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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:31 am
by rick_ovic
Nate, Happy Birthday mate. You're living proof that life gets better for each generation. You've already got your first Rickenbacker haven't you? I could only borrow an older friend's bass when I was your age. I didn't get my own 4001 until I was nearly 40...but hey, I've now made up for lost time!
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:53 am
by bob_atherton
Nate, probably shouldn't have posted that!
How can I put it , the physical rite of passage...?
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:08 am
by phlemmy
darren, what year is that first pic? i LOVE the old kiss stuff on the walls! judging by the posters, i will guess 78.
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:16 am
by loendmaestro
I'm in the middle...more like 19...wish I still had all that hair.
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:56 am
by shinynewtoy
This was me at 18... excuse the sucking a lemon face!
This was my 2nd Rick...
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:13 am
by rickfan63
I got my first 4001 when I was 13. It was a used MG, and I traded and old jazz bass copy in for it. I paid like $300 for it.I sold it when I was 22 and now I wish I had kept it. It was a fantastic bass.
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:32 am
by 72rick
I'm pretty sure I was still 18 in this pic. My second Bass was my 72'4001.
I was 20 when I got my 72' 4001
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:58 am
by ajish4
HEY NATE!! HAPPY 17th!!!! Too cool....17 Huh? I didn't get my first Ric until I was 33, and that was 11 years ago! You've had a great start!
Hey Garret!
My first bass was a GIBSON G-3 THE EXACT SAME COLOR.........in .............. I forgot, 1977? When I still had brain cells, well more than I have now anyway......I miss that bass.....I played through an old KUSTOM 200W Tube head with 2 15" on the bottom....I wish I still had both of them.....
On another note: WHERE THE HECK ARE ALL THE FAT BASS PLAYERS? EVERY picture I've seen is of SKINNY PEOPLE?!?! I feel so alone
Guess its time to drop the LBS......Oh well, the Mrs. will be happy about that!
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:09 am
by rickenbrother
"You're living proof that life gets better for each generation. You've already got your first Rickenbacker haven't you? I could only borrow an older friend's bass when I was your age."
Yeah, I had to wait until I was 22 to buy myself a 4001. At 17 I could only dream of having one.
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:09 am
by shinynewtoy
Should I not mention that I was born in 1977?
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:11 am
by jwr2
"life gets better for each generation"
well I got my first Ric for $150 in 1973 ...
http://www.3dentourage.com/425/68-ric-2.htm ... try getting a deal like that now ...
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:11 am
by shinynewtoy
I lucked into mine. A friend let me pay him in installments for my first Rick, which was boosted from my house... through the wonders of homeowner's insurance I got the one in the pic above.
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:43 am
by sowhat
Huh... i was born in 1978, Bob... and i'm gettin' my first Ric in some months...
Well, okay, nevermind - Mousie was born in 1997... and she's getting her first Ric in some months, too...
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:56 am
by shinynewtoy
It'll be some months until Gabby (2002) gets hers... but she does already have a Rogue Violin Bass...
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:02 am
by sowhat
Okay, Bob... you win!