RicCon II pix

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:18 am

OK, here goes. I'll post a couple today, then more later when I get time. I left my photo I.D. sheets home, and playing with the photos at lunch at the office. With luck, here was the star of the show:

Lemme at 'em:

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:21 am

Here's the overall Friday night shot. Still to come were Mark Seligman's pair, but you get the picture ;^)

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:30 am

cool!

....there isn't a chance of picking a "star of the show" out of that group though!

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:36 am

Here's "Doctor" Ted Staberow fingering Mark Seligman's sig foam green 4003:

henny · Post by **henny** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:38 am

Hah, great picture of Ted! Well done, guys. Fine collection.

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:38 am

Paul....this book is gonna be absolutely awesome!!

What's a realistic , projected time frame for completion of this book?

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:39 am

Brian....I don't know about that...how many of those pictured basses have any "stars" on them?

Hmmmmm??? I only see ONE!! lol!

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:41 am

Here's Ted's MG 480. I think everybody strapped this one on for a few minutes before getting back massages:

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:43 am

...point taken.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:46 am

And another star, Ted's 4002. It sure sounded sweet through Jeff Scott's rig (via his incredible handling):

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:59 am

On finishing the book, hard to say. My target is to have it finished by 2007, which would be the 50th anniversary of the Rickenbacker bass. That might be a useful selling point. I don't have any hard and fast deadlines and no publisher lined up, but I do have the ability, desire, and soon, the time to do it. I've got a designer signed on, and a connection at Guitar Player who might be able to endorse the idea. I e-mailed John Hall a couple of weeks ago and asked for his help, but haven't heard back. I hope he can help as a fact checker and open photo archives to me.

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:05 am

Paul...will we be able to buy "Signed Forum Edition" copies and when does the bribery bidding open for the cover shot placement?

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:20 am

Hmm. Let's see, to get your Lemmy on the cover would cost you, hmm, let's see. How about one Lemmy?

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:40 am

how's about two on the cover?

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:45 am

I guess I'll settle for just buying the book then....