Cheap Trick Weird Rick (And not the Nielson variety!)

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:18 am

...or that he doesn't think that they do! LOL

I asked him once if he even had any in his extensive collection, and he didn't think so, and had to consult his guitar tech. He may be a Ric fan on a kitstch level only, if at all. Who knows.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 2:47 pm

Kenny,
That is pretty lame of him considering that he plays it every night! I've seen them 51 times over the years, and he has played it almost every time I have seen them!

rkbsound · Post by **rkbsound** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:59 pm

Steve, I think we're talking about Rick. My question was to Rick about Robin's guitar. Probably not too often a fan asks him a question about another band member's gear, and none about his own! Robin was a "no show" to the small throng of fans waiting after the show.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 6:18 pm

Awwwwwwwww....sorry about that! As far as I know, Rick doesn't play them much, if at all, live. But I'm sure he has one or 2 in his collection. Does anyone have a copy of that coffee table book about his guitar collection?
I got kind of side-tracked here and went back and read the original question about it belonging to the Ramones...I have NO clue!

Sorry...I always associate them with Mosrites.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 6:20 pm

Come to think of it....Robin joined Cheap Trick in '75, and the Ramones put out their first record in '77 I believe, so Rick's story is probably true. I'll see if I can dig out some old pics of them playing live and verify it.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 6:53 pm

J, The rumour is not without foundation....

http://www.rockometer.com/ramones/g_rick.html

I do have a pic of Robin while recording "Dream Police" with the Ric, maybe 1978/79?

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 2:13 am

I have the book about Rick's collection, there are one or two RIC basses and maybe a guitar, not many in comparison to the usual Les Pauls, etc. I'll have to look when I get home. Wow, 51 times!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:10 am

Yeah, it's been an ongoing thing with me since 1978. I worked at a concert hall and they came thru town and were the nicest people and I was totally into Tom's 12 string "wall of sound", so I followed them for a long time, and saw them everytime they came thru the Michigan area. Not so much anymore, but up until about 4 years ago, I was a lock to be there.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 12:44 pm

Robin's 450 looks like its probably a 1960 model.

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:51 am

I'm a huge CT fan, and finally got my short-scale Hamer 12 in '95 after wanting one since the "Heaven Tonight" LP came out. Anyway, Rick's guitar collection book has a few Rics in it, including an 8-string bass prototype.

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 6:09 am

I finally found the book; he has a 1964 model 1997, "one of the few Pete Townshend didn't smash", the eight string bass Ronn describes, and an Electro lap steel.

I saw CT four times between '78 and '79 and enjoyed it each time; Rick hit me square in the face with a pick once, great fun.

route66guitars · Post by **route66guitars** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:44 pm

>>Anyway, Rick's guitar collection book has a few Rics in it, including an 8-string bass prototype.<<

The basses in Rick's book belong to Tom. Tom bought the prototype 8 string bass from me in 1990 or so.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:03 am

Sounds like you have a story I might like to hear, Scott! Care to share? How did you come to get that one?

route66guitars · Post by **route66guitars** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:18 pm

Sorry it took me 6 months to reply here. When I'm gone, I'm gone, and when I'm here you can't shut me up...

Tom's 8 string Rick bass was in the collection of instruments I sold for John Hall in 1989 - 1990. In the same era I sold Tom a few other Rick basses and the Hofner he used for 'Can't Stop Falling In Love.' Around this time I loaned them Transonics and McGuinn's light show 341-12SF for a video. Tom later bought several of the Transonics.

Rick actually 'borrowed' the book idea from me. I had spoken to him about being included in a 'guitars of the stars' book project we were putting together that was going to feature a dozen or so major guitarists known for their collections. His response was 'sure, as long as I get something out of it.' Next thing I knew he was doing his own picture book.

The lefty Broadcaster in the book belongs to Bun E., the basses to Tom, and a couple of the other guitars to Robin. The two lefty Strats belonged to a guitar dealer who happened to be arond when they did the photo shoot. I owned both guitars by the time the book came out, and boy was I shocked to find out that Rick thought he had owned them.

There's no history like revisionist history, I always say...

Sj

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:22 pm

So let's see a pic of this prototype 8-string Scott.