The Banning TeleBacker

[Mark Wein]

Courtesy of @El Borrachito

http://guitarz.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-banning-telebacker-if-rickenbacker.html


...it would look like this, the TeleBacker, made in the USA by Banning Guitars custom shop.


The example in the photographs reproduced here is currently listed for sale on eBay with a Buy It Now price of US $1,899.99.

 

[CBHScott]

Hmmmm...inneresting...

 

[Coralkong]

I don't hate it......which surprises me.

 

[Dogsinplastic]

This makes me realize that it's not just the body profile of the semi-hollow Ricks that I'm not interested in, it's the whole aesthetic. I love Teles, but I'm no traditionalist. Load it up with whatever you want...this one isn't something I want.

 

[baimun]

I like that better than a normal Ric.

 

[Deep Eddy]

My initial thought is: why not just buy a Rick 360?

 

[jelloman]

Y'all can have it...

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Clownburst failboat

 

[Coralkong]

Clownburst failboat

Agreed.

That "Fire-glo" or whatever they call it really is awful......I guess it is Ric's trademark color scheme though, so they'll continue to use it.

 

[Mark Wein]

Then you need to buy one of these:

Then one of these:

Then maybe one of these:

Bonus:

 

[sunvalleylaw]

I don't hate it......which surprises me.

kinda this. It is so rick like that it gives me pause. Then I look a little more, and think, hmm. I would want it to have a full tele length scale, and a modern C shaped tele neck with "normal" radius and string spacing. But could be interesting.

It would be interesting also not in such an obviously Rick-like color scheme.

 

[Mark Wein]

To be honest I kinda dig it.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

^^


Yeah, ok, I'll cop to that too.

 

[ellengtrgrl]

Interesting - a Ric-o-Tele. I wonder if this guitar is close enough with trademark features, that Rickenbacker's going to end up going after Banning down the road. Still, it'd be fun to take for a spin, but I think I'll stick with my Thinline.

 

[Muppet]

Just in case you're starting a Traveling Wilburys tribute band.

 

[Packerbacker]

I kinda dig it

 

[Wyatt]

I truly appreciate the attention to detail and custom work to pull that off. Didn't miss a trick, that moves the builder from someone I've never heard of to on my "watch" list.

But, not sure if I'll bite. A 360 was my only guitar for years and years and years...and I'm not going back.

 

[jp_nyc]

It’s pretty, but I don’t have any desire to play it, much less own it.

 

[Ignored Member]

I'm a Ric novice. Can the cover be taken off the bridge?

 

[bsman]

I'd rather have a tele or a ric...