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Probably my favorite guitar I've ever seen



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.

I think it is a neck thru and the scale is 24.75.



Actually the neck joint is weird on these,it's kind of "half neckthru"

I don't even like rickenbackers. but I love that guitar. westy made a thread about these a while back, they are super cool.

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

Oh but it needs the toaster and Bigsbutt!

DGNR8 wrote:Oh but it needs the toaster and Bigsbutt!

How bout a super rare '58 850 Special Features version (toasters)

Guitar Trader ad from the '80s

Any early Combo like these is pushing $10K these days.

Combo 850s with horseshoe bridge pickups have two separate windings with separate switching, too.

That Sunburst toaster-equipped one is a one-of-a-kind, and don't even ask what it's worth...

Wait a minnit...less than a '64 Strat, and there's thousands of those Strats around.

Just proof that life ain't fair...

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.

I am sorry I forgot to put the link in to my pictures. http://s993.photobucket.com/albums/af54 ... 1956-2010/

I have searched the world over to find another one and am still hoping someone will recognize her.

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...

desertan wrote: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.

you mean like this one?

westtexasred wrote:Actually the neck joint is weird on these,it's kind of "half neckthru"

those horseshoe pickups are so fucking awesome looking

BillClay wrote:those horseshoe pickups are so fucking awesome looking

How many would you like?

Sorry, I should have been clearer about the three-piece laminated neck on that one. Only one I've seen like that. Perhaps there are more?

Mine:

WOOF!!!

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.

treehousecollections wrote: I can't remember what the hole is on the back of the 850.

Its for a saxophone strap