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Topic: Rickenbacker 508 Triple 8 Console Steel Guitar! |
Austin Potter
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 8 Jul 2011 7:24 pm |
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For sale is a beautiful and RARE '59 Rickenbacker 508 console steel guitar. It has three eight string necks. It's in near mint condition for its age and sounds amazing! Everything is all original and comes with the very cool silver Rickenbacker case. This has the famous Rickenbacker horseshoe pickups. I just put on brand new strings. Don't miss out on this opportunity to own a very rare Rickenbacker guitar. I'm asking $1250 which includes shipping within the USA. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for looking.
Here's some information I found online...
The 500 series looks to have been introduced in 1954-55, as a triple neck, 22 1/2 inch scale console style steel guitar, following the DW (double 6 or  and SW (single 6 or models introduced a few years earlier, which had a contoured body and tripod legs.
The 500 series was available as either three 8 string necks (508) or an 8/10/8 configuration (518). Custom configurations could also be factory ordered with combinations of 6, 8 and 10 strings.
The instrument features three horseshoe pickups, one volume and one tone control, plus on/off switches for each neck, and was available in either natural or walnut.
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Austin Potter
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 11 Jul 2011 10:46 am
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| BUMP for lowered price of 1250. |
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Jerome Hawkes
From:
Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2011 1:12 pm
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just curious - what are the dimensions of that steel?
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Austin Potter
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 8 Aug 2011 8:24 am
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| Bump for a great guitar! I'm asking 1250 or best offer. |
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Tommy Auldridge
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2011 3:37 pm Real Nice Piece
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| I guess everybody must be flat broke... This should've sold fast at that asking price. Tommy....... |
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Dustin Farnum
From:
Montana, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2011 8:15 pm Steel
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I see you have it listed on e-bay. I may bid. What are the dimensions and how heavy is it? Duster
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Dustin Farnum
From:
Montana, USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2011 5:41 pm
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Hi, I just bought the Rickenbacker Steel. I am looking forward to playing it. Let me know about shipping. I don't know if you are following this or not, but I am excited to try it out.
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Steven Cummings
From:
Texas
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Posted 22 Dec 2013 6:26 pm
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Congratulations! Man that's one good lookin' console. Hope you'll put up some sound clips soon. 
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Dustin Farnum
From:
Montana, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2013 8:02 pm Rickenbacker 508 Triple 8 String Steel Guitar
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I'll put some clips on soon. I have some mp3s that my wife Lynn and I did. I love the sound of the guitar.
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Daymon LaPoint
From:
Jasper, Texas
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Posted 23 Dec 2013 6:33 am
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Love this guitar. Looks identical to one I sold about 12 years ago. Can't remember who I sold it to but swore if I ever found it again I'd buy it back. Dustin, please keep me in mind should you ever decide to let someone else enjoy this one. Thanks,
Daymon
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