Not a Rickenbacker but...

[Memphis Blue]

I've been looking for my first guitar for a long long time.
The year was 1958 and I had a Mickey Mouse guitar that I absolutely loved.
I went to a estate sale Saturday and lo and behold...there it was...the exact same model.
In 2007 I got my Ric 360/12 back after 13 years...now I get a guitar just like my first one back after 51 years! To say I am stoked is a understatement...

Not real sure how to post a pic but I'll give it a try.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3366/328 ... 6528e1.jpg

[rokkitt]

now, that is rock and roll

maybe even metal!!!!

if u still had that cowboy hat, now that would be METAL!!!!

hehehhehe


so, where is the hat?

very very cool, and congrats


al

[cjj]

Wow, that's really cool! I assume the Mickey is the same color?

[goofyfoot]

now, that is rock and roll

maybe even metal!!!!

if u still had that cowboy hat, now that would be METAL!!!!

hehehhehe

so, where is the hat?

very very cool, and congrats

al

It's better than rock 'n roll, man. It's the.................Bakersfield sound! Merle Haggard and the late Buck Owens ain't got nothin' on you, Blue. Ooohhhh, yeeeaaahhh. Too cool. Thanks for sharing.....Goofyfoot

[wittyair]

Great story, Jeff!!

[weemac]

When you said a 1958 Mickey Mouse guitar I first assumed you ment a Gibson 335...

Eden.

[winston]

What a great read. Thanks Jeff. You must be a happy man.

[beatlefreak]

That's probably quite a collector's piece for those who collect Disneyana.

[kiramdear]

You were sooo cute, Jeff! That snapshot makes my day.

What a great story. I love it!

[Memphis Blue]

Thanks folks....yes it's the same color...red...and yes...I used to be cute...and the Mickey seemed so much bigger back in 1958.


Funny thing is...I used to blame playing guitar left handed on my brother who got the first guitar and was left handed...I am naturally right handed but 1958 was WAY before he got the first real guitar...it was more like 1964. So that pic proves one thing....my guitars would cost 10-15% more and be hard as H@*l to find for the rest of my life!!

[simer4001]

I've been looking for my first guitar for a long long time.
The year was 1958 and I had a Mickey Mouse guitar that I absolutely loved.
I went to a estate sale Saturday and lo and behold...there it was...the exact same model.
In 2007 I got my Ric 360/12 back after 13 years...now I get a guitar just like my first one back after 51 years! To say I am stoked is a understatement...

Not real sure how to post a pic but I'll give it a try.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3366/328 ... 6528e1.jpg

That's a great story. and you haven't changed a bit! To find my first guitar I need to find a KNOX bass. That's right. I said KNOX.

[brammy]

Gee, Jeff, you haven't changed at all!
GREAT STUFF! I think this is the best posting I've seen in RR
http://cgi.ebay.com/Mousegetar-1950s-Mi ... 1|294%3A50

Now you need to get some of THESE:

http://www.stringsandbeyond.com/dimimogupipa.html

[fatcat]

Does anyone know what happened to Jimmy Dodd's one he played on the show?

[octagon]

Don't know.I got a book somewhere about the show that was written by a kid whose dad worked on the show.I think he(the kid) was in the peanut gallery.I used to have a Mickey Mouse radio from the 30's

[JakeK]

My Theatre teacher is a huge Mickey Mouse fan. He might like one of these, although he played the bass drum in high school.