"Bongo" Bob Starkie

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:19 pm

I caught a small part of a 30 year anniversary special on 70s Aussie band Skyhooks last Sunday and I was sure I spied a Rick in there somewhere.

After a lot of searching, I found what I was looking for - "Bongo" Bob Starkie on a Melbourne rooftop during the filming of a clip for "This Is My City", with a Rick in hand:

And yes..... he is wearing a wetsuit and flippers!!

He usually played a Tele or LP, so this is a bit special.

I can pick the chord but not the model. Three toasters, f-hole and what may be an Accent(?) tailpiece. So, experts, what say ye?

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:51 am

A '60s export Model 1996!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:27 am

Where's the bongo?

porge · Post by **porge** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 1:45 pm

...and the ocean!

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:38 pm

Thanks for the model of the guitar, John. The neck looks full scale so I didn't think it was a 325.

Don't know where Bongo's nickname came from, Bob, but he sure as hell didn't play them!!

The ocean's in the other direction, Andrew. The shot was taken looking east. Here's the other half of the photo:

It's sort of looking up Collins Street. The low white tower just left of centre is the T & G building. To the immediate left is the Reserve Bank building. The tall building to the left of that is Nauru House and the one under construction is the west (ANZ) tower of Collins Place. Immediately in front of it is the CRA building, which was knocked down to make way for 101 Collins Street.

Guys, you can now amaze your friends with your knowledge of Melbourne!!

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:49 pm

Howard, look closely, you'll notice that there's only 1 dot at the 12th fret. Another giveaway to a short scale.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:01 pm

I noticed that there was only one fret at the 12th fret!! Didn't look at the dots.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:41 pm

What's the population of Melbourne Howard?

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:42 pm

Oh I forgot to ask, is he related to Richard?

porge · Post by **porge** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:55 pm

"The ocean's in the other direction, Andrew"

I was referring to the attire!

I may be wrong, but Darren from Guitar Emporium may have owned that rick at one point, and sold it 3-4 years ago for a "pucking portune"

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:23 pm

As in Ringo, Bob? Don't think so!! He was born out the back of 'woop woop' in New South Wales.

Melbourne's current population is around 3.8 million. And the skyline has certainly changed since that photo was taken!!

Maybe he'd just been doing a bit of inner-city 'snorkelling', Andrew!