NTSGD! FINALLY found a burst-finish Surfcaster 12

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Re: NTSGD! FINALLY found a burst-finish Surfcaster 12

Post by jingle_jangle » Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:48 am

Gorgeous beauty. I like the way mine sounds with the low E on top, probably because I play Rick-style, too.

My Fender 12s are strung non-Rick. Depending upon how they're picked, it can be easy or more difficult to tell the difference between the Charvel and the Fender, but a Rick 12 has those pickups that are unmistakeable, especially with compression dialed in.

I recently completed a conversion of a walnut-bodied Rick 380L from 6 to 12 by making and grafting on a new headstock. This guitar has resonance to beat the band--an open-string strum will go on for what seems like 5 minutes...

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Note how the Charvel headstock is virtually a dead ringer for the Rick!

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Re: NTSGD! FINALLY found a burst-finish Surfcaster 12

Post by jass » Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:24 am

This is so not helping my GAS... :(
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Re: NTSGD! FINALLY found a burst-finish Surfcaster 12

Post by nrand » Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:06 am

Sorry for the late post on this but congrats on the new 12! Its a beauty. . .If you feel you have too many the black one looks like it would fit in my rack next to my Surf Green 12!
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