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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:28 pm
by jingle_jangle
Quite practical, John. A workmanlike approach.
Now will someone please talk to Berger???
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:35 pm
by lars
What's so wrong with Ricky? To me it sounds "british"... "Got a new Ricky, 'ey?"
It's nothing wrong giving a nickname to something you love?
Gibson enthusiasts say "Gibbo", don't they?
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:16 pm
by elysrand
With all these confusing and contradictory approaches to pronouncing or spelling Rickenbacker, I am tempted to ask "How Do You Spell Relief"?
Naturally, it is: R-O-L-A-I-D-S
n’est pas?
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:35 pm
by srick
a (Ricken)rose by any other name...
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:38 pm
by charlyg
NO Way!!
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:56 pm
by sir_andrew_of_left_coast
I've seen folks accidently forget the "k" and spell it: Ricenbacker.
Which I think is an appropriate monicker for those Asian copies. (Tokai et al.)
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:26 pm
by sowhat
Not meaning any offence, just want to ask: what's the actual point of this thread? Is it simply to show differences or, perhaps (hope not), to force everybody to always write the same way, with all other variants ("Ric", "Ricky") being "prohibited"?..
Mean, sooner or later, every community develops their own argot which is understood by the members of that community but may be hard to understand for others and which they use while talking to each other. But it's developing naturally, at least from all i know. "Forcing" - or just saying "you should spell it this way and the other way is wrong", - not sure if it works, or at least i don't know of any situation when it worked, and sometimes it's exactly vice versa...
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:45 am
by gregga41
Ric, Rick, Ricky.....whatever!!
I call my 2 Rickenbackers......."MINE".
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:11 am
by ajish4
V-I-A-G-R-A
HEY, there's a COY suggestion for 2008, VIAGRA BLUE! LoL...
Sorry, I'm going to leave now......oh man, I could go on forever on this topic! LOTS of possibilities for laughs.
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:41 am
by jimk
Well said, Sheena.
JimK
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:00 am
by melibreits
I usually call 'em "Rics" myself.... I think "Rick" looks more like a nickname for Richard, and I think of "RIC" as the corporation....
As far as misspellings go, how about this gaming token from the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas? "RICKENBACER!"
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:27 am
by sir_andrew_of_left_coast
Rickenbacer? D'oh!
Hmm... is that someone who plays a 4001? (Rick-en-BASS-er)
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:52 am
by uffe
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:56 pm
by brammy
haaa- pretty funny. Hard Rock does it again.... I remember Mr Hall talking about some Hard Rock displaying a "Lennon" guitar that was manufactured after John died.
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:25 pm
by rickcrazy
"Rickenbacer"? Man, that's disgraceful.
Hey Tony,
"Viagra Blue"? HAHA! That's a good one. I assume any guitar or bass sporting that finish will require no truss-rods on it...
