1966 Liverpool Music store Purchase

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1966 Liverpool Music store Purchase

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I was in the British Merchant Navy in 1966 and bought a UK (Rose Morris Spec) 360WB/12 from the main Liverpool town music shop. For my own interest can anyone tell me what the store would have been ? I can remember to this day it cost me UK pounds 212..(No case !!). I was an apprentice ,earning UK 8 pounds a week !! work that one out !!
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Welcome to the forum Thomas.

I have no idea what the answer is to your question myself, hopefully someone on the forum may be able to help you.
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I'm coming up with about six months, Thomas...impressive.

I bought my first 4001 in '74 for $450...I was making 'minimum wage': $2.10/hour. A little better odds than you were up against, but as I wasn't living aboard ship, it took me about six months, too.

Worth the wait, though, eh?
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Thomas, that would be Rushworth's Music Store, Whitechapel. Please tell us all about the purchase!
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Hello Thomas, that sounds like a 1993. Do you still have it? Or a pic?...
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Hey Thomas. Please come back, as we want the details.
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Hessy's was another important Liverpool music store.
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I agree that Hessy's was important Glenn, but Thomas spoke of the main music store and in that respect I would think that Rushworth's had a somewhat higher profile at the time.

There were, of course, famous moments at each of these stores, my favourite being Hessy's and the installation of Lennon's Bigsby.
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Peter: Rather than install the Bigsby on the countertop with an icepick and a screwdriver (according to legend), John should have packed-up his '58 and shipped it off to The Curmudgeon. Ooops, I guess he was probably still in junior high at the time. Never mind...
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Sorry I haven't been on the site for ages. I thought life was supposed to get easier as you got older... Thanks for the input. No I don't have it anymore.. I sold it in 1972 in Brisbane Australia.. It had signs of a minor crack in the neck just behind the nut. The neck was very very slimline and I wondered if that was common.
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Re: 1966 Liverpool Music store Purchase

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10 years late in carrying on the thread... The guy who said the store in Liverpool was Hessy's is right... that name rings a bell.
The neck on that vintage 66/67 ( I never recorded the Serial number ..You just didn't back then !) was a LOT slimmer than the 2 x 12's I have now .... Dare I say I don't like them ?
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munronichols wrote:10 years late in carrying on the thread... The guy who said the store in Liverpool was Hessy's is right... that name rings a bell.
The neck on that vintage 66/67 ( I never recorded the Serial number ..You just didn't back then !) was a LOT slimmer than the 2 x 12's I have now .... Dare I say I don't like them ?

Hi Thomas, the official (retailer) name for your guitar was the Rose Morris "1993" which was known as a 330S/12 at the Rickenbacker factory. See more info here: www.rickbeat.com/export1993/1993inventory.htm

I believe Hessy's was the only retailer in Liverpool that stocked instruments from Rose Morris - or it's the only one I've heard of. Also, the guitar would have been a 1964 or 1965 model - they ceased production of the model in late 1965.
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