From my friend and partner Chris O’Dee at Melody Burner/Retro Guitars comes this brilliant-looking and fabulous-sounding replica of the 1959 330 F. Don’t confuse this with the modern 330 reissues; this is a different animal entirely and it would be just about perfect for anyone looking to capture the proper vintage sound of the originals.
Chris found some really nice pieces of wood for this one; the Mapleglo is fantastic and as is usual it’s assembled with an attention to detail and workmanship that you won’t get from production-line guitars, even American-made ones.
More info on the 330 can be found at the Wikis. Strictly speaking, this isn’t a Melody-Anything, it’s a Retro Guitar directly from Chris, but I’m willing to facilitate trades of certain guitars (PRS, Heritage, G&L) so feel free to reach out to me directly!
It’s a real beaut, Jack, but be careful…Rickenbacker is very vigorous in protecting their IP…
I’m counting on this blog being completely obscure 🙂
Back in the day I used to build and sell a kickass little retrofit for the 4000 series basses that promised to turn your guitar into “Rickenbacker 4000-infinity bass” and I got a “cease and desist” from Mr. Hall’s attorneys…
Hi Jack,
does your custom guitar gig have a website or internet presence (other than here of course) with a model line up/pricing etc?
Thanks
http://www.melodyburner.com
New content coming on that site this Sunday. Thanks!
Which Sunday was this? A Sunday coming soon perhaps ….
🙂
PS – still having weird TTAC dramas on this PC, still stuck at 1 OCT. Is this related to your government shutdown?