Waiting for my BBR to age
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Waiting for my BBR to age
I was just over on the Rickenbacker page and was reading some inquiries from people waiting for their BBRs. For the first time, really, I started realizing that, as a COY, my BBR will be an increasingly less common item (I've been seeing a lot of these, obviously, over the last while). As somebody with a passion, training, and professional experience in the heritage/historical studies biz, this got me thinking - I've only just starting seeing that, in a few not so long years from now, my 360 BBR will be less ubiquitous than it seems now. Also, I'm already starting to get curious about how this fine piece of workmanship is going to look in 5, 10, 30 years. What's especially exciting about this is that there is nothing to base my predictions on. A new house takes some time before it becomes a "home" - maybe, closing in on my first year, with my first Rick, this is the first sign that my BBR isn't just a new "toy" to explore but is starting on the path to becoming an old and trusted friend? I have to admit that I have become very attached to it over the last few months.
That's why I'm so keen on my two Montezuma Brown guitars, Bill. I'm not at all concerned about their future value... that's for somebody else to decide and hopefully it will be well after I'm a bunch of ashes in an urn. My 350v63 is probably my favourite Rick 'player' right now and it looks better every day!
I was very much on the fence when the BBRs started to roll out but the finish has grown on me and I can understand your feelings toward your 360. I'm so pleased that you are becoming so attached to it - you're obviously giving it plenty of play time rather than hanging it on the wall as a piece of art... which it is also!
Very nice post, Bill.
Cheers.
H
I was very much on the fence when the BBRs started to roll out but the finish has grown on me and I can understand your feelings toward your 360. I'm so pleased that you are becoming so attached to it - you're obviously giving it plenty of play time rather than hanging it on the wall as a piece of art... which it is also!
Very nice post, Bill.
Cheers.
H
"Never eat more than you can lift." - Mr. Moon
I'm only 38 Howard so I haven't started thinking about the urn yet!
I'm not talking about monetary value though - I mean more the aesthetics and the overall appeal. I guess this would apply to any COY that isn't repeated (if in fact BBR never is). Typically, how many COY are produced in a year? I assume it can't be that many compared to the entire population of Ricks available. So, how will COYs fare as we get several years from their production date - again, in terms of their aesthetics and their distinctiveness. One of the things that often comes up on this forum is how seldom you see Ricks, compared to other more common brands. if this is so, then COY's are a small sub-species within an already comparatively "rare" (maybe not the right word but I think you get the idea) species of guitars. I guess what I'm getting at here is imagining sometime in the distant future me pulling out my guitar and somebody not only saying, "Wow, is that a Rickenbacker?" but also, "Wow, is that a Rickenbacker? I've never seen one in that colour? Where/when did you get THAT??!!"
I'm not talking about monetary value though - I mean more the aesthetics and the overall appeal. I guess this would apply to any COY that isn't repeated (if in fact BBR never is). Typically, how many COY are produced in a year? I assume it can't be that many compared to the entire population of Ricks available. So, how will COYs fare as we get several years from their production date - again, in terms of their aesthetics and their distinctiveness. One of the things that often comes up on this forum is how seldom you see Ricks, compared to other more common brands. if this is so, then COY's are a small sub-species within an already comparatively "rare" (maybe not the right word but I think you get the idea) species of guitars. I guess what I'm getting at here is imagining sometime in the distant future me pulling out my guitar and somebody not only saying, "Wow, is that a Rickenbacker?" but also, "Wow, is that a Rickenbacker? I've never seen one in that colour? Where/when did you get THAT??!!"
