I bought this today(online) 1988 Rickenbacker 230 in like new condition. I am so excite!
The pickups and electronics are unique to this guitar. Here is some info about the Rickenbacker 200 series (Link)
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:00 am
by AaronGuitarDude
REDDISH, MINI BUCKERS I LIKE
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:06 am
by DGNR8
Whoa! What color do they call that in Ric terms--Fire Glo?
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:05 am
by superfuzz
A super-ric? Thats kinda neat
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:29 am
by westtexasred
Thanks! I think called this color was just called "Red" but this one has black trim and black hardware. It also has active electronics.Pickups plug into this circuit board.
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:55 am
by Nick
I'd probably have to see one/play one in person to understand.
Sure does look quality though. Congrats!
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:33 pm
by theshadowofseattle
Really weird. Pretty rad, though.
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:57 pm
by westtexasred
Thanks for the posts. I found out that the pickups on this guitar are actually some kind of "hum cancelling" single coils.
according to John Hall:
"Most single coil pickups have a single polepiece in the middle of the coil, but these have the magnet at the middle (acting as one pole) and two more strip polepieces along the outer edges, completing the magnetic loop. That way there are two main sensor windows, lying along the edges of the pickup. Any hum will likely cross the entire coil, but each side of the coil is out of phase, causing it to be cancelled."
Apparently 1988 was the last year they put these pickups in the 200 Series guitars. In 1989 they were replaced with double coil mini humbucker.
Hall said
"We went with a more conventional humbucking deisgn, mainly because people also like to be able to hot-rod with coil-splitting and phase reversal tricks."
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:21 pm
by riotshield
only in the 80s
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:21 pm
by MrJamesBrown
How does it sound??
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:29 pm
by westtexasred
I haven't gotten it yet. Here is a video with the 230GF although,I think that has the double coil pickups.
[youtube][/youtube]
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:44 pm
by holyCATS1415
Nice! a Rick from my birth year. Good find!
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:54 pm
by westtexasred
Thanks! Per Gessle has a Black 230
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:25 pm
by stewart
wasn't timhulio on about these a while ago?
regardless, DNW.
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:43 am
by Rox
It's a RICKENSHREDDER!!!!
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:41 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
westtexasred wrote:[youtube][/youtube]
love joe walsh.
it took me a second to realize that he wasn't playing Steve Miller's Nobody Loves You Like the Way I Do.
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:11 am
by westtexasred
hotrodperlmutter wrote:
westtexasred wrote:
love joe walsh.
it took me a second to realize that he wasn't playing Steve Miller's Nobody Loves You Like the Way I Do.
Haha,I liked him when he was in The James Gang.
[youtube][/youtube]
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:11 am
by gaybear
The yeti behind the drum set is pretty rad. I like that he uses what seem to be kick drums from a jazz set as rack toms. haha
