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Re: Weird German carved Fender one-off... Rossmeisl connection?
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:14 pm
by sangandongo
I just finished up a recording a quick video. Forgive my playing, I'm still getting used to this thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob4obQ3K ... e=youtu.be
Re: Weird German carved Fender one-off... Rossmeisl connection?
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:32 pm
by cjj
Re: Weird German carved Fender one-off... Rossmeisl connection?
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:16 pm
by sangandongo
Just spoke to Phil Kubicki, Rossmeisl's assistant at Fender, on the phone and he said he recognized the thing!
Re: Weird German carved Fender one-off... Rossmeisl connection?
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:36 pm
by sloop_john_b
Amazing!!
Re: Weird German carved Fender one-off... Rossmeisl connection?
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:50 pm
by sangandongo
Phil said that Roger tried to introduce so much into Fender's world from his experience at Rickenbacker. He talked a lot about how the checkered binding on the early Fender Coronados and some of the earlier acoustics were Rossmeisl's direct influence. So were the gold pick guards. At at first I was confused with what he was telling me because he said, "Yeah, this thing was from Rickenbacker," but after I got him to clarify a bit, he meant that it was a design Roger brought over from Ric.
Really cool stuff.
Re: Weird German carved Fender one-off... Rossmeisl connection?
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:34 pm
by libratune
I think we need some actual photos for the files. The ebay links will soon vanish.
Re: Weird German carved Fender one-off... Rossmeisl connection?
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:35 pm
by sangandongo
feel free to embed or link some images off of my sites at dumb.org which I posted before. I have some side-by-side comparisons with correlating Ric and Fender instruments. I'm replying from my phone or I'd do it now.
Re: Weird German carved Fender one-off... Rossmeisl connection?
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:01 pm
by cjj
Re: Weird German carved Fender one-off... Rossmeisl connection?
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 12:11 am
by s4001
Very nice bit of history!
Re: Weird German carved Fender one-off... Rossmeisl connection?
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:45 pm
by ken_j
I enjoyed you demo video John. I also read the linked forums from your website. Nice to hear others opinions.
Great detective work.
Re: Weird German carved Fender one-off... Rossmeisl connection?
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 3:17 pm
by sangandongo
ken_j wrote:I enjoyed you demo video John. I also read the linked forums from your website. Nice to hear others opinions.
Great detective work.
Thanks, Ken. I am no banjo player, but I can play slide a little bit, so it seemed natural to do.
It was very gratifying to hear Phil say that he recognized the instrument. I was beginning to question my own eyes after a bit, but I had to go with my gut. I can get a bit obsessive about stuff like this.
Re: Weird German carved Fender one-off... Rossmeisl connection?
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:38 pm
by sangandongo
Found a bit of photo evidence. The instrument on the table was referred to me by Kubicki. He told me to look for this photo in a book called Guitar Legends by George Fullerton. The guitar on the table with the same shape as mine is called a "Modern Rocker."
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zNfB ... G_7657.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-chzp ... G_7664.jpg
Re: Weird German carved Fender one-off... Rossmeisl connection?
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:45 am
by sloop_john_b
Great picture of Rossmeisl!!
Re: Weird German carved Fender one-off... Rossmeisl connection?
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:50 pm
by sangandongo
Thanks, I just talked to him on the phone. I've got a COA coming! Woo hoo!
Re: Weird German carved Fender one-off... Rossmeisl connection?
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:46 pm
by cjj
sangandongo wrote:Thanks, I just talked to him on the phone. I've got a COA coming! Woo hoo!
Extremely COOL!
