driftwood and refinished furniture and my shop was The Treehouse, thus the name treehousecollections. I have an old Alvarez, no amp, and my Rickenbacker. My son is a professional drummer, who now is going to college, and sold his drum set. I am figuring out the forums here, so forgive me if I answered your responses in the wrong way.
