OK! What Model Is This?
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I looked at this late last night and missed the text when I posted it.
Filet spécial is right!!!
What a hack job. What motivates people to do stuff like this?
Filet spécial is right!!!
What a hack job. What motivates people to do stuff like this?
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I think it is regretful that apparently two double neck instruments were cut up to create these mongrels.
But this story is more than meets theye (or less, if that's how you'd have it, LOL).
Both instruments are uninformed attempts to create something unusual, that the owner seems kind of proud of. I regret that he somehow thinks that each of these three-legged puppies is worth more than its double-necked parent, but...
When I lived in South America, I experienced pretty severe culture shock, because of what I daily saw that would have left me amazed for months only a short time before.
Then I realized that a lot goes on in the world that could be considered way outside the mainstream, and that there are entire cultures and subcultures operating this way.
If we on this Forum represent the range of mainstream Rick enthusiasts, these guitars represent one man's vision of what he thinks a Rick should look like. Whether or not anybody else feels that way, would be shown if someone bid on these puppies.
But he's jacked the price way beyond reason, so that's not likely.
I tell my students to remember that there's always a market for at least one of anything. How difficult that market is to find, is a measure of an item's potential for acceptance.
These two are either too good or too bad to find wide acceptance.
I vote for the latter.
But this story is more than meets theye (or less, if that's how you'd have it, LOL).
Both instruments are uninformed attempts to create something unusual, that the owner seems kind of proud of. I regret that he somehow thinks that each of these three-legged puppies is worth more than its double-necked parent, but...
When I lived in South America, I experienced pretty severe culture shock, because of what I daily saw that would have left me amazed for months only a short time before.
Then I realized that a lot goes on in the world that could be considered way outside the mainstream, and that there are entire cultures and subcultures operating this way.
If we on this Forum represent the range of mainstream Rick enthusiasts, these guitars represent one man's vision of what he thinks a Rick should look like. Whether or not anybody else feels that way, would be shown if someone bid on these puppies.
But he's jacked the price way beyond reason, so that's not likely.
I tell my students to remember that there's always a market for at least one of anything. How difficult that market is to find, is a measure of an item's potential for acceptance.
These two are either too good or too bad to find wide acceptance.
I vote for the latter.
“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did.”
― Kurt Vonnegut
― Kurt Vonnegut
Nice summary opinion, Paul.
The only thing I would add is this: such radical modifications could be justified on a playability/performance level. Of course, if there were no improvement in those areas, then why chop 'em up? I figure that the original doublenecks would now have a value totaling US$8000-$10000, depending on condition.
Personally, I think Mike Parks should add these two to his Hall Of Shame.
The only thing I would add is this: such radical modifications could be justified on a playability/performance level. Of course, if there were no improvement in those areas, then why chop 'em up? I figure that the original doublenecks would now have a value totaling US$8000-$10000, depending on condition.
Personally, I think Mike Parks should add these two to his Hall Of Shame.
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. - Seneca