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Thanks

Tim,

I like your profile pic - this nearly made me laugh out loud.
Is it a vintage Ken doll?

A few things: 1) the look - certain models (like the 4003) have such a great character to them. It's hard to explain without ranting, but they just look great & unique. 2) Paul McCartney 3) I played in a group with admin for a while, and exposure to his enthusiasm about the brand played a part.

As an aside, for those of you who've not seen the Scott Pilgrim movie, there is a scene where there are "dueling basses" - the Rickenbacker vs a Fender Mustang. The Mustang, I believe, belongs to Chris Murphy of Sloan who worked as a guitar consultant on the film (Sloan's Jay Ferguson play...

Nice pic of Suzanna Hoffs... oh, and the guitar is nice too.


Come on, you were all thinking it.

OC Choppers has zero brand identity of its own --- Rickenbacker has 80 year's worth. Cranking out "one-offs" for corporations is what OC Choppers does . That IS their brand identiy --- Rickenbacker is doing just fine.[/quote] I hope my post didn't come off as though I was "dissing&quo...

I, myself do not have a twitter account. It's interesting.... a few years back I sat in a room full of about 30 people and the presenter asked everyone this question: "who in here would give your banking information to anyone who asked"? Maybe 10 people raised their hands. After that, the ...

Neat, thanks. Logo is pretty small, though. Has anyone done anything more "out there" like freaky colours or custom pictures?

Nice work...

Seeing that corporations have ordered "novelty" motorcycles in the past... the kind of thing you see on Orange County choppers, has there been any instances of a custom ordered Rick to represent a corporation?

I remember seeing football teams Epiphones (I think) a few years back.

??? I see that tracks have been isolated, but has anyone tried to re-sequence them into a new mix?

Both Sloan & Sam Roberts have new albums out (released on the same day). Not sure how much Ricks are used on either of these, but Sloan "The Double Cross" is definitely worth a listen. Not sure how I feel about Sam's new record "Collider" though. http://www.sloanmusic.com htt...

Lots of stuff... could do a whole website on the topic...Model, who the owner is, where is it now?

Just realized I could have put this in another section of the forum... oh well.

That Thing You Do - vaguely recall seeing a Ric 12 in this, though not sure which model.

Amazing