The One That Got Away

[Len]

Hey Len Lescosky.....I live in Decatur GA too!

We'll have to have our own Rickenbacker summit!

Sounds good! Yes, it will sound good, with Rickenbackers ringing and thumping. This week's Decatur RicFest is in Oakhurst Saturday night with Mitch Easter. See you there?

[radioactive]

I used to live near Clarkston, GA back in the '70s for a couple years, It was a nice quiet place. There was a couple of music stores on Memorial Drive, the owner Burt used to have some interesting vintage pieces from time to time.

[beatlefreak]

I believe those music stores are long gone.

[woodyng]

i'm old enough that when i first started playing,60's instruments were actually something even a minimum wage kid like myself could afford. i bought,sold,and traded basses (and guitars,keyboards) on a regular basis,always wanting to try out something different. one that came and went during those early years was a completely original 1966 candy apple red fender jazz bass,matching headstock,with rosewood fretboard and (clay?) dots. probably purchased for $300,and sold for $450 to cover the cost of a refret. it was light,just the right amount of mojo wear,and sounded great strung with pyramid flats. OTOH,if i had kept it,the times being what they were,it would probably have been gutted,active pickup'd and badassed-bridged,and lost its collectibility. i have owned a few other jazz basses,including a chris squire clone from the mid 70's,but none have even come close to that one......i don't even have any old photos to remember it by.....

[loendmaestro]

Sounds good! Yes, it will sound good, with Rickenbackers ringing and thumping. This week's Decatur RicFest is in Oakhurst Saturday night with Mitch Easter. See you there?

Well Saturday is Halloween, and my son is almost 3 so he's all about the trick or treating. Plus it's also my wife's birthday!

So I'm booked up then.
Raincheck perhaps?

[loendmaestro]

I believe those music stores are long gone.

All the good ones are long gone. Atlanta Discount is still pretty good (no longer a RIC dealer though). Oh, and The Bass Gallery if you have DEEP pockets.

[scoobster28]

Here is my/my father's story:

In 1971, he went into a music shop to purchase a new electric guitar. He wanted a Rickenbacker, but the cost of the guitar plus an amp was too much for him. So, he purchased a less expensive guitar- a Gibson SG standard with Maestro tailpiece- and the amp. I remember playing with them as a child, just turning the knobs and pushing the wammy bar around. He later gave them away to a friend.

Move ahead 10 years, and I started playing the guitar and really getting into Rickenbackers. He felt bad for giving the guitar and amp away, but what was done was done. I did ask the friend [my friend as well by this point] for my father's old guitar strap for sentimental value. He didn't use it anyways. As I approached graduation from my undergrad college, I planned to use any money I received to purchase the guitar back from my friend (I didn't want to just ask for it... that didn't seem right) Come graduation day, though, I went over to my parent's house and there it was waiting for me. The best part: my father was even more surprised than I was! My MOTHER had arranged a deal to get the guitar back... and she doesn't even like guitars!

I had it repaired (it took some damage in the early 1970s when my father tried to sling it over his shoulder and have it stay attached by his strap... bad idea!) and now it is a cherished family heirloom. I love it, though I don't play it much.

But, if my father had only purchased a Rickenbacker that day 39 years ago...

[Eoin]

I've had to pass on many Ricks (and others) due to lack of scratch, but one that I caught and let go was my old Jetglo 4001. I'd had it since the mid '80s and for some God knows what reason I got rid of it in the mid '90s. I can't remember why, but it was one of most stupid things I've ever done!

Eoin

[1a12]

Ugh...I sold my very first guitar this AG 620 to Rumbleseat Music to get my 370JG. I want it back. Never realized that the AG's were soo hard to comeby. I can never get that punchy pop chime...and miss it every time I hear an old recording I made with it, what was I thinkin'?? Dunno if I'd trade my 370 now, but I can now afford to have the two.

Also. My 11 yr son and I were at POTR today and Chris sold the used MG C58 Hamburg (with all the Lennon mods) for cheep

[242_foxtrot]

Adam. Nice Rain Parade shirt!