Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Goodness.... the thought makes me a bit light-headed..... Congrats, John!

A purple SH???? Sacrilege...... IMHO of course!

Congrats on the new arrival, John!

This was just shorthand, H. A Hoffs must be black or white, we know that.

What I really was trying to describe was a 350 with checkerboard binding in Purpleburst, with gold guards. A knockout.

The purple of the Hudson guitars is too brownish IMO; I suspect that time and varnish aging are the culprits.

Purple and yellow (amber, if you will) are opposites on the color wheel. A purple guitar with yellowed varnish would theoretically look gray (the two colors cancel each other out), but in actuality would end up eventually a muddy brownish-purple.

Phew!!

I agree on the Hudson 350... the checkered binding looks great but to me the purple is somewhat 'wishy-washy'. If you get my drift....

Paul, the way I remember it is that chartreuse (lime green) is the actual color complement to purple.

Howard, I like the term F-Hole because on many occasions I have been accused of being a big F-Hole. Which, by the way, I am very proud of

Does anyone here play any Rockabilly music
with there 350V63? I know that Gretsch guitars
seem to be good for that style of music. So why
not Rickenbacker that would give that style a
different type of sound.
Lou D

Gretsches are often used for rockabilly because one of rockabilly's Guitar Gods, Cliff Gallup (the lead player for Gene Vincen'ts Blue Caps) played one on such seminal recordings as "Be Bop A Lula". His Gretsch was very close in style to George Harrison's first Gretsch--a 6128 "solid" body. Gene's, however, featured D'Armond pickups. Currently, the world's leading sorta-rockabilly player (Brian Setzer) is virtually singlehandedly responsible for keeping the Gretsch line alive and prospering. He, of course, plays the Gretsch Filtertrons, which are humbuckers, but these have such a nice fat, juicy tone that they make Gibson hummers seem to be forever doomed to blues and metal use. But, hey Setz, what's up with those corny dice knobs?

Many other prototype rockabilly players played Fenders--you just gotta have that single coil sound, according to some. No Les Pauls allowed, it seems...I just re-purchased one of my favorite albums on vinyl--"Chester and Lester" (Chet Atkins and Les Paul, recorded in Nashville in '75). It has a lot of sorta borderline old standards with Chet's country fingerpickin' style and tone, and Les' trademark repeat echo. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys fat, juicy yet pure tones and excellent pickin' by two giants.

European rockabilly guys these days, since Gretsches are so darned $$$ over there (Sweden is a hotbed), often play Guilds and occasionally Chinese Gretsch copies with pickup transplants.

Ricks? I can get the single-coil rockabilly tone with one (slap-back echo helps, too). So could you.

Uh oh. I just passed 7400.

Congrats Paul you busy beaver..I wonder if Barry will say the same. uh oh, I just passed 714. lol

And I did it with absolutely no performance-enhancing substances.

Except for the occasional delicious cigar...

Monte Cristo? Bolivar? Romeo y Julieta?

Congrats, Paul!

Ewwwwwwww! You mean you smoke those nasty things, too, Paul? I make my hubby go outside when he wants to do that--they stink up the house anyway!

Congrats on another big round number!

I do too, Melibee... but always outside!

I think this guy indulges from time to time also.....

I like the smell of 'em BEFORE they're lit, but not after....my hubby enjoys a good cigar and Scotch out on the balcony in the evenings when the weather is nice; I'm sure he'll be glad to share when you visit, Aitch!