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Denis

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Rickenbacker production numbers
« on: February 13, 2012, 06:44:46 PM »
Fly Guitars has nifty information about Gibson's build quantities in the '60s, '70s and '80s and it suddenly struck me tonight I have no idea in the world how many basses Ric built back then. Are there records of Ric's production numbers?
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Re: Rickenbacker production numbers
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2012, 09:32:12 PM »
Nope...  :-\
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Re: Rickenbacker production numbers
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2012, 01:02:44 AM »
At the Ric Register you can get some idea of the guitars actually registered. My 72 was made in May and about the 470th, by Dec they had made nearly 1800 guitars interestingly they made almost only 4001's in 1972.
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Re: Rickenbacker production numbers
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2012, 08:36:48 AM »
Quote from: SeanS on February 14, 2012, 01:02:44 AM
interestingly they made almost only 4001's in 1972.

"Roundabout"...  ;)
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Re: Rickenbacker production numbers
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2012, 02:35:33 PM »
we made 40 to 75 instruments per day in the mid 1970's .... that got as high as 130 per day in 1992 .. today .. about 20 per day  if that .
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Re: Rickenbacker production numbers
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2012, 02:04:44 AM »
Quote from: gearHed289 on February 14, 2012, 08:36:48 AM
"Roundabout"...  ;)

By Dec 73 they were up to serial number 7500 :o, the power of music.

    I begin to understand the 4x demand overnight in these guitars must have left the factory under some pressure, hence I presume the cutbacks in design on the 73 versions.
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