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Maybe there's not a lot of instruments actually in China right now today but they're on their way. With a little patience you'll finally see us there in force and the demand has already been well demonstrated. Thanks for the update John. Parsons has a good reputation in China, albeit primarily in t...

Yup - Avril Lavigne. She is, hands down, number one in China these days. Personally, I am not her biggest fan (despite also being Canadian), but I think she has done some really great things in the music scene's development here. She's got my support. Her songs target a cohort (girls in their teens ...

Latest report from Beijing (I feel like a tattle-taler!) Went into a Parsons yesterday, hoping to finally track down a Ric ... nada. The sales manager thought I was making up the name "Rickenbacker" as a joke (she knows my nickname is "Rick"). I had her phone a couple of other Pa...

These videos are great, thanks! They answered a few questions I always had about the little VOX AC-15 gems.

One of my Rics is a 660/12 in a vintage-style case. Scared the beejeebers out of me the first time I hear it rattling around inside when I was carrying the guitar somewhere. I now use the towel-solution, which is also handy for spilled beer, nacho-fingers & tell-tale lipstick. Just remember to f...

Just finished watching all four parts, and thoroughly enjoyed every minute. A great trip down memory lane.

Thanks for posting these clips - very well done!

I have to get one of these - what a difference it makes in achieving that very unique sound we seek.

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing that.

Here's an idea ... make a "lightshow" that can change its color into anything we desire at the moment.

I dub thee "Chameleon"

Wow! That's really good!

I gotta practice more ... and learn how to sing ... and teach our bass player how to stay in time.

Tx for the inspiration.

Memories ... driving my sister's lime green AMC Pacer, listening to ABBA on an 8-track (full volume ... all 5 watts/channel)

Yeah, I was cool, polyester paisley & all..

PS: Her 8-track tape collection included Captain & Tenille, of course!

OK, fair enough - I stand corrected, somewhat. I threw out the $1K as illustration of a point. Maybe it would fetch $2K if Joe Shmuck (e.g. me) owned it. Or who knows, a genuine 50s strat (worn, but all original) might even fetch $25K in today's market. Still > $900K short of Blackie's auction price...

I've lived in China for over a decade. For most of that, I was a Finance Professor in a joint degree program. Hence, I got to know a lot of young Chinese students. China has, shall we say, a fair amount of copied material, readily available on every street corner. It also has a very large internet c...

If we're up in the hundreds of thousands ($), I personally think this recent eBay offering is much cooler ... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Elvis-Presley-Rosewood-1968-Telecaster-prototype-1-/290655076613?pt=Guitar&hash=item43ac648105 (It is a completed listing, so you'll need to log in to eBay to vie...

Nice looking guitar. My vote is dusty rose. The eighties, however, had that "International Color" scheme, with varying names/shades. Unsure if the Plus series could be ordered with those schemes. Yup, at least the bridge p/u has been changed, as well as the Volume pot/knob. Some may argue ...