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Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
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Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Definitely NOT boring! What a great story! Glad you got your old guitar back!
I'm still lookin' for my old '74 4001 Mapleglo...
I'm still lookin' for my old '74 4001 Mapleglo...
I have NO idea what to do with those skinny stringed things... I'm just a bass player...
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Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
What is the Serial number of the guitar? That will allow us to precisely date it...
Brian Morton
A Rickenbacker Fan
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
A Rickenbacker Fan
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
A hearty welcome, Bruce!
FYI I have posted some pictures of my 610 Ruby in this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=396089
The 610 is the same as the 615 except it has a regular (non-vibrato) tailpiece.
+1! We love stories almost as much as we love pictures!cjj wrote:Definitely NOT boring! What a great story! Glad you got your old guitar back!
FYI I have posted some pictures of my 610 Ruby in this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=396089
The 610 is the same as the 615 except it has a regular (non-vibrato) tailpiece.
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. - Seneca
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
I owned one just like that, tuners and all. I believe it was a '65 model too.
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Great story! Not boring at all!
...Dean
Never, ever drool on your surf shirt. It wrecks the solo.
660/12FG, 350V63/6FG, 620/6JG, 360WB/6DBG, Dingwall C1 #001, Prestige Heritage Elite FM
Never, ever drool on your surf shirt. It wrecks the solo.
660/12FG, 350V63/6FG, 620/6JG, 360WB/6DBG, Dingwall C1 #001, Prestige Heritage Elite FM
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Great story and nice guitar!
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
What a great story, beautiful looking guitar!
'86 330/6 Ruby, 660/6 DCM, 360/12 CW FG
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Fantastic story, Bruce. It's hard to believe 40 years have passed since you and your Rickenbacker first parted company. You hear plenty of stories about players being re-connected with instruments sold in earlier years, but not forty years!
'59 425, '59 335, '60 335, '60 360, '60 335F, '60 345F, '64 RM 1999, '65 RM 1998, '65 360-12, '66 335, '67 450-12, '72 4001 '72 4001, '75 4000, '75 4000CS, '00 700S, '01 700C, '01 700S-12, '01 730S-FH, '06 660 DCM
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Boring? this forum is all about the stories behind our instruments!
Great story indeed and welcome to the forum!
Great story indeed and welcome to the forum!
So long and thanks for all the fish!
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Bruce, I believe there are a number of us in your (our) generation who would love to find our '60s Ricks that we have since traded away, sold or worse. What makes your story so unique is that the guy to whom you sold it brought the guitar to you. You probably never would have been able to identify it otherwise. I had a 360-12 MG for several years in the '60s (I believe it was a 1966) and traded it to a friend during college, who sold it. Although it was a great-playing guitar and I had a blast with it, back then it was "just a guitar." I never kept a record of the serial number, never took off the 'guard to see what was underneath, etc. I just played it and occasionally changed the strings.
Good for you two to be reunited after all these years!
Good for you two to be reunited after all these years!