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How's this idea? Rickenbacker casket
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 6:34 pm
by highway_star
My drummer saw one of my vintage Ric cases at last practice and quipped how much it resembled a casket. That gave me the idea - I wonder if I could have one made to look like a Ric vintage case? Do you think John Hall would sell me enough Tolex to do the job? It sure would cool at the viewing.
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:07 pm
by teb
What color fur will you use on the inside? That crushed purple/blue stuff would look pretty nice...
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:58 pm
by nattiep
Rickenbacker casket? Well, if Kiss can do it, why not?
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:09 pm
by thinneckrick
HMMMMM Dark . But cool !!
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:36 pm
by bigbajo60
I got a similar comment when one of our "hangers-on" saw the inside of the vintage case my C64S came in:
"You gonna be buried in that case, or what?"
Mebbe... just mebbe!
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:20 pm
by ken_swearingen
Contact G&G quality cases they make the cases for Ric. and Fender,they would sell you the supplies. Ask for Gus.
[email protected] or
[323]233-2482
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:45 pm
by rickfan60
I am imagining how that call would go down. Um, yeah, I want to build a casket that looks like a guitar case.......
It plays a bit like a Crank Yankers call.
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:51 pm
by ken_swearingen
LOL!!!!Maybe they make caskets too.
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:54 pm
by j_gary
I think to use a vintage case you must have been born prior to 1970. 1970 and up, sorry, you get the plastic case.
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:06 pm
by hieronymous
4001's count as vintage don't they? Can't we move the cutoff date to the early '80s? Otherwise I just miss...
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:32 am
by doctorwho
J. Gary wrote:
... 1970 and up, sorry, you get the plastic case.
What if someone claimed to be a vintage reissue?
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:16 am
by jwr2
Rickenbacker casket ... sounds kinda creepy ... like the Addams family or something ...
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:57 am
by johnhall
You might be closer to the mark than you think. The largest user of conversion varnish finishes in the U.S. are casket makers.
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:26 am
by highway_star
That's reassuring to know, John. Now, can you spare a bit of the exterior material used on the vintage silver cases? Oh yeah,I'll need some of the blush plush lining, too.
I'm changing my will. I'll do a viewing in a casket made to look like a silver vintage case with my Rics lined up around me. Then I 'll be buried with ALL of them. After all, I'll need something to play in the afterlife
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Sounds better than cremation to me.
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:45 am
by wayang
Don't knock cremation if you haven't tried it...