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April 1968 model 4000 natural (or mapleglo)
December 1973 model 4001 fireglo
September 1987 model 4003 jetglo

Randy Hawkins
Whitehall, Ohio (suburb of Columbus)

72 4001FL JG
78 4001 MBlue
79 4001 MG
96 4003 JG
98 4003 FG
00 4003 SeaMistGreen

Bob Young
currently 30 minutes west of Boston Ma. in a town called Millbury (suburb of Worcester)
soon to be back in Lima, Perú (August 12)

My Rics, in order of acquisition:

81 330 FG
89 330/12 JG
89 330 Midnight Blue (with black trim & hardware!)
67 365 FG (The sweetest jangler of them all!)
98 4001v63 JG
75 481 JG
93 360/12 FG
98 381v69 MG (The most beautiful baby in my collection....the tone and the sustain are incredible....and the figured maple is about the prettiest wood I've ever seen on any guitar!)

Melissa Breitsprecher
Grand Marais, MN (40 miles from the Canadian border on the north shore of Lake Superior)

By the way, I think this is the first thread I've seen on this forum where there are posts by two other women.... are there any more "Ric chicks" out there? It's kinda nice to know I'm not alone here!

I can't believe this.... Early this afternoon my husband nonchalantly called from work and asked me to check the email, where I found out that he was the winning bidder on the 700C Comstock that was on eBay! This comes as a complete surprise to me (13 years of marriage and that man is still full of surprises!) Please excuse me while I go bask in this state of Ric-induced euphoria..... Is this love, or insanity, or both?

So....I guess I can add that one to my above list:

01 700C Comstock FG

Congratulations Melissa! What a guy!

Melissa, congrats on the new Comstock!

So, ya gonna celebrate at the Pickled Herring down at Sven and Ole's?

Jeff Levenson, Southfield, MI:
98 325v63(redone to Lennon specs with vintage 60's parts and reproduction parts). I've got pics of it here at home, but I don't think I've submitted any.

1960 450 Combo(Peter's got pics of it I think). I restored this guitar, but still haven't redone the finish as of yet. Eventually it'll get it's fireglo put back.

1964 615. It's in a case, torn apart.... basically a basket case. I've salvaged parts I got off of it(I bought it originally to use as parts and a project). It's got SUCH a narrow neck, that I don't know what I'll do with it yet.

Thanks, Mortivan and Dave! Yep, I'm pretty thrilled.... Every time he gets me a Ric I am sure it will be my last, but then he surprises me with "just one more!" This is my dream acoustic, but I never thought I would actually see one, let alone own one! BTW, a Sven & Ole's pizza may not be a bad way to celebrate if we can scrape up enough cash after this last purchase! <grin>

Melissa,
Can you get your husband to talk to my wife? She hasn't bought me a single Ric yet, and I hint all the time.

Bob: In your case you may have to get it from Amazon. Sorry couldn't resist.

Hmmmm.... First you have to get her set up with a good, profitable home business in order to pay for the Ric(s)--that's how my husband is able to keep doing this! Really, we were just laughing about it last night when I told him that I didn't think a day would ever come when he would pay a lot of money to have a red Commie come to stay permanently at our house to keep me company! <grin> ....He is very conservative by nature, despite his liberal generosity!

Melissa,

Is it too indiscreet to ask you what kind of home business allows to buy so many RICs ?

Could give me ideas for my new activities...

Cheers,
JL

Jean, check the link in her profile.

Thanks Dave

JL,

My husband is a classical numismatist...in English he sells ancient coins, in fact, a lot of Celtic coins from France. You might want to get a metal detector and start digging LOL. He buys a lot of his coins from France and Germany and turns around and sells them on his site www.ancientimports.com It keeps me in Rics!!
I help do a lot of the clerical and shipping so we are able to do brisk sales and since my husband is a collector by nature he also enjoys the Rics!