#325v59

Throwback to about a month ago at @capsulemusic with a groovy #Lennon-esque 1983 #Rickenbacker 325 in #jetglo in front of a real deal vintage #widepanel 1954 #Fender #Bandmaster. Anyone ever play one of these little Rics? They are so tiny! I used to own a #mapleglo 1990 #325V59 model but never really bonded with it and so I sold it. It was my first guitar with a #Bigsby. The first time I changed strings on it I nearly threw it out the window...the strings kept popping off the post before I could tension them enough to grip. I nearly had an aneurism until a kindly and more experienced Tumblr friend (probably @puisheen!) suggested I use a capo to keep just enough tension on the string to stop it from coming off the Bigsby until I could get it wound tightly around the tuner! It worked and I only needed two Ativans and a few tequilas to calm myself down! Kidding. Just kidding. Sadly I’m sure my Facebook will now be full of pharma company adverts for benzodiazepines...😀😆🤣 #rickenbacker325 #johnlennon #beatles #tbt #guitar #guitars #amp #amps #amplifiers #vintageguitars #vintageamps #fenderamp #rickenbackerguitars #vintagerickenbacker #guitarsdaily #guitarsofinstagram #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography #ampphotography (at Capsule Music) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtmOiX0BSkv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4lm8j2r9eod0

Keeping toasty #Rickenbacker #toasterpickups #325V59

Here’s another shot from the archives, and a #guitar, long since moved on to a new home. It’s a 1990 #Rickenbacker #325V59 that I picked up from @theguitarshopca way back around 2011. This photo was taken in March 2012. First thing you will notice about a #Ric 325 when you pick it up is how TINY it is. I mean really, really small in you hands. It feels very strange when you are used to full scale #guitars. I put .012s on it just to add some tension to the feel of the strings because .010s felt like you were strumming overcooked spaghetti! 😆. This is also the guitar I alluded to a few posts back that almost gave me an aneurism when I changed the strings for the first time. It was my first guitar with a #Bigsby and the strings kept popping off the post before I could get some tension into them at the tuner end! Then some helpful Tumblr friend (most likely @puisheen) gave me advice on how to string a Bigsby without wanting to throw the guitar out the window. And I was relatively happy from that point forward. About stringing Bigsbys, anyway. 😆 #tbt #throwback #rickenbacker325 #mapleglo #johnlennon #thebeatles #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #vintagerickenbacker #rickenbackerguitars #tone #guitargear #guitarsdaily #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #vintagegear #guitarphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/BubLWC-g3ad/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6uhsnwsjz3i7

1990 Rickenbacker 325V59...currently for sale!  I love this little guy, but the fact is I just don't play it enough to justify keeping it...especially when there are other guitars that I DO play...but haven't finished paying for yet!  :D

1990 Rickenbacker 325V59.  Such a quirky little guitar!  And I do mean "little".  It is tiny.  Really.

Man...that is one SMALL guitar!  :D

BFTP #24:  1990 Rickenbacker 325V59, Mapleglo. Shot taken in my family room in front of my green wall, November 30, 2011.  :D