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Re: Rose Morris Rickenbacker Gallery
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:11 pm
by collin
scotty wrote:I heard that the said guitar went for £18k

That's what I've heard.
Sucker price!

Re: Rose Morris Rickenbacker Gallery
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:12 pm
by scotty
collin wrote:scotty wrote:I heard that the said guitar went for £18k

That's what I've heard.
Sucker price!


and Graham wasnt even to be seen in the transaction...
Re: Rose Morris Rickenbacker Gallery
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:13 pm
by k43rover
collin wrote: purchased from Pete Watson via Alan Rogan at well above the normal value of a 1993.
..maybe a case of Pete assuaging his guilt after trashing so many originals!
Re: Rose Morris Rickenbacker Gallery
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:14 pm
by k43rover
collin wrote:scotty wrote:I heard that the said guitar went for £18k

That's what I've heard.
Sucker price!

...so this is why it's $400 a ticket?
Re: Rose Morris Rickenbacker Gallery
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:16 pm
by scotty
Nah i got mine for £70 eddie but im saving for an offical Tee shirt

Rose Morris Rickenbacker Gallery
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:18 pm
by 8mileshigher
Great thread all, and some great pics !!!
This topic sure attracted a lot of posts within a short time !
Re: Rose Morris Rickenbacker Gallery
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:18 pm
by k43rover
scotty wrote:Nah i got mine for £70 eddie but im saving for an offical Tee shirt

...skip the T-shirt and use the £££ to buy one of next year's 50th anniversary 1993 reissues...you'll probably have change left for a pint too!

Re: Rose Morris Rickenbacker Gallery
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:19 pm
by k43rover
8mileshigher wrote:Great thread all, and some great pics !!!
This topic sure attracted a lot of posts within a short time !
I'm not finished yet...
Re: Rose Morris Rickenbacker Gallery
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:19 pm
by collin
k43rover wrote:
Collin, this is altruism well above and beyond the call of duty. Now I'm looking forward to more wealth sharing at some point with the other 1993

Well....in that case....
£18K

Re: Rose Morris Rickenbacker Gallery
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:20 pm
by k43rover
Looks like Watson's guitar is a very close match for some of Pete's original victims...I believe this is one that lost a fight with a Marshall...
Re: Rose Morris Rickenbacker Gallery
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:23 pm
by k43rover
collin wrote:k43rover wrote:
Collin, this is altruism well above and beyond the call of duty. Now I'm looking forward to more wealth sharing at some point with the other 1993

Well....in that case....
£18K

Oh dear, I just cracked open the piggy banks and I'm a small matter of £17.99k short...time to get 'em up the local chimneys for a spot of cleanin'

Re: Rose Morris Rickenbacker Gallery
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:31 pm
by electrofaro
k43rover wrote:I wonder if Pete will give it an airing in upcoming gigs....that would be something to behold

Would be very interesting indeed... I'll keep me fingers union-jack-crossed!
Re: Rose Morris Rickenbacker Gallery
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:33 pm
by stringsncords
Re: Rose Morris Rickenbacker Gallery
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:34 pm
by k43rover
Electrostring wrote:k43rover wrote:I wonder if Pete will give it an airing in upcoming gigs....that would be something to behold

Would be very interesting indeed... I'll keep me fingers union-jack-crossed!
Imagine if he dusted the old union flag jacket off to match as well....we can dream...

Re: Rose Morris Rickenbacker Gallery
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:37 pm
by stringsncords
...and here's the other one! It's # 21