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A couple more

[rickenbrother]

My first Rick is a 1973 Burgundyglo 480, which is still with me in all original shape. Got it @ Alex's music on 49th St, just down the block from guitar central on 48th street.

Sadly, music row on W. 48th St. is gone.

[henry5]

Hi all! Also still here. I was born in North-East England, grew up in North-West England. My dad was a jazz musician and band leader so grew up with music and musicians. Originally wanted to be a drummer but there was no chance of that as my older brother had already been refused a drum kit. Then wanted to be a guitarist after seeing Thin Lizzy on tv, but when my first band formed the guy who was going to get a bass bailed so I bought a bass instead; the usual story!
The first bass I remember seeing was a Fireglo 4001 hanging in the window of a local shop around 1980. I thought it was gorgeous. My dad’s bassist also had an older Fireglo 4001 with crushed pearl etc. I thought that was gorgeous too. I remember looking at the cover of Magical Mystery Tour as a kid, so that was probably there subliminally, but the first bassists that registered with me visually were Lemmy, Geddy, Gaye Advert, Roger Glover and Glenn Hughes (both Ric-era). My first bass was a Jetglo 4001 bought new in 1980, which was stolen in 1986 (TC915 if it’s out there!). Since then I’ve had maybe 20-odd, with my favourite (and indeed favorite bass of all the thousands I’ve played) being my pre-skunk Feb ‘72 4001.

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[admin]

Thanks Shaun. Your post is appreciated. Thanks too for submitted your stolen base to the stolen record. We have located instruments for others in the past. So fingers crossed.

[henry5]

Thanks Shaun. Your post is appreciated. Thanks too for submitted your stolen base to the stolen record. We have located instruments for others in the past. So fingers crossed.

Thanks Peter, and you too!

With regards to the bass, I doubt I’ll see it again. But just in case - and allowing for the fact that it could have changed much since I last saw it - it was the usual with white trim, but I’d replaced the white scratch plate with a black one and I’d had the bridge pickup rewound for more output. I didn’t know about the cap back then! What did hurt about losing it was my dad paid for the bulk of it because he wanted me to have a “quality instrument” to start on. My dad passed in 2020.

There was also a V63 I bought on eBay that disappeared in transit from the USA to the UK, but I’d have to check the serial number of that. I probably already noted it tbh.

[RobRus]

Greetings,
New member here I live near Grand Rapids Michigan, I am a retired Industrial Designer and ran my own consulting business for 21 years.
I started playing guitar when I was about 8 years old. I really wanted a guitar but we didn't have much money so asking for one was out of the question. One day I was walking home from school when I spotted an acoustic guitar neck sticking out of someones trash bin. I pulled it out and the top had lifted on the lower bout. I took it home and fixed it the best I could (a piece of masonite filled the hole and lots of elmers glue). I actually played that guitar until a friend gave me an old guitar that was in better condition than mine so I fixed that one up to be playable.
I have been repairing guitars (off and on) ever since but just recently started building acoustics.
Back in the 60s and 70s I played in a couple of bands, lead/rythem in one and bass in another. I currectly have a collection of 17 guitars (acoustic and electric) and I still play every day.

My introduction to Rickenbackers?
Lets see... I was 11 years old laying on the living room floor watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show (yep I'm that old) and other than the music, Johns Ric stood out to me like nothing else. I have wanted one for most of my life and in "98" finally bought a 360 Jetglow (I really wanted the 325 but didn't like the price tag). A couple of years ago I ended up selling it to buy a 1950 Gibson CF100 (one of the first 300 made)

However, I missed my Ric and decided to sell another guitar to buy a 2017 325c64v. It is in excellent shap with no scrapes or scratches one small ding but otherwise near mint. It had a set of 11's on it and was in need of a setup

Thanks to all the info I found on this site I was able to set it up "correctly" with a set of 12s, it now plays like it should.

This guitar I know will stay with me till the end..

Thanks for keeping up a great site that is actually orginized and easy to find info...

Cheers,
Bob