Ricks in the Movies

godber · Post by **godber** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:08 pm

Dateline Diamonds - The Small Faces' Jimmy Winston RM1997

scotty · Post by **scotty** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:47 pm

fireglo wrote:That's the six million dolar man!

L Hey i found a `L`

Its the one with the hole in the back of the head and you looked through the Lee Majors bionic eye.I used to have one of these

beatles beatnik · Post by **beatles beatnik** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:25 pm

The credits at the end of Austin Powers (the 1st one) has the BBC song, with Susanna Hoffs and her rickenbacker

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:18 am

I can't remember the title, but I remember seeing a '60s "Beach Party" type movie took place at a ski lodge. The lodge's house band used Ricks.

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:43 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steelyard_Blues - a 340 FG (VP) and the shell of a Transonic amp are used as prominent props. Skip to 1:23 here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Rain_%28film%29 - Wendy Melvoin plays her heavily modified purple 330 on the opening chords of the title track, seen here at the beginning:

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