Rice Custom ~ Have you seen this!

[onemind]

Just perusing the Rice Custom Guitar site because I love my distressed blackguard telecaster .... and I see this... very cool!

[Balance]

Yes, very cool indeed.

[joejazzguitar]

does anybody know what kind of bridge is on that Rice tele?

[johnnyqb]

Send a pm to "dabluzeguy" (Rich Rice) or "Chris Rice" and I am sure they will reply shortly.

[dennyman]

sweet. i'd also like that guitar with some gold TV Jones 'Trons in it

[onemind]

TV Jones PU's in there would kill...according to the website the bridge is an ABM gold-plated brass roller bridge

[DucatiWebDesign]

The wood looks very nicely toned, I love how the grain seems very enriched to my eye

[Chris Rice]

Originally Posted by DucatiWebDesign

The wood looks very nicely toned, I love how the grain seems very enriched to my eye

Rich is a wood finisher (rather than a car painter) with many years of furniture restoration in his past. He is a magician and can pull things out of wood that astound me.

The real kicker is the way it sounds. The splitter switch is 3-position (both humbuckers/neck humbucker and bridge single coil/both single coils) that gives you a Gibson vibe, Telcaster Custom vibe, and Tele vibe all out of one. I had the pickups specially wound for this guitar, voiced to give what I want; warmth, clarity, articulation, and power. It speaks like a good acoustic and screams like a great electric.

[mrfjones]

very cool guitar, beautiful grain.

[Rich Rice]

Originally Posted by Old Tele man

...very pretty, but what about those of us who want a playin' guitar, not a piece of 'musical furniture' (joke of course)...and prefer "plain Jane" colors?

Take a look at the gallery on our website. Any color you want. My specialty is transparent colours, but certainly not my limitation.

Look at it this way... You get a premium hand applied trans finish for no upcharge. I just hate to cover the natural character of the wood. Here's a pic of a blue thinline I'm just finishing for a client in Norway:

[onemind]

I would never describe any rice guitar as a "show-horse" They're made to be played, no thin laminates (ala Ed Roman) to make it look espensive, if maple is the tone wood of choice, it's on there for a reason....

[elguicho]

laminates? isn't this guitar a one piece mahogany? :NUTS

[Chris Rice]

Originally Posted by elguicho

laminates? isn't this guitar a one piece mahogany? :NUTS

Yes.

And what is more "plain jane" than brown? Certainly not this:

[dkaplowitz]

I'm not a big fan of Bigsbys, but damn is that guitar beautiful! I can't wait for minez to show up.

[teleblaster]

Originally Posted by Chris Rice

Yes.

And what is more "plain jane" than brown? Certainly not this:

Man oh man, now that is sweet! :AOK