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Re: (We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progres
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 4:43 am
by Colonel Sanders
walker wrote:
I found the bass on eBay in 2006. Fortunately, I outbid vintage bass collector Vincent Gallo to win it. He must have been really upset about the defeat. After the auction, he spewed a stream of trash talk here on the RRF about me and the seller in Australia. Pitty his rant was deleted; I'm sure there was insight there that we could all have benefitted from. Or not. Enyhu, when all is said and done, at least this is a vintage '60s bass that will actually get played and see the public eye again.
Actors... Waddayawant... They need to be a bit more emotive than the norm to succeed!
So this is yet another 1964 RM1999 that left Australia for the US!!!
Time for me to reverse the trend and bring one back in!
Re: (We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progres
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:59 am
by teeder
BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS wrote:i gotz a drunken stagger pole toaster like that from '72 !!!
My '67's got "Staggered Poles" too.
Re: (We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progres
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:34 am
by walker
Jeff - it's interesting how many went to OZ. Darren Trott's former RM was just three serial numbers away from mine. hmmm... I wonder who ended up with it...
Kevin - the "stagger factor" may be an accurate reflection of the degree of stagger in the RIC employee who made the pickup on any given morning.
Re: (We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progres
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:16 am
by johnhall
walker wrote:Jeff - it's interesting how many went to OZ. Darren Trott's former RM was just three serial numbers away from mine. hmmm... I wonder who ended up with it...
You are aware that our distributor in Australia during that era was Rose Morris PTY, an Australian firm, right? So I'm not sure why there would be much surprise.
Re: (We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progres
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:32 am
by Colonel Sanders
walker wrote:Jeff - it's interesting how many went to OZ. Darren Trott's former RM was just three serial numbers away from mine. hmmm... I wonder who ended up with it...
Rumors I seem to remember is that 8 or so made their way to Oz in 1964.
Re: (We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progres
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:00 pm
by johnhall
Colonel Sanders wrote:walker wrote:Jeff - it's interesting how many went to OZ. Darren Trott's former RM was just three serial numbers away from mine. hmmm... I wonder who ended up with it...
Rumors I seem to remember is that 8 or so made their way to Oz in 1964.
Off the top of my head I don't know the ratio of guitars to basses but I do know that hundreds of units were shipped, just from the thickness of the file, which I've recently seen.
Re: (We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progres
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:36 pm
by BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS
to add to this, mr. hall...did rose morris control the sales of rose morris models to canada as well or would you ship direct across the border ? or would you just ship "S" models to canada by your company ??
Re: (We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progres
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:57 pm
by walker
johnhall wrote:You are aware that our distributor in Australia during that era was Rose Morris PTY, an Australian firm, right?
Nope. I wasn't aware of that. Never heard of 'Rose Morris PTY' until just now. I just assumed that music stores in OZ ordered their handful from RM England.
Re: (We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progres
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 2:41 pm
by teeder
BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS wrote:to add to this, mr. hall...did rose morris control the sales of rose morris models to canada as well or would you ship direct across the border ? or would you just ship "S" models to canada by your company ??
My bass was traced back to Canada. I didn't know if that meant there were RM's shipped to Canada or someone brought it to Canada from England.
Re: (We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progres
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 4:07 pm
by johnhall
BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS wrote:to add to this, mr. hall...did rose morris control the sales of rose morris models to canada as well or would you ship direct across the border ? or would you just ship "S" models to canada by your company ??
Canada is and was our home territory, so no, they didn't sell there. To be honest, I wasn't aware that they even had a presence there.
Re: (We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progres
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 6:07 pm
by walker
THIS JUST IN:
the new top body wing slab
Re: (We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progres
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:07 pm
by cjj
Re: (We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progres
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:10 pm
by walker
HA HAAA! Now I'm talkin' your language, Cjj!
Re: (We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progres
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:20 pm
by kiramdear
Re: (We now join this RM 1999 restoration already in progres
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:47 pm
by walker
Indeed. I find that black enhances the bird's eye grain quite nicely.
