Here is Rickenbacker’s description: This guitar broke all the rules of traditional
styling when it appeared amid the
'British' sound of the 1960's. Subtly updated through the years, this Deluxe
hollow body with its special contour around the entire body perimeter, is still
perhaps the most comfortable guitar of all. The bound body and rosewood
fingerboard, inlayed with triangular pearloid markers, provide an exceptionally
attractive appearance. Stereo output is standard. Careful acoustic research has
resulted in the full, rich and warm sound of this popular model. Two single coil
pickups on a full size body are accented by a cats-eye shaped (they call it
“slash”) sound hole. The 24-fret rosewood fingerboard is punctuated by pearloid
triangular fret markers, with full double cutaways permitting access to all the
frets.
The standard output is double jack –
one for monaural and one for “Rik-o-Sound” which requires a de-coder box that separates the
signal into two stereo channels. We can order the purchaser of the guitar the
box at additional charge. Here are the current specifications, but we do not
feel that much has changed since 1997: Semi-acoustic, 24 frets, whose top edges
are curved and comfortable and whoe back is bound in single ply white
celluloid. Its scale length - 62.9 cm (24 3/4''); neck width at nut -41.4 mm
(1.63''); neck width at 12th Fret - 49.05 mm (1 .931''); crown radius - 25.4 cm
(10''); body and neck wood – maple; fingerboard wood – rosewood; weight –
approx.3.6 kg (8.0 lbs.); overall length- 101 cm (39 3/4”); overall width - 38.1
cm (15''); overall depth - 38.1 mm (1 ½”); this guitar’s neck is bound in
off-white celluloid; fret marker style – triangle; tailpiece – Stylized “R”
chrome plated; bridge has 6 saddles; neck type - set-in (his ways); 2 high-gain
pickups and the machine heads are by Schaller with small chrome plated metal
buttons.
In the storage area of the case are
found a Care and Maintenance Manual, Parts and Accessories Order Form, North American
Limited Warranty, not filled out – a fold over with a string attached, a yellow
polishing cloth, and 3 keys inside the polishing cloth bag. Did you know that
the waiting time for a new one of these is 18 months to 2 years? Yep. That’s
the waiting time. This one’s as clean as a used example can possibly be.