RickenJagger 4000

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Re: RickenJagger 4000

Post by borntohang » Tue Feb 09, 2016 1:25 am

Deed_Poll wrote:Here are more angles of the 628... I could probably offset it a little more, but it gets kinda dumpy looking. Definitely still a work in progress.

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If I do get the Rickenbacker police on me, maybe I could do one in the shape of a Gibson 335 only a flat top with the teardrop pickguard and tailpiece contour like this one... I definitely think there's mileage in it. Nobody's done that before as far as I know, maybe with good reason.
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Edit: I suspect the Ricky police would only come knocking if you were making huge quantities of them. There are a few custom builders making Combo 600-shaped guitars without any apparent trouble.

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Re: RickenJagger 4000

Post by hwestman » Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:15 am

Not a fan of the chrome plastic pickup cover wich I think cheapens the look. But apart from that it is stunning! Well done!

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Re: RickenJagger 4000

Post by Grey » Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:36 am

borntohang wrote:There are a few custom builders making Combo 600-shaped guitars without any apparent trouble.
That's because the Combo and the Tulip are not patented like Rickenbacker's other body shapes. The old "Gumby" headstocks arn't either.

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Re: RickenJagger 4000

Post by sjperry54 » Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:31 am

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Two words.... Checkerboard binding.

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Re: RickenJagger 4000

Post by Deed_Poll » Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:45 am

Here's the 335 hybrid! I still don't know what I think of it...

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Re: RickenJagger 4000

Post by Deed_Poll » Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:54 am

@SJ Perry -

I tried to do checkerboard binding but it's actually really difficult to make a texture that will follow the contour. But yes, it did look good where it worked!
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Re: RickenJagger 4000

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:15 pm

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I've honestly never been a Rickenbacker aesthetic fan, but this actually looks DAMN good. Only one of your designs could make me like Rick a bit, Deed Poll ;D
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Re: RickenJagger 4000

Post by Grey » Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:26 pm

I like that 335 style a lot.

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Re: RickenJagger 4000

Post by parry » Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:30 pm

Deed_Poll wrote:Image

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I haven't had Teh Feelings for a guitar in a long time.
But this!!
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Oh, b :-* y...

You need to build that IMMEDIATELY!!!
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Re: RickenJagger 4000

Post by Pinhead » Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:49 pm

Deed_Poll wrote:
In theory, these would be super easy to make on the machine as it's all top routed with no contours and only a simple roundover on the back the same all the way around - not like a JM where you have to blend the larger radius into a smaller radius around the neck plate.
In that case you should go semi-hollow :)

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Re: RickenJagger 4000

Post by Britfingers » Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:55 pm

how would binding look on that 335?

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Re: RickenJagger 4000

Post by kdanie » Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:23 pm

I like the 335 version too for a fat bodied guitar. Maybe pointy horns like this one?
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Re: RickenJagger 4000

Post by mackerelmint » Tue Feb 09, 2016 3:16 pm

That 335 hybrid is great!

And you know, a hollowbody rickenjagger wouldn't suck at all. It would be like a ricked out surfcaster, and would look super duper hot in surf green... :?
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Re: RickenJagger 4000

Post by kracdown » Tue Feb 09, 2016 3:40 pm

Deed_Poll wrote:Here's the 335 hybrid! I still don't know what I think of it...

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now this... this i would play that sh*t out of.... Needs a trem tho :P

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Re: RickenJagger 4000

Post by Deed_Poll » Tue Feb 09, 2016 5:22 pm

kdanie wrote:I like the 335 version too for a fat bodied guitar. Maybe pointy horns like this one?
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That's a good idea, Ken. Made me think of this Yamaha SA-50 - could definitely work with the Ricky theme without being an outright copy of a 330... Even as a flat top with the ramp I think it would look pretty good.

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