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BadgerDave

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  1. Sales guy tried to push that crappy Marshall, Fender and Gibson junk. These have way more knobs.
  2. Have him listen to the first Ramones album. Then ask him to do two mixes, one that sounds like the Ramones and one that he has full creative control.
  3. Let's see if this works. My first YouTube video: Artist Custom You Tube video
  4. There's a lot of movement in the flame/quilt as the body is rotated. I have a pretty good iPhone video,, but it exceeds the bandwidth limit for posting.
  5. I finally got around to changing out some of the gold hardware on the Artist Custom. I replaced the tuning buttons with rosewood and the stock Duncan pickups with a traditional Hamer combo of double cream at the bridge and zebra at the neck. The pickups are Wolfe Tone Marshallheads. I also replaced the cracked control knobs with a fresh set and added a TonePros bridge and tailpiece. It's still more bling than I usually go for, but no longer has that Mr. T in a tux vibe. I had some time to turn it up through my Marshall Studio Vintage 20 and Vox AC15. It was glorious.
  6. The conversion has begun. I do not hate gold hardware, however, I do have a tolerance level for it that this guitar has exceeded. Pictures are forthcoming, but likely not for a day or two.
  7. I admit it -it was me. I was randomly checking the DGS Just-In page and spotted it Thursday night. It must have been within a couple of hours of when they posted the photos and description. I made the 7 hour round trip to LaCrosse yesterday to pick it up. It's probably the most highly figured top I've seen on a Hamer (which is saying a lot) but the website photos might have been just a wee bit enhanced, Or the lighting was particularly heavy with contrast dust that day. It is unquestionably a beautiful guitar, in near mint condition at a great price. I'm happy. I'll need to do a few mods to address the abundance of gold hardware though.
  8. Guitar Centers in the Chicago area pay 60% of the estimated retail value (based on recent Reverb sales). Cash or trade value. I expect CME would be in the same ballpark.
  9. Willie's is not known for competitive pricing. Also note that the OHSC is MIA.
  10. I think $2,500 is aat least $500.00 too much for a Chaparral with zero issues.. The boomerangs are cool, but if the neck is cracked or sanded, the value drops even more. I'd ask for detailed close-up photos of the areas that are suspicious.
  11. Yes, it's a Winfield bridge base with a Faber Tone-Lock ABR-1 bridge. In 1980 I was working at Ward-Brodt Music in Madison, WI. The store was an authorized Rickenbacker (and Hamer) dealer. One of my responsibilities was to work with factory sales reps and order new stock. I recall a discussion with the Rickenbacker rep about the four-post floating bridge. He agreed that they were absolute garbage and he got complaints about them constantly. At that time, he said that they had a huge inventory of the bridges and wouldn't make any changes until those were gone. I suspect they've used them up by now, but the nostalgic aspect of the brand doesn't allow for deviations. I highly recommend the Winfield baseplate, but not the bridge that they use. I prefer the Faber or any other brand that locks the bridge to the posts.
  12. Full specs: neck width@ nut: 1.75" neck thickness @ 1st fret: 0.900" neck thickness @ 12th fret: 0.940" neck profile: D - big shoulders, flat center fret height: wide / low 0.029" height weight: 7 lbs. 13 oz. I tried. The best they would do was free store to store delivery. I need to take better photos. The color is off on the ones I posted. Rickenbacker's Ruby finish is a metallic dark red, pretty much identical to Fender's candy apple red.
  13. The RIC arrived safe and sound in a single box. Amazing condition - I couldn't find a scratch or mark on it. Very surprising for an 11 year old guitar. I immediately modified it by adding the R tailpiece and an abr-i bridge conversion.
  14. Yes. I've been looking at 660s for over a year and when I saw the custom color one I jumped on it.
  15. I bought a used Rickenbacker 660 from the Manhattan Guitar Center and requested delivery to my local GC. I just got the shipping notification. It says, "Your order may arrive in multiple shipments." 😬
  16. All of my 80's Specials and Sunbursts had the yellow capacitors. The orange drops were likely aftermarket replacements. They were perceived as an upgrade.
  17. Speaking for myself, I have an orange Newport and I dislike victory inlays so much that I sold 4 Triple Threats. I'm still tempted by this one though.
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