Robben Ford Discussion

I don't know if we are talking about the same thing here, but I have a RF Ultra FM signature model from the Corona shop, serial 004. It was built by Gene Baker, and Gene told me that Robben took 002 a ...

I thought the MIJ ones had Schaller pickups. The CA Custom Shop ones had SDs.

I like the look of that. Spruce top I presume?

Thanks for finding out Daved.

I was just wondering, after seeing RF in Newcastle UK last month, if he ever still plays the sax. Does anyone know? Listening to him that night I was struck again with how horn-like his lines can be. ...

Come to think of it, another friend has just acquired a Squier Esprit, so that would be another interesting comparison. Hey, we'd better devise a judging panel with some proper statistically-weighted ...

Lucky Phil B Very Happy

I love the colour!

How about summing up your impressions, Phil, once you've had a few days with this one?

There is so little information on these guitars that every little ...

And now that I think of it, while it's very disappointing if someone you have a high regard for turns out to be a human being when you meet them, and have human frailties, I think we have to get it in ...

He must have been feeling off for sure because last year at Frome he signed quite a few guitars, my old LP included, without a qualm. I would never sell mine on ebay because he signed it, and I don't ...

Glad to hear you liked it. I must say I was severly disappointed. Not in the playing, which was great when I could hear it, but in the sound, which was the worst I've experienced while actually being ...

FWIW if anyone's interested, I've got a happy ending to this tale of frustration. I had the original pickups replaced with a set of Bare Knuckles (PG Blues neck and bridge, and a Mississippi Queen P90 ...

also is this your main guitar? Why not go for a custom shop USA Fender robben ford I heard they have fatter necks on them.

I'd be surprised if that's true. I've never played a MIJ RF so I don't kn ...

Yes, I could do with some of those on my LP too. You didn't lose any of the quirky little tones with the new pots did you? I have thought about getting a more gradual taper, but wondered if the old on ...

BTW, just as an afterthought to that last posting, I played a bog-standard SG of no great vintage belonging to a friend of my son the other day. He paid a quarter of the price I paid for my six-string ...

That's interesting. I kind of thought...since I was buying a super-duper Custom Shop Gibson etc etc...that the much-touted pickups would be pretty damn good. Not much experience in this regard - I usu ...