YOUNG RICKENBACKER USERS

patrick4001 · Post by **patrick4001** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 6:29 am

Hey fellow rick fans!!! I am 16 now and I am also a proud owner of a 4003 bass that I got when I was 15...I was just wondering... are there any other Rick users who are...like...around my age? Because a lot of my friends have the cheapy fenders (...ahem...squiers..) or some off-brand like the peavey raptor which is just a Strat copy, alot of em' have never even heard of a Rickenbacker...and I just tell them that they don't know what a real guitar is...

longhouse · Post by **longhouse** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 6:45 am

It's good to hear there are young people with that elusive (and rapidly vanishing) quality known as TASTE! I guess I was 23 when I got my first Ric, a 360V64, but that was 9 years ago, so I don't qualify as young anymore. My girlfriend is young if that counts for anything.

There is a 16 year-old girl who posts at Voxtalks who proudly plays her Ric 325.

Keep playing Patrick!

Cheers, Noel

wormdiet · Post by **wormdiet** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:21 am

Rock On!

I had wanted a rick since I was 13. . . .just got one . . . 18 years later. Time wasted.

spencer · Post by **spencer** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:33 am

You are a lucky kid - That's what you are.

Have some fun - and thanks for playing bass -
Us guitar player guys are a dime a dozen.

rob · Post by **rob** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:37 am

I always knew that Rickenbackers were somewhat different, in a good way of course, since I was 13. It wasn't untill I was 24 when I bought my first.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:49 am

I bought my first three years ago, when I was 18. I worked harder for that guitar than I ever thought I could.

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 9:14 am

I got my first 4001 when I was 16.
I still have it at 34 along with 2 other Ricks.
What I remember most about having one that young is that I would jam with guitar players who had Kramer/Ibanez/Hondo type instruments & they would flip out over a "real" & beautiful instrument like a Rick bass.

Come to think of it, that reaction hasn't changed much as I've gotten older!!

Congrats on your 4003 Patrick & welcome to the club. It's nice to know that some of todays youth has taste in instruments...I was getting worried for awhile!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:51 am

I got my first ric when I was 19 ... been playing rics ever since ... uh ... that first ric was a 1968 purchased in 1973 for $150 ...

oreca · Post by **oreca** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:45 pm

Hey Pat.
I bought a '79 370 in March while I was 17, but I'm now 18. So yeah, I guess I'm pretty young too.

God does it ever take time to be able to afford these kind of things at minimum wage...

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:48 pm

My first Rickenbacker was my '67 4005WB that I got when I was 17; 31 years later I still have it! I'm glad you know what real quality is, not too many your age do these days. Enjoy it, and someday I hope you can get a vintage one.

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 1:35 pm

My daughter has a good friend who really wants a RIC guitar (he's 16); I was curious why, as I don't hear many RIC sounds in my daughter's music, he just thinks they're "cool". I gave him the catalog that came with my 330/12, hopefully he'll be joining us soon. Oh, yeah, his current guitar is a Schechter with Truckstop Tammies on it, so I'm very optimistic.

wormdiet · Post by **wormdiet** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 3:57 pm

The mudflap tammy has a noble history with ricks, as any fan of Peter Buck should know!

Jeffrey Scott - How did you end up with a 4005 at age 17, and did you have any clue that it would become the highly sought after collectible it is today??

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:29 pm

Glad you should ask! When I was 15 I got a '72 Jazz Bass and then I met another High School kid who had a 4001, plus I had recently got turned on to Yes, and in April '72 I saw Genesis on their first US tour, as an opening act for It's A Beautiful Day. This is where I saw my first Rickenbacker in concert, Rutherford's 4001 as they opened the show with Watcher Of The Skies, and also his custom made 4080/12. Well all this was just too much for me and I had to get a Rickenbacker for myself. I found out about a bass player in a local band called Snafu who wanted to sell a Rick, so I talked to him and he was interested in getting a Fender. Cool! We got together and when I saw the 4005WB I was disappointed as I didn't know what this was and it was not the 4001 I lusted after. After playing it for a while I decided to get it anyway and we just straight swapped instruments. Now mind you, I paid $175.00 for the Jazz Bass so in effect that is what I paid for a '67 4005WB! I never had a clue that I had a gold mine in hand. I do like playing out with it and it has been out recently on some gigs.

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:36 pm

Here is Mike Rutherford's 4080/12:

saturn · Post by **saturn** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:48 pm

I've wanted a Rick since I was 16 or so. I first really liked the unique style (the lines and strange wave-like points) - very different from the usual "strat" or "les paul", but once I heard how they sounded, and what kinds of bands had used them (Beatles, Who, Byrds...) I was obsessed. I'm 19 now, quickly approaching 20.