My Holy Grail found! (RoMo content...)

Early years of Rickenbacker Guitars prior to and including 1972

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SWWEEEETTT!!!
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Absolutely fantastic!! That is one cool guitar.
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Beautiful geet Collin,congrats ,love the colour too 8)
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Very nice, Collin. You'll have to bring it by when you come for the Rittor book. :mrgreen:
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Awesome Collin!! :D

Now, are you gonna give it the full PT treatment? :mrgreen:
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antipodean wrote:Awesome Collin!! :D

Now, are you gonna give it the full PT treatment? :mrgreen:
Start with bashing into a 4-12 cabinet. :mrgreen:
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antipodean wrote:Awesome Collin!! :D

Now, are you gonna give it the full PT treatment? :mrgreen:

Haha....it looks like it's already had the PT treatment (old headstock repair and worn toggle switch....hmmmm, PT connection?) :wink:



Thanks for all the congrats, guys! It's a gem, I'm pretty stoked.

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Woodie wrote:Very nice, Collin. You'll have to bring it by when you come for the Rittor book. :mrgreen:
Ah, I certainly hope so! :D

We'll see....
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WOW...what a great-looking guitar. Excellent score!
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Welcome to the RM 1998 owners club, Collin! That's a gorgeous example you've found, well done.
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Before anyone says anything, see my thread about me taking two weeks off (I'm dropping in for the weekend)...

So, Collin, you wanna give it PT treatment, eh? Why don't you add a Gibson ES-175 tailpiece to it? Then it'll look like his first 1998! :D
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rick_ovic wrote:Welcome to the RM 1998 owners club, Collin! That's a gorgeous example you've found, well done.
I'd like to be a member of this club as well Darren. Does anyone want to give up their spot? I could offer a bunch of stuff in trade -- like money, my Davey Crockett lunch box and thermos, my soul. :twisted:
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rick_ovic wrote:Welcome to the RM 1998 owners club, Collin! That's a gorgeous example you've found, well done.
Trotty, I see you're wearing your matching accessories from the Buffalo Exchange. :D
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rick_ovic wrote:Welcome to the RM 1998 owners club, Collin! That's a gorgeous example you've found, well done.
Sweeeet--Do I get a pledge pin or funny hat too? (I see you've already recieved yours! :) ) Thanks!

JakeK wrote:So, Collin, you wanna give it PT treatment, eh? Why don't you add a Gibson ES-175 tailpiece to it? Then it'll look like his first 1998! :D
Mostly because I think it looks stupid. I'm into getting the guitar, but not so into detailed minutiae of a players instrument (I'll leave that for the Beatle geeks and V81's. :lol: Plus I'd have to drill a hole in the lower horn----not so cool.

Plus it's survived as original for almost 45 years. I'm not about to start modding it!
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Was it ever discovered WHY there was a big hole in the lower horn of Pete's first 1998?

Collin, do you have pics of the headstock repair? What kind of amps do you use with it? To really be like Pete, try and find a 60's Fender Bassman! That was his rig in the old days (I'm sure you know that he ran the Bassman through the Marshall 4X12s until they switched over to VOX in July of 1965).
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