Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I have only one pre-John Hall instrument, my '82 320. Three of the others are re-issued, a couple of others late Eighties players. I'm always plotting to get a Sixties or earlier one of these fine days.

I've owned a handfull of modern Rics the past few years, mostly vintage re-issues, only to move them when I needed to raise $ for an exceptional vintage piece.

The same goes for more common vintage pieces, like '60s 330's, 360's & 450's. I figure that those are pretty easy to replace, so those have left the building as well.

I'm always in up-grade mode & am now left with a pretty special group of Rics.

81 and 64... I guess that puts me closer to the vintage camp..

Eden.

my current mini-collection is this: 2004 laredo,2004 cii,1974 4000. the cii is my favorite RIC bass i have owned,although it has been a long time since i had these others.
previously,i owned an 83 4002,71 4000,72 4001,70's 4005,and a 1992 v63. the ones now considered "vintage" were only a few years old when i owned them,and long gone now,so i've only memories for comparison.

Only have two , 89 and 99 reissues.

Guess I'm not a cork sniffer...

2 '09's and a '75

Jeez, is this going to turn into a pre-CBS Fender mojo deal?

BuddyDog wrote:Jeez, is this going to turn into a pre-CBS Fender mojo deal?

I hope so!

I'm the only thing "vintage" in my music room. My oldest guitar is an '04 Jazzmaster.

My current (and only) Ric is a 2011 350v63. When I owned a few more, the oldest was an '03.

Since the only other Ric on my wish list at this point is a 350/12, obviously it'll be another late model, so I guess I'm pretty firmly planted in the "current" category.

newest ricks i've had was'82. after weeding out the collection i settled on '64-'68-'70. i'm vintage ! does that count ???

wj350 wrote:I'm the only thing "vintage" in my music room...

The oldest I've got is a '58, the newest a 2010 with the rest fairly evenly divided between.

I've always thought it would be cool to own a guitar older than I am, maybe some day...

cjj wrote:
I've always thought it would be cool to own a guitar older than I am, maybe some day...

Gee, CJ, did they have guitars way back then?

"what can this strange deevice be...when i touch it...it gives forth a sound !" " it's got wires that vibrate, and give music...what can this thing be that i've found ?"

Nothing vintage here....

1 x 1989
1 x 1998
1 x 1999
4 x 2004
3 x 2005
2 x 2006

kiramdear wrote:

cjj wrote:
I've always thought it would be cool to own a guitar older than I am, maybe some day...

Gee, CJ, did they have guitars way back then?

Well, actually, we just banged rocks and sticks together back in those days. You know the original rock music...

I interpreted the question (from the title...) to mean how many were purchased new and how many used.

This does open up a can'o'worms, though, defining the parameters, if we simply do it by years. I have several Ricks that are "vintage", but unplayed. I have a couple that I bought new, but are no longer new due to playing time.

Those are just a couple of variations...

I have four Ricks that came to me brand new;10% of total. One (Jazz-Bo) that I built.

This has caused me to take an inventory of my guitars, including my Rickenbackers.

Of my Rickenbackers, fully 50% came to me as trades. Another 25% came as incomplete projects, and the remaining 15% were complete guitars needing restoration. My Rickenbackers range in production year from 1956 through 2011.