Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Back in 1994 I searched the internet for some rick information. The only thing I found was the ric page of some guy called Bob (for whatever reason he called himself evilbob). His page was very informative and had the reference to rickresource some day. Soon after Bob's page disappeared from the web I registered with the rickresource forum. I'm very thankful to Peter for all his support and "heart blood" in this forum!

I've been here since the beginning. I think I might have been one of the first posters. Before then AGR, VT(anyone remember NAMM 2001?), Ricktalks! and BGC since the beginning. There's been some shenanigans. ah reminiscing...

This place was my first stop, sometime around '99-2000 if my memory serves me...I was on the AGR for a short time as well..

I was looking for anything to do with getting hols of a set of horseshoe covers for my bass,and this Forum came up on the serch.

When I got back into music in the fall of 2002, I did a Google search for stuff on Rick basses to find out more about my old '72 (at the time, I didn't even know is was a '72!). The Rick Resource was one of the items listed. I think I didn't save it as a fave at first, but came back to it later on. My first posting was on May 15, 2003:

www.rickresource.com/discus/messages/5/148452.html?1175738831

I remember very well how I found this place.... it was shortly after I got the guitar that changed my life--a rather well-used 330 that was an anniversary present from my husband, in June of 2002. Up until I got the Ric I had kind of dabbled with playing guitar, but when I opened the case on the 330 everything changed. I couldn't believe my eyes; it was the most beautiful instrument I had ever laid my eyes on, even with the checking it had in its fireglo finish.... And when I picked it up and played a few chords, I was overwhelmed by the chiming tone, and that was even before I plugged it into an amp! From then on I practiced playing guitar diligently every day, and when I felt I could play well enough I began taking my Ric to worship team practice. And then my second Ric arrived a couple of months later, a jetglo 330/12, and I was instantly in love with its angelic voice.

I found Peter's site within a few days of getting the Ric, when I googled "Rickenbacker." I thoroughly enjoyed reading the articles and seeing the beautiful Ric pictures there. Then one day I hit the link to this forum, and lurked here for a couple of months before posting here. I believe my first post was about one of my favorite Rickenbacker artists, Mike Stand.... And then I remember adding my own comments to someone's thread that was titled "It Has Happened Again...", which was about the new Rics they had acquired in a relatively short time period. I added my two cents to this post when I got my third Ric in March of 2003, a true vintage 365 from 1967 in nearly mint condition....this guitar became my main player for quite a while. Anyway, it was in that thread that I received a very warm welcome, and knew I had found a great online hangout where I could learn more about my favorite guitars with a bunch of great people who have the same passion for Rickenbackers!

I never imagined that I would peruse this forum daily, and never imagined how entertaining and fun it would be.... Reading the latest posts on the Forum over my morning coffee has become a daily ritual! I love it here, and the wonderful people who make it what it is.... and it was really great getting to meet so many of you last summer at the RIC 75th event in California.... I hope we can meet again!

Like others here, I found out about this forum after checking the Ric Corporate forum. It was after I had decided to retire my 370/12 RM and bought a 370/6. I have learned a lot here, and have spoken by phone to members, as well as e-mail. I even sold my 370/6 to a forumite so that I could buy my 660/6. I am usually here daily as well, and can't thank Peter and the rest of the forumites for such a great, informative and warm site!

I came through Bjorn's site. I had been registered with a couple of those other sites, but after finding this one, it's been my go to place. I snuck in the middle of a post and like Mark said you don't get big welcomes unless you start a thread. I think Peter welcomed me though.
The first forum member I met in person was Jeffery Scott at a guitar show here in Columbus. I saw that 4005WB from across the room and said 'ooh, I gotta go check this one out'. Then a year or two later the Columbus, Ohio Confluence was put together and that allowed me to meet some great folks in person and see some beautiful instruments. I can't measure the knowledge I have gained from this place and what I have yet to learn.
Thank you, Peter.

I was one of those early birds on AGR back in the mid to late 90's. Then I got tired of the internet and went off the radar from about 2000-2004. Never even realized there was a forum here, and how it had grown. Glad to be back.

Now that you guys mention it, I do remember the Alt.guitar.rickenbacker page. If I recall right this one was up for quite awhile before we had to register to post, which is why I waited as long as I did to register here.

Its a great group we have here...best on the net in my opinion!

IIRC, it was stumbling upon AGR while going to AMY that I learned RIC had issued the 4001CS.

Back in 2002-03, my interest in playing was somehow re-ignited (last desperate gasp to cling to my youth, I suppose), and I started getting some serious GAS. I had a '65 Gretsch 6120, and a Rick 360/12 from 1980, a later 80's Ovation and some strange Gibson LP "studio" model. But they mostly sat in cases.

I was a huge Beatles fan, and since 1964 have dreamed of having a Country Gentleman, a Harrison 360/12 and a Lennon 325. But because I'd been away from it so long, I had no idea that companies were into the reissue business.

Somehow one day on a whim I started doing a search for guitars on the internet. I think I was doing searches for info on Gretschs, and found "The Gretsch Pages". I had never ever gotten into any forums before, but since I was very interested in the topic, I started lurking. It was an interesting forum, and it was fun to see people posting pics of their Gretschs and reading all the news of the new reissues they were doing, the deal with Fender and so on.

Somewhere in 2004 someone on Gretsch Pages mentioned this Ric forum, and I wandered over here. I had eventually gotten up my nerve to register and contribute to Gretsch Pages, but since I was far more ignorant of Ricks, I lurked here for quite a few months before I finally registered in early 2005.

I've since joined other forums (for Epis, Fenders, RIC corporate, VoxTalks, BeatGear Cavern and so on), and they're all ok -- once you learn the "ground rules" and the "social etiquette" of each forum.

But RickResource is the ONLY one I come to every day, sometimes twice a day, to see what's going on with the "family". Not bashing the others -- it's just that here it's "different". And the differences between the various Rick forums have never been more telling than in the last week or so with all the NT hoopla.

The differences have a lot to do with the atmosphere here -- the general civility, and depth and breadth of topics (who ELSE has a thread of over 2000 posts on "The Searchers"?), the differing -- and fun -- personalities, and on & on. And, as I think Paul W. mentioned somewhere else, there's also the gentle hand of our moderator keeping things smooth and running behind the scenes.

Last thing I wanted to note was just the sheer physical EASE of reading this forum. It is so easy to tell where one post stops and the next one starts, who posted it, what time, and on & on.

Maybe I'm just old (well, probably no "maybe" about it) but while I enjoy visiting VoxTalks, BeatGear, and the new VoxToyBox forum, the black background with the small, stark white letters is more of a strain to read.

Only twice a day, Jerry??

This place is my 6:15am cup of coffee and my 10:00pm nightcap!

er...... and about every hour in between.......

Sounds familiar, Aitch! I am making morning coffee at 5:30am local time right now!

I first found this place by typing "Rickenbacker" into Google. That's also how I found the RIC site. First I joined the RIC site and then one day I realized I could be posting here and having all kinds of fun instead of just lurking around and here I am.