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Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:40 pm
by cjj
Definitely NOT boring! What a great story! Glad you got your old guitar back!
I'm still lookin' for my old '74 4001 Mapleglo...
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:54 pm
by Ontario_RIC_fan
What is the Serial number of the guitar? That will allow us to precisely date it...
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:04 am
by doctorwho
A hearty welcome, Bruce!
cjj wrote:Definitely NOT boring! What a great story! Glad you got your old guitar back!
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+1! We love stories almost as much as we love pictures!
FYI I have posted some pictures of my 610 Ruby in this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=396089
The 610 is the same as the 615 except it has a regular (non-vibrato) tailpiece.
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:00 am
by jwilli
I owned one just like that, tuners and all. I believe it was a '65 model too.
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:17 am
by bitzerguy
Great story! Not boring at all!
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:36 pm
by Danhalen
Great story and nice guitar!
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:20 pm
by Trav
What a great story, beautiful looking guitar!
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:18 am
by rick_ovic
Fantastic story, Bruce. It's hard to believe 40 years have passed since you and your Rickenbacker first parted company. You hear plenty of stories about players being re-connected with instruments sold in earlier years, but not forty years!
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:37 am
by gibsonlp
Boring? this forum is all about the stories behind our instruments!
Great story indeed and welcome to the forum!
Re: Help me ID my 1965 Rickenbacker solid body
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:36 pm
by libratune
Bruce, I believe there are a number of us in your (our) generation who would love to find our '60s Ricks that we have since traded away, sold or worse. What makes your story so unique is that the guy to whom you sold it brought the guitar to you. You probably never would have been able to identify it otherwise. I had a 360-12 MG for several years in the '60s (I believe it was a 1966) and traded it to a friend during college, who sold it. Although it was a great-playing guitar and I had a blast with it, back then it was "just a guitar." I never kept a record of the serial number, never took off the 'guard to see what was underneath, etc. I just played it and occasionally changed the strings.
Good for you two to be reunited after all these years!