It was really fun to play, but the action was a little bit low and buzzy. It had a very shiny, very smooth finish on the fingerboard, like glass, practically. That was my main guitar in the early Bangles’ days. Was that guitar used for recording the first Bangles single and EP? Pretty sure I bought it in San Francisco. It was during the years that I went to UC Berkeley I started going to guitar stores and looking at equipment – being interested in vintage stuff, because I was interested in vintage music (chuckles)! I found the ’60s Rickenbacker with the black and white checked binding I had for awhile. I liked that really jangly, bright sound. Then I got interested in Rickenbackers because of the Beatles and the Byrds. But I never knew who in the Byrds (owned it). The ad said something along the lines of it had been owned by one of the Byrds. The first electric I got, through the Recycler (a weekly classified ad newspaper in L.A.), was a Gibson SG. Susanna Hoffs: It wasn’t until the summer before college that I started to get into playing electric guitar. Vintage Guitar: When did you begin to play electric? Once she became “fluent in being able to move from one chord to another,” she learned to play more songs “in the folk tradition of friends teaching each other.” Susanna Hoffs began her musical odyssey in elementary school, with a nylon-string guitar and a handful of chords taught to her by her uncle. We recently spoke with Susanna Hoffs (rhythm guitar), asking her to reflect on the Bangle way of life as a guitar-toting musician. The response was overwhelmingly positive, ultimately resulting in an album of new material(2003’s Doll Revolution) and the new Essential Bangles greatest hits compilation. This fresh start incorporated new material as well as radical rearrangements of their more familiar songs. A club tour followed in 2000 to test the waters – not as another “cash in on our past” act, but to give rise to a rebirth. This is far from stock condition - but it is still a pancake bodied -transitional neck tenon'd Les Paul Custom from the early 70s with a mahogany neck and ebony fretboard.The Bangles are back! After a 10-year separation, the band that rose to prominence in the 1980s with such hits as “Manic Monday” and “Walk Like an Egyptian” reunited in ’99 to record “Get the Girl” for the second Austin Powers film The Spy Who Shagged Me. It appears the bass side binding has been replaced since there are no fret markers. Filling in the Kahler route seems probable cause enough for the refinish though.ĥ) It has been refretted with larger-than-stock fret wire - at least Jumbos. Let's assume there is just to be on the safe side. I cannot be for 100% certain there wasn't a headstock repair or other fixes to this guitar as the solid finish hides that. The quality of the refinish job is actually pretty good though besides those areas.
Rickenbacker 325 review crack#
There is a chip to the finish on the front under the strings and a crack in the finish on the back. The headstock was reamed for modern Grover tuners.Ĥ) The refinish appears to have been done in poly. The pickups are two Seymour Duncan JB wound by MJ (JBJ.) The electronics have all been redone - the tone pots are push pulls. Everything else has definitely been swapped. The bridge and tailpiece appear to be era correct and the bridge pickup ring might be stock. It plays as-is, but if you're finicky about setups you really should have a properly radius'd bridge on here.ģ) All parts have likely been replaced. Due to this you should ONLY top-wrap this guitar to prevent collapsing the next bridge you may choose to put on it. You can still see witness lines in the right lighting.Ģ) The tailpiece was moved up closer to the bridge. The kahler route has been filled in and the whole guitar was refinished in blue and a burst done up on the front.
Rickenbacker 325 review full#
I don't have the full story - but here is what I can see.ġ) This is an early-mid 70s Les Paul Custom (1973/4 would be my guess) that was routed for a Kahler sometime in the 80s. I was not the one who refinished this guitar - nor was the person that brought this in for consignment with me. The Guitar! 1.64" Nut Width | Fret | Fret | 9lbs 6 oz
You may opt to leave some of the bubble wrap in it to perfectly secure your guitar. The fit of the case is nice, though not perfect. This guitar comes in a Hiscox hardshell case.