What am I missing out on with not having a Rickenbacker?

[prowla]

9 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

I don't think it's stock - it looks 'normal' from a distance but the pickups don't look like RIC to me.

He put a pair of Fender Jazz pickups on it back then.

But he's since had it reverted to stock.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

4 hours ago, prowla said:

He put a pair of Fender Jazz pickups on it back then.

But he's since had it reverted to stock.

I meant this one.

It's an old pic so he might have had further restoration in recent years, but I'm sure it looked like this when I saw them a few years ago.

 

 

Edited April 16, 2023 by Cosmo Valdemar

[Gasman]

My 400* penn’orth, it was love at first sight when I saw the Cheyenne in that ‘50 years at rock’s bottom’ Ricky book, tracked a new trans blue one down in a German dealership when we were still in the EU and imported it. Struggled to get a sound and action that I liked out of it for three years even after pro luthiers had a go at improving it, so I then moved it on at a loss. Very disappointing but it did have the advantage of curing me of any lingering Ricky-oriented GAS...

[Boodang]

Ric and Jazz pups are located in different positions on the body.... you could have a Ric with jazz pups added, or a jazz with ric, and you'd have the best of both worlds.

[prowla]

8 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

I meant this one.

It's an old pic so he might have had further restoration in recent years, but I'm sure it looked like this when I saw them a few years ago.

 

 

Ah, ok

I’ve not seen that one.