Rose Morris History Question

johncorth · Post by **johncorth** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:56 pm

So, when did Rose Morris start importing Rickenbackers? Would January '64 be among the first batch, or were they already importing in '63?

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:24 am

John, the earliest ones were from Jan. as far as I can tell.

johncorth · Post by **johncorth** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:03 pm

Sweet! I've got a January RM on its way to me. Probably doesn't affect value any, but cool to know it was one of the first nonetheless.
It sort of gets me wondering about something. This is a January '64 guitar and the heel is not square, and neither was the heel on a May '64 RM that I had. As far as I can tell, all of the RM reissues over the last 20 years, including the 1996AFG, have had square heels. Mistake? Or did some of the export models actually have square heels?

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:58 am

I used to have a '64 325 FG with F-hole (Serial #DGXXX). That's equivalent to a '64 RM1996. It had a round heel. My (3) 1997 reissues and my 1996 reissue have square heels.

wints · Post by **wints** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:40 am

This may be interesting reading to you John.

http://www.geocities.com/vintage325/325_3.html

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:52 am

My 1965 RM 1998 has a round heel....never noticed that before!

johncorth · Post by **johncorth** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:26 am

Glen's 325 site is interesting to look at with this question in mind. I hadn't looked at it in quite a while.
So, the 325/1996 models had square heels longer than the full scale hollowbodies. I guess you learn something every day!