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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

"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/

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

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

It will look great with my other Rick!

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

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

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

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

I love sparkle guitars.Especially red sparkle

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!

sorry but this color is kinda nice too

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

This reminds me of one of the Gretch Sparkle Jets

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

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)

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.

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?

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

Did yours have a Bigsby like this?