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Topic: Rickenbacher Fry Pan price check. Pictures |
John Purcell
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Posted 2 Sep 2008 2:47 pm |
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I've owned this for about 15 years or more and don't play lap steel much anymore. Pretty much all original I believe except for most of the glass beads on the neck.
I replaced most of those as they fell out and got lost.
It's nowhere near mint condition but it plays and sounds beautiful.
Chip board case that may be original but is pretty much completely shot.
Can some of you non-pedal experts give me a rough idea of how much I should ask for it?
Thanks,
John
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 2 Sep 2008 3:44 pm
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Is this a long scale Frypan?
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Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2008 4:09 pm
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Yes ... it's an A25.
What's puzzling is that it's clearly a prewar ...
Yet it has 1.25" wide magnets ...
Not that ... that has any sonic ramifications (I sure don't believe in that 1.5" vs 1.25" hype) ...
But curious ... just the same  |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 2 Sep 2008 4:51 pm How do YOU know?
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Rick.......
How do YOU know, that those are 1.25 inch magnets?
They look like 1.5's to me.
This is not a question of your expertise or long established credibility......
But rather........HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL THAT?
They don't have that chrome frame work around the pick-up base, that is usually evident. I"m obviously missing a critical visual clue. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2008 5:05 pm Re: How do YOU know?
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Rick.......
How do YOU know, that those are 1.25 inch magnets?
They look like 1.5's to me.
This is not a question of your expertise or long established credibility......
But rather........HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL THAT?
They don't have that chrome frame work around the pick-up base, that is usually evident. I"m obviously missing a critical visual clue. |
Those "Half Moon" mounting tabs ... which either have the "Pat Pend" stamp or patent number ... are 1.5" wide ...
To coincide with the pickup bay ... which is 1.5" wide ...
That side view clearly shows the width of the magnets ... vs the mounting tabs ...
My '37 cream wrinkled A25 ... the magnets really don't fit right in ... due to the thickness of the paint ...
And I have to kinda "smack" them past a sticking spot.
Plus ... I remagged alot of magnets ... ha, ha
Anyway ...
I'd liked to have it ... for sure !!! |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 2 Sep 2008 5:12 pm A Great Big Thank You!
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Thanks Rick........
As always, you've come thro' once again.
Okay for you to go back to your television show. |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2008 7:38 pm Not an expert, but...
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| With a refin and non-original PU, a decent asking price would be $1000. |
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John Purcell
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2008 4:36 am
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| Thanks for the info Rick. I'll take off the strings and pull out the pickup and get some better pictures of the pickup this afternoon. |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 3 Sep 2008 7:04 pm
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The magnets were likely swapped out long ago. Maybe the originals became rusty etc and someone replaced them. Like Rick sez..the mojo about the 1 1/2 vs the 1 1/4 is pure BS.
There is one on ebay right now, don't know the scale, but it appears quite original, and has a fair amount of surface corrosion on it, for 1400+ bucks. |
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Mark Durante
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St. Pete Beach FL
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Posted 7 Sep 2008 6:07 pm
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| It looks like the white could be the original finish as they used white on a number of models. I can't recall seeing a white frypan before though. Can't be ruled out that it was assembled post war with an existing pre war body. |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 7 Sep 2008 8:50 pm That's a new one on me
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Mark, could you expand on that statement concerning the white finish being original?
If that is indeed original paint, it would be worth quite a bit more than I quoted. |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 8 Sep 2008 8:04 am
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Sorry, Mark. I have NEVER seen a Rickenbacker A-22 or A-25 lap steel with a painted white finish like that (other than this one). That finish is definitely not original.
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Mark Durante
From:
St. Pete Beach FL
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Posted 8 Sep 2008 10:20 am
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I've never seen one either.
Some of you guys with a white painted Rick chime in, Kevin G., is your post war D-8 a white paint model or refin? |
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Mark Durante
From:
St. Pete Beach FL
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Posted 8 Sep 2008 1:51 pm
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Some white Ricks
From Richard Smith's book and the Japanese book |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 8 Sep 2008 3:04 pm
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Michael Lee Allen
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Posted 8 Sep 2008 3:05 pm
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Michael Lee Allen
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Posted 8 Sep 2008 3:08 pm
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Michael Lee Allen
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Posted 8 Sep 2008 3:09 pm
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 8 Sep 2008 4:27 pm
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| Fun to see the catalog's term of 'Pancake' for the 'Fry-Pan'. Havn't heard anyone use the term in many years, when at one time it was heard more often than fry pan. |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 8 Sep 2008 6:11 pm
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The one I saw on ebay was over $1600 a day ago, and is gone now I think.
Black wrinkle finish is the only color I've seen, on two frypans, with most having the yellow/green tinted clear finish.
High profile players may have ordered one painted white or ?? The history on frypans seems somewhat obscure.
All the post-war types I've seen have solid necks and a cover on the bottom. |
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Mark Durante
From:
St. Pete Beach FL
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Posted 9 Sep 2008 3:11 am
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Another pic to ponder, to bad there is no Jody Carver of Rickenbacker to ask about these things.
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John Purcell
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 9 Sep 2008 5:18 am
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I pulled the pickup out. It appears that the paint inside the body cavity is the same color as the guitar but the control knob closest to your body (volume) is not original. The lower knob is recessed into the body a little. The upper knob is not.
It definitely was added at a later date.
A friend of mine has an old metal hollowbody Rickenbacher that has the same color body.
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 9 Sep 2008 7:30 am
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The knob is also a replacement. Original was a octagonal shape I believe. Rick A knows I think.
Nice old frypan though. (wish it was mine  ) |
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Jim Konrad
From:
The Great Black Swamp USA
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2008 8:02 pm I'm bettin'...
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