Bought my 4th Rickenbacker today!
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:48 pm
Wow, haven't been here in a while. This was the first place that I decided to post this up, though...
So, I own a pretty "high end" recording studio in New York. I see clients 4-6 days a week. I see a lot of guitars brought in by lots of people.
Last week a band comes in for their first session. The guitar player sees my 330 and 360 in the live room and immediately says "Hey, you'll like my guitar!" and pulls out the most gorgeous Mapleglo 381V69 I could ever hope to see. Character for days, and certainly a head turner. My jaw dropped even more when he plugged it into my Blackface Bassman and proceeded to crank it up. Upon first listen, it sounded a tad more "full" than my 330 or 360, and held tons of clarity. He hands it to me and now I can't even FIND my jaw. I'd always wanted a 381, but never got the chance to play one. Now I did. Now I'm screwed.
So what did I do? I waited for them to finish initial tracking today, and as soon as they were done, I offered to buy it from him.
$1300 and one Applebee's dinner later, it's sitting on a stand next to me at the studio.
I love it so far, and I feel like I got a pretty good deal. I'm happy. When I can get my girlfriend here we'll take pictures.
So, I own a pretty "high end" recording studio in New York. I see clients 4-6 days a week. I see a lot of guitars brought in by lots of people.
Last week a band comes in for their first session. The guitar player sees my 330 and 360 in the live room and immediately says "Hey, you'll like my guitar!" and pulls out the most gorgeous Mapleglo 381V69 I could ever hope to see. Character for days, and certainly a head turner. My jaw dropped even more when he plugged it into my Blackface Bassman and proceeded to crank it up. Upon first listen, it sounded a tad more "full" than my 330 or 360, and held tons of clarity. He hands it to me and now I can't even FIND my jaw. I'd always wanted a 381, but never got the chance to play one. Now I did. Now I'm screwed.
So what did I do? I waited for them to finish initial tracking today, and as soon as they were done, I offered to buy it from him.
$1300 and one Applebee's dinner later, it's sitting on a stand next to me at the studio.
I love it so far, and I feel like I got a pretty good deal. I'm happy. When I can get my girlfriend here we'll take pictures.
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