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Topic: Question about measuring Rick pickups? |
Patrick Harison
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Minneapolis, MN
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Posted 5 Jun 2014 1:28 pm |
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I'm the guy who ended up grabbing that Pre-T Rick from Elderly... Came in the mail today, sounds great, looks great. As promised. My one question is, how does one go about measuring the width of the pickup? Pardon my ignorance... The chromed horseshoe part is exactly 1.5" wide... The "normal" pickup part is around 1.25". Kind of hard to get an exact measurement as it's still strung up.
The guitar does have the Pre-T Rickenbacher (with the ch) Logo as well as the string through body.... So, I'm assuming the measurement I should take is from the "horseshoe", than it is correct. From what research I've done, this model should date between 39-45 and SHOULD have a 1.5" pickup. It wasn't till they switched to the "T" style logo that the pickup went down to 1.25". At any rate, I just wanted to make sure there isn't anything suspect.... Thanks in advance!
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Patrick Harison
From:
Minneapolis, MN
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Posted 5 Jun 2014 1:56 pm
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Rick, I'm glad to hear it from the horse's mouth! Sometimes when a deal is really good, you may find yourself in a situation where it's "too good to be true". Dealing with Elderly, I could always send it back... But NO WAY! Shoot, I almost popped on a BR-9 for the price that this was at. Glad I held off!
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 5 Jun 2014 1:56 pm
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| Yes--you can usually tell, even in a picture, just by the visible width of that gleeming chrome. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 5 Jun 2014 2:01 pm
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You can see the pickup size diff between the pre-war Silver Hawaiian and the post-war panda.
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Patrick Harison
From:
Minneapolis, MN
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Posted 5 Jun 2014 2:08 pm
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Oh yeah! That is very visually apparent now.... I just didn't know what I was measuring, and it made me a little nervous when the "pickup" portion was really close to 1.25". Thanks for the education guys!
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Anthony Blair
From:
Oregon/Florida, USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2014 3:30 pm
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| Elderly had an 8-string Silver Hawaiian with a pre-war pickup listed for $495.00 this morning... but it's gone. |
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Patrick Harison
From:
Minneapolis, MN
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Posted 5 Jun 2014 3:47 pm
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I wonder who's pricing things over there? That silver hawaiian seems like a darn good deal too depending on condition, especially being an 8 stringer. Maybe I'm wrong, my ignorance could be showing again
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David Matzenik
From:
Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 6 Jun 2014 12:25 am
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And lets not forget Patrick's B6 is a string-thru body model; much more desirable than that clunky tail piece that inhibits tonal transfer.
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