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Topic: Ric A22 |
Mitch Crane
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1000 Oaks, CA
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 9 Nov 2011 11:14 am |
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Somehow, someone performed an awful mod on this guitar. They did not come with wooden fingerboards, but instead had frets that resembled a scalloped board, only it was the aluminum itself. I would stay away from that one.
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2011 11:48 am
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Plenty of people don't like the original aluminum fretboards, and this might be a winner for some of them. It look's OK otherwise, and it's got the original knob and brass badge, which are often gone. I'd have little problem jumping on it if I was jonesing for a 6 str. again, and didn't have anything better to dump 2G's on.
Last edited by Ron Whitfield on 11 Nov 2011 10:50 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Mitch Crane
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1000 Oaks, CA
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Jerome Hawkes
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2011 1:55 pm
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dont understand why they wouldnt just paint the "fretboard" black instead of shaving/leveling the neck and adding a fretted board. makes it a little suspicious.
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2011 3:03 pm
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| Jerome Hawkes wrote: |
| dont understand why they wouldnt just paint the "fretboard" black instead of shaving/leveling the neck and adding a fretted board. makes it a little suspicious. |
Maybe you havn't known anybody to massacre a frypan's fretboard. I have, and it ain't pretty. No telling what happened, maybe the deed needed to be done. |
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Peter Huggins
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Van Nuys, California, USA
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Posted 10 Nov 2011 8:29 pm
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Looks to me like the added fretboard may have been an attempt to set up the guitar for Spanish style playing, although the high nut precludes that... hard to say who did what and why, 75 years ago, grin. Nice to see the original case!
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 10 Nov 2011 8:57 pm
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I've re-done six frypans that have been violated in one way or another. Most had holes drilled them, for legs (?) or brackets of some sort. My 7-string had a piece removed from the top for some strange reason.
We have to remember that these guitars were not coveted in the old days, like they are now, and it was not a big deal to hack them up.
Hard to tell if the frets on that one have been removed, or just a fretboard glued on top of them...
The latest post-war frypans, the solid neck type, had a black fretboard, as shown in the Rick catalog. Kinda strange...... |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 11 Nov 2011 3:22 am
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| Run, don't walk ... away. For 2k I'd hold out for the real deal. |
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Jerome Hawkes
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2011 7:03 am
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i think Pete is right on this one - that would make sense regarding the trouble of installing an actual fretted board. looks like they had to build up the fretboard to make it match up with the bridge or the action would be to high for spanish playing.
i bet at one time a low nut was on there - maybe the org was in the case and they just swapped.
this isnt a basket case by any stretch, but i cant believe they are asking $2k for it.
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 11 Nov 2011 7:47 pm
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| Looks like an 800 buck guitar to me....leaving room for getting it back in shape... |
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James Williamson
From:
California & Hawaii
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Posted 11 Nov 2011 10:22 pm Funky Fretboard on Frypan
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| It does have the right knob on it.... |
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 11 Nov 2011 10:52 pm
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The 12th fret does not seem to be in the middle?
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2011 10:53 pm
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 I was thinking of your searches, James, when I mentioned it had the knob! |
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