My first Rickenbacker
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My first Rickenbacker
In 1981 I traded a fender amp for my first rickenbacker it was a 3/4 scale and it was deep burgundy color...I would love to find it again, Anyone ? What model was it ? It said rickenbacker on it and I think had one pup. Any pictures of the same model ?
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Re: My first Rickenbacker
It was a guitar that looked like this one?
http://www.rickresource.com/register/vi ... lebrity%3D
Or a bass that looked like this one?
http://www.rickresource.com/register/vi ... lebrity%3D
This should narrow down the model number at least!

http://www.rickresource.com/register/vi ... lebrity%3D
Or a bass that looked like this one?
http://www.rickresource.com/register/vi ... lebrity%3D
This should narrow down the model number at least!
Brian Morton
A Rickenbacker Fan
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 MG 450
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
A Rickenbacker Fan
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 MG 450
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
Re: My first Rickenbacker
The color was darker like eggplant. I think it was a tulip model...
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Re: My first Rickenbacker
Burgundy came in a few shades... More likely to be very dark in the early 70s.
So it looked like this guitar but with only one pick up?
http://www.rickresource.com/register/vi ... 6order%3D1
That would have made it a model 900 like this one.
http://www.rickresource.com/register/vi ... p?id=13927
Did it have a toaster or a high gain pick up?
So it looked like this guitar but with only one pick up?
http://www.rickresource.com/register/vi ... 6order%3D1
That would have made it a model 900 like this one.
http://www.rickresource.com/register/vi ... p?id=13927
Did it have a toaster or a high gain pick up?
Brian Morton
A Rickenbacker Fan
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
=========================
67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 MG 450
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
A Rickenbacker Fan
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
=========================
67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 MG 450
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
Re: My first Rickenbacker
That's it...the black one but it was burgundy
makes me laugh to see that...it was a model 900 
Thank you Brian
Thank you Brian
