Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

John, I'll put up a pic of it soon, a good daylight pic...it is really cool and a very interesting Rickenbacker. SUPER light, the lightest Rickenbacker instrument I've ever held.

Howdy there cousin Bob (Ricky-fried-chicken). Ya sure are right, I did sure mean a goldang washtub bass. I was plum drunk when I was typen. Plus I don't play no washtub... I do play some spoons.

I gots me a new hat. Don't tell ma. I tooky a picture - we gots bad lights on the farm, so don't be fussin.

LOL!!!

Sell me that Bantar.

Goldang there cuzin John Minuteglo if'n that photo is a might bit dark, but I dernt see none o those dang wires on that there Bantar, no wonder you ain't be tuning the dang thing. (we plum gotta be cuzins, cause we all is up here) I think you might oughta be athinkin' ta lightnin' up on that there lightnin' which as we all a know is gods nec-tar to us hill folks but maybe you been adoin' too much of a good thing.
I done heared Sweet City Woman this mornin, now talk about a banjo song. Even them there city slickers like Leftywashtubbass prob-ly aheard that one afore.
By the way, I likes me that hat, where'n you git that thang?

"..He wuz drinkin' that mash, and a-talkin that trash...."-----Lester Flatt

Washtubbass: Don't be 'talkn sellin my bantar nonsense - them's fightn words. Get yer own, come on 'round, and we'll play some "Dueling Bantars". I might well sell my hat though if you start actn proper.

RictiFriedChicken: Its got dang wires. I've been strumin, so I know they be there. You must think I'm a hilly billy - goldang no wires... How do you go figure that there wire-holdin "R" is there? Maybe yer thinkn I'm playn banjo on the moon, and that there "R" ain't feelin no gravities. And I ain't drinkn that there beer, I was fixin to play some bottle-slide bantar. Then I was gonna get my fiddle bow and play me some led-bantar-blimp-zeppelin. I'm the gosh darn Jimmy-Bob Page of the 'ol 6000, ever-one 'round here knows it.

Well I hain't be seeing the goldarn things. Meybe you'all should be apayin' yer eelectricity bill sos'n we can see's em. An' I be thinkin' them there fiddle bows belongs on goldang fiddles, don't be amakin' that psycheedelic music around these here parts, or we'll be runnin' you right outa these here right quick.

Goldarn cuzin Bob. I swear ya done come from Missouri, you can't take a good 'ol boy's word on them there wires; show ya the wires, that's all we're 'a hearin from ya. An yer goin on 'bout 'em like I did you wrong by slaughtern your darn best show-pig.

Well since we're family I wanna do right by ya. I pulled my truck in that there barn 'o mine and lit up my huntin lights. Now looky 'dem wires! Ifin ya can't see 'em then yer blind! Next ya'll be fussn about that there glare...



All this sqwakin is keep'n me from pick'n (an grinnin). Where's my thumbpick? And my goldarn beer? (I'm wearin my hat so don't fret none).

Now where'n heck did my writin' get on to? I gots ta write me another letter all over agin, and we know that ain't easy for us hilly billy's. Nows I can see them wires, I guess I shoulnta doubted yer word there cuzin John. Wooey! I'll be goldanged if'n that there thing ain't got more knobs than wires on it, What does that there have, a radio init for the Grand Old Oprey for when you go takin' your breaks at the BOHM Club (Bucket O Horse Manure) there cuzin John? You gots yurself one fancy scmancy banjo there cuzin John. I wants me one.

Them there knobs are sure confusin! All I's know is that I get to twistin 'em when ma says hush it an then she's happy cause that there banjo gets quiet. When its quiet she starts to grin. I was readin somewhere 'round here that it's called a Jimmy McGrin circuit... Makes some sense to this 'ol boy, but I don't know nuthn bout no darn circuits. My other goldarn banjo don't need no amplifier! I've been playin it with my good 'ol vox, just like Johnny Lennon (I'm thinkin I coulda been the banjo beatle), but that there vox is too fancy for the BOHM Club. I reckon I should get me a darn Pignose...

Why cuzin John, I been thinkin' you mus have lots o them there pignoses out in yer barn, I cant for the life of me figur how you's aimin' to git one in the BOHM though. I heared o thet there Johnny Lennon, he had some perty sisters what used to sing like birdies on thet there Lawrence Welk show, now thet was a show! Dont make em like at no more.
Hey why's dont you just show that there bantar thing up there in the washtub section? Jus a tell em it's a bass bantar thets all, they wont be knowin' the difrence anywho.

Larry Welk! That there was a show! Ho'boy cuzin Bob, ya got me think'n bout playn some good 'ol squeeze box!! I know I gots a ricky fireglo squeeze box 'round here somewhere.... Yeehaw! I found it:

Well, goldang there John! That there be lookin' like one o them Rics with the black trim! I like me them accordians with that there black trim and I still likes me that there hat too. You be aplayin' any o that Tractor Star by Deep Purple on thatun there John?