Searching For My 1974 620 Fireglo
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:50 pm
I am searching, (probably in vain) for my very identifiable, 1974 Rickenbacker 620 Fireglo, # NL7164. She is very distinctively marked. I have many photos and all of her info documented so I will definitely know when I have found her. She was still in her original case which was slightly chewed-up by my dog when she was just a puppy in 1986!I bought this particular guitar in 1980 at a flea market in, Rhinelander, Wisconsin. I owned her for approx 7 years and like many young musicians, I was flat broke and sold her for $200.00. A move I regretted almost instantly. That old Rickenbacker was so dear to me! I played my first paying gig with that guitar! She has played for crowds ranging in size from 10 or 15 to as many as 40,000!
I first took possession of her at a flea market in, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States in 1980. I paid $350.00 for her. She was with me when I played my first paying gig for $25.00. I cut my teeth in the entertainment business with her so you can see why she means so much to me. If I am ever blessed enough to get her back, she will never leave me again. That old Rick is my music legacy and I would so love to have her back in the family!
I sold her in 1988 for $200.00! A very sad day but, I was young and in desperate need of cash at the time. The fellow I sold her too was in the medical profession and bartered musical instruments as a hobby.
Fast forward four years. I would be starting back in the music business and thought it would be so amazing to get my old Rick back. My heart ached for her and I Needed to get her back! I called the buyer to see if he knew where it might be and, to my elated surprise, he still had it! She sat in her case the whole time! He sold it back to me for the same amount, $200.00!
I held on to her until 2010! Due to medical bills and life's hard-knocks I was forced to sell the one earthly possession that matters most to me, my Rickenbacker!
I had a nice visit with the person I sold her to. It was a sort of "screening" for the right buyer. I had to sell her to someone who would make me the very important promise of letting me be the first to know, should they decide to sell it. I had such a good feeling about this person and thought for sure I was doing the right thing but, I was wrong.
As it turned out, the man I sold it to is an eBay seller and he sold her to someone for $1,300.00! I never had a clue! When I was financially able to get her back, I tried and tried to contact him. No emails were answered and no calls returned!
One day I decided to go to the Rickenbacker Registry website to browse around and sure enough, there she was, SOLD!
I was inquiring about a guitar on our local are craigslist and, to my great surprise, it was the man I sold my Rickenbacker to. When I asked him about it, he told me he that she was in another country now! This may or may not be true. He promised to look up his info on it and tell me where she went, if the new buyer permitted him to do so. Either way I wanted to know, even if the new buyer didn't want to give out the info, I wanted to know so I wasn't left hanging.
Well, I never heard back. Now I am putting the word out there in any and every possible that I am searching for my "Baby", the heart needed to keep my music going. If I sound mellow-dramatic, then so be it! If you Love a Rick like I do, you know where I am coming from.
Thanks to all for reading and, if you see my "Baby" anywhere, let me know!
I first took possession of her at a flea market in, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States in 1980. I paid $350.00 for her. She was with me when I played my first paying gig for $25.00. I cut my teeth in the entertainment business with her so you can see why she means so much to me. If I am ever blessed enough to get her back, she will never leave me again. That old Rick is my music legacy and I would so love to have her back in the family!
I sold her in 1988 for $200.00! A very sad day but, I was young and in desperate need of cash at the time. The fellow I sold her too was in the medical profession and bartered musical instruments as a hobby.
Fast forward four years. I would be starting back in the music business and thought it would be so amazing to get my old Rick back. My heart ached for her and I Needed to get her back! I called the buyer to see if he knew where it might be and, to my elated surprise, he still had it! She sat in her case the whole time! He sold it back to me for the same amount, $200.00!
I held on to her until 2010! Due to medical bills and life's hard-knocks I was forced to sell the one earthly possession that matters most to me, my Rickenbacker!
I had a nice visit with the person I sold her to. It was a sort of "screening" for the right buyer. I had to sell her to someone who would make me the very important promise of letting me be the first to know, should they decide to sell it. I had such a good feeling about this person and thought for sure I was doing the right thing but, I was wrong.
As it turned out, the man I sold it to is an eBay seller and he sold her to someone for $1,300.00! I never had a clue! When I was financially able to get her back, I tried and tried to contact him. No emails were answered and no calls returned!
One day I decided to go to the Rickenbacker Registry website to browse around and sure enough, there she was, SOLD!
I was inquiring about a guitar on our local are craigslist and, to my great surprise, it was the man I sold my Rickenbacker to. When I asked him about it, he told me he that she was in another country now! This may or may not be true. He promised to look up his info on it and tell me where she went, if the new buyer permitted him to do so. Either way I wanted to know, even if the new buyer didn't want to give out the info, I wanted to know so I wasn't left hanging.
Well, I never heard back. Now I am putting the word out there in any and every possible that I am searching for my "Baby", the heart needed to keep my music going. If I sound mellow-dramatic, then so be it! If you Love a Rick like I do, you know where I am coming from.
Thanks to all for reading and, if you see my "Baby" anywhere, let me know!