Rarest Rick Model?

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 11:22 pm

Let's start the debate with...........original '60's acoustics.....anybody ever seen one? (apart from the ones at Rickenbacker)

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:51 am

I never saw one

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 5:25 am

Jim Reeves had a custom colored one while he played with his band: "The Blue Boys" That's how the baby blue Rick got it's name "Blue Boy" Ricky Nelsons was loaded with fancy pearl and shell inlays, and lots of exotic wood was used in building it. I had one myself back in the mid-70's, it was a dark brown sunburst. I picked it up on a trade and ended up selling it to a German collector.

lawton · Post by **lawton** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:54 pm

Wouldn't the original production solid top second generation (i.e., Lennon "Miami" variety) 325s come in close to the top of any Rick "most rare" list? Most 60s 325s you see have the F-hole, right?