Show me some beat-up Ricks

[kennyhowes]

This 4000 has the coolest wear ever:

I could kick myself - I had a '70s 4001 FG that was in that condition, but I didn't know how to adjust the truss rods and it was all messed up, so off it went. Checkerbound with CP inlays! Oh well.

Some of my Rics have their share of wear, let me find some pics.

[kennyhowes]

OK, these are not mine:

worn 4005 FG

worn 375 FG - this one is HOT

worn 375 - rear view

...and this one is. (Mine.)

my 370/12 Walnut

Maybe you can't tell from this photo, but it is really. Beat. Up.

[BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS]

that 4000 sports a new color...wearglo !

[kiramdear]

I love a nice, honest patina that's infused with lots of love. I'll call it "Battleglo".

[s4001]

I don't have a pic of the back, but it's got the buckle spot on it.

[rickenbrother]

Hard to see the wear on this 4001S in this pic. Up close, it looks someone painted it with a spray can and a brush...well that's probably what someone did!
This baby rocks!

[collin]

Here is a '66 365 body I owned for a very brief time.......now owned by RRF member Frank Canino (and restored, I think)

[doctorwho]

I've always felt an old guitar with no wear is a sad thing. Basically says no one loved it. ...

I respectfully disagree. Because this is a Rickenbacker thread, I won't post any pictures of my 1967 Gibson ES-335TDC here, but I can tell you that I have played it, so it has some 'battle scars', but it still looks great because I have loved it and taken good care of it over the 41 years that I have owned it.

[loopyreed]

kenny - that 370/12 is KILLING me. Love it.

[kennyhowes]

Hard to see the wear on this 4001S in this pic. Up close, it looks someone painted it with a spray can and a brush...well that's probably what someone did!
This baby rocks!

Grrr...

(This one used to be mine. Woulda coulda shoulda.)

kenny - that 370/12 is KILLING me. Love it.

It's a beaut. Now set up perfectumundo.

[scotty]

Petes guitars always Rocked.
4001 slight neck injury

[BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS]

looks like the work of my buddy's disgruntled girlfriend , again !

[cjj]

My "beater" '76 has a similar issue:

It's been repaired and seems quite stable, even with Rotosounds
Other than that, it's got a number of dings and chips, amateurishly repaired with some sort of dark blue stuff:

All in all, it's a great player. Maybe some day I'll get it refinished...

[rickenbrother]

Hard to see the wear on this 4001S in this pic. Up close, it looks someone painted it with a spray can and a brush...well that's probably what someone did!
This baby rocks!

Grrr...

(This one used to be mine. Woulda coulda shoulda.)

At least it's still in the SoCal Rick family and you get get to see it sometimes, even play it if you wanted to.

[sloop_john_b]

Love that one Joey!