Paul Says No to Rickenbacker

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:24 am

I don't know when he said it Brian, it could have been 40 years ago for all I know.

rickinroma · Post by **rickinroma** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:52 am

I can confirm the lightness of the 4005..and I have never found any other bass easier to play than a 4005...

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:20 am

Shhh!, we are letting out a very hallowed secret here, guys!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:46 pm

Oh, you elitists!

4005's for everyone!!

rickinroma · Post by **rickinroma** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:47 pm

would be great, huh?

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:58 pm

Is'nt the Hofner just about the only guitar he ever payed for?

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 3:47 am

The first Hofner, probably so. I THINK he bought the Casino too.

roadrunners · Post by **roadrunners** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:28 am

The Casino, The Texan, The First hofner, Rosetti.....

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:38 am

Maybe the Esquire?

dan_powell · Post by **dan_powell** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:26 am

He had to pay for those left-handed Les Pauls...

route66guitars · Post by **route66guitars** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:44 am

Actually, he did a trade deal with Rick Neilson for the 1960 Les Paul Standard. I was busy dumping most of my collection to get the $10,000 together to buy that guitar from Rick when he traded it to Paul in 1988. (It's twin, which I owned for a short time in the mid-1990s, recently sold for over $250,000.)

The Gold Top was a gift from Linda. Linda used to buy him instruments he liked but wouldn't come up with the money for, including the Bill Black bass, Gibson ES-5, a 1950s Stratocaster, and others.

Paul has well over 100 instruments in his collection, having never sold any. Only the Rosetti no longer exists.

Here are shots of my 57 Gold Top, and 60 Standard. Each are one of 3 lefties known to exist, and were made at the same time as the ones owned by Paul.

Scott

dan_powell · Post by **dan_powell** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:45 am

Wow - do you know what he traded for it? It seems like Paul still carries that working-class mindset when it comes to guitars. Beautiful Les Pauls, Scott!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 12:39 pm

Paul carries that mindset when it comes to his wallet, too. It's called cheap (in the UK, "mean"). He doesn't mind spending others' cash, though...

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 2:48 pm

There was a guy in the DC area I used to deal in lefty instruments with in the early 80's that had a left-handed '57 Gold Top, and I heard that his was the one that went to Paul via Linda..

Scott, those two Les Pauls are beauts. Now all we need to do is unearth a lefty 1923 F-5 Loar-signed mandolin, and we'll have it made.

route66guitars · Post by **route66guitars** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 5:30 pm

John, that was the one that went to Paul. I sold another one that eventually ended up in Japan. The one in this photo is so clean it's frightening. It was recently purchased by the same collector that bought the Burst.

I've never heard of a Loar signed lefty in any model, although there is a lefty F-5 out there. I believe it was from the 1930s.

Scott