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Oz_Greg wrote:.
I reckon it's a real shame that he sanded the Sgt. Pepper era psychedelic paint job off it!

That was a classic look.

I think he sanded it off because it was flaking off.

I think the answer is that he still has the Rick sitting in a rack in his studio.

Wow! I don't know if it impolite to ask but what does a paint job like that cost!!! It's not impolite to ask...in a PM... Good point, Paul. People have asked me what I paid to have my MMT done, and my reply is always the same. I can't quote someone elses job. You would have to contact them yourself.

The video is nice but about 15 years old. that was from THE WORLD TONIGHT. The documentary o the making of FLAMING PIE.

Just a couple to start out with.

He certainly is apologizing for all the "confusion".

What are you talking about? Not only did I deliver it, I hung around and watched him lay down the track with it, specifically "From a Lover to a Friend". I don't know anything about "Axis". I think you got the story backwards; he had been using the Hofner but was unhappy with th...

eddied wrote:It was the C64S that John Hall delivered to him which was used on the Linda McCartney story a while back. It was a prototype. Paul called Rick to have then send one over whie recording Driving Rain I believe. It is used on one song Axis??

Yep. Spinning on an Axis. Paul also has a 4001C64 FG

Hotzenplotz wrote:BTW: 100% negativity means not automatically to be 100% wrong. Hard to put up with sometimes, I know - as I read...

Very true. But 100% jerk means 100% jerk. There is a way to get your point across without personally insulting people and this forum.

jps wrote:

seanfarrell68 wrote:...Macca got a new Ric to play on the Driving Rain LP but that he was disappointed with the sound and so he didn't use it..

4004?

My recollection was it was the 4001C64S.

Anyway...what is the true name of the Mike Campbell model?

dpowell wrote:

simer4001 wrote:Not all of them, but most.

Jeez...

Is that the Campbell 620/12 replica?

Yes. I purchased it from Glenn Wall and he had Paul W. do the work.

Wow, that looks great! Well, I'm not to sure about that pink & blue acoustic... It's a replica of how Lennon had his J-160e circa 1967, painted by The Fool. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UO-sRzZVQ4U/UAR1anN6RiI/AAAAAAAAAT0/b0NC3YsN4Ig/s400/john_lennon_psychedelic_gibson_j-160e.jpg My friend Jeffrey...