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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:07 pm
by wj350
Brian--congrats!! Looking forward to hearing about her when she gets there!

Bill

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:24 pm
by ozover50
Congratulations, Brian. I saw some of these in production during the RIC75 celebrations and they looked superb!

If you can manage some pics when it arrives.... Image

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:17 pm
by beatlefreak
Congratulations, Brian! I knew it would be soon. So that means I'm now #17 at NCM.

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:31 pm
by britye
Thanks Jerry, Bill, Kris & Aitch! Just recieved shipping info. It's has a delivery date of Tuesday the 6th. Which is ahead of the time frame Gary and I talked about. Aitch, got the camera warmin up and on stand by. Speakin of warming up. Since I'm in Florida and it's been in the 80's should I wait a day or more to open her up? It's not like I'm bringing it in from sub zero temps. I know this topic has been covered regarding cold climes but any advice regarding Florida spring like climate? Thanks. Now to find another que(sp)

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:24 pm
by kog
My turn -- I got the an e-mail from Gary today! (John K & Brian T, I hope you got my e-mail, I promised you'd be first to know!) I feel like kid-in-a-candy-store-on-Christmas-Eve! I feel like flying to Wisconsin to pick it up myself! I'm feel like I'm using too many exclamation points!

Anyway, I was #10 at NCM in January, 4 behind Brian Tye, so everybody moves up at least one now. Mr. Hall, I am LOVING your reduce-the-backlog plan!

Pictures when it gets here...

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:40 am
by johneek
Jerry,
Got your email and reply sent....CONGRATULATIONS!!

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:16 am
by britye
Congrats Jerry!!!!!

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:45 am
by beatlefreak
Great news, Jerry.

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:05 am
by stuart
Congratulations Jerry!!!! If you need a place to host pictures, let me know!!

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:36 am
by johnhall
Jerry, you have absolutely no idea how personally involved I was with this one . . .

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:56 am
by kog
Uh...gulp. I don't know what to say, Mr. Hall. You may imagine how I feel about this. At 55 years old, there has been one guitar I've wanted since the first time I saw G.H. in "Hard Days' Night" in 1964 and I was 12 years old. With all that goes on in the world, it's probably silly to get misty-eyed about seeing a dream come true, and it's ONLY a guitar, but.... it's a Rick ... it's THE Rick.

Your guitars and your company represent not just good music and an exemplary American product, but Rickenbacker also represents a part of time in our lives that was very special for a lot of reasons. I very much appreciate anything and everything you have done in getting my little piece of the dream realized.

Now I just have to find a place to put it next to its' "brothers".
Image

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:13 pm
by johnhall
Jerry, our order fulfillment person was out last Friday and everyone else was fairly overwhelmed. As a result, I, under extraordinary circumstances, took on the job of personally allocating the finished goods for that one day. Looking ahead to what I knew was coming through this week, I put together a pretty good block shipment of these to Gary, rather than have a few go out here and more a few days later. That's all.

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:18 pm
by kog
Doesn't matter if you were just the one holding the door for the guy loading the truck. If it gets the guitar to me any quicker, I appreciate it!

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:59 pm
by johneek
Jerry,
Now you've not only got a great guitar, you've got a great story to go with it!

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:16 pm
by beatlefreak
And the rest of us still waiting in line at NCM shuffle forward a bit...