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Topic: Rick Jerry Byrd Model 7-string Console Steel on eBay... |
Mark Helm
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Tennessee, USA
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Bill McCloskey
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Nanuet, NY
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Bill McCloskey
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Nanuet, NY
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Noah Miller
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Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 17 Jan 2018 9:47 am |
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| It does include shipping from Japan, which isn't chicken feed, and they do take offers. However... am I wrong, or does this have the later under-string pickup? It's hard to see under that hand rest, but I thought they only added the hand when after the horseshoe magnets went away. |
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Nic Neufeld
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 17 Jan 2018 10:33 am
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Too rich for my blood...pretty though! And in great condition.
I don't know but it would make sense that it wouldn't be a horseshoe pickup...to add a cover over what essentially operates as a cover already is bulking up the instrument. I think Rickenbacker, like they did with the 4001/3 basses, wanted to preserve the "look" more than provide a useful handrest. There are a lot of arguments in favor of the non-horseshoe pickups (especially for the basses), but if I was going to spend that kind of money on a vintage Ric steel I'd probably hold out for a horseshoe version.......just, because!
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Marc Bell
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Surat Thani, TH
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Posted 17 Jan 2018 2:15 pm
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Look on the 5th photo, you can clearly see the horseshoe is missing. The cover also looks to have been glued on, no expert but it looks to have been modified at some stage. I'm quite sure Rickenbacker never used some black looking epoxy or glue to attach the pickup cover. Lots of work went in to making that cover.
Still, his price does include free international shipping from Japan. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2018 2:22 pm
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This is what mine looks like:
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K Maul
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Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 18 Jan 2018 5:34 am
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Erv...do you have one of EVERYTHING? An awesome collection.
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2018 8:26 am
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K,
After 65 years of playing steel guitar I seem to have accumulated a few things. 
Erv |
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Bill McCloskey
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Nanuet, NY
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2018 9:43 am
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Bill,
At one time I owned 12 Emmons p/p guitars, and now I'm down to two and they both need to be worked on.  |
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Bill McCloskey
From:
Nanuet, NY
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2018 9:53 am
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Bill,
Thanks!
Erv |
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Robert Jackson
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2018 4:12 pm Erv is my Idol
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| What a collection of Steels and knowledge. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 19 Jan 2018 8:33 am
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Robert,
Please don't consider me your idol, I'm just an old sinner saved by grace.
Erv |
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Chris Scruggs
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2018 1:23 am
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| That pickup cover appears to be a repurposed Fender Precision Bass pickup cover, NOT a Rickenbacker part. |
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