Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Earlier this year, we did a gig in Santa Monica (we're an original band), and in the audience was a famous guitarist from a famous band whose famous leader and namesake of said famous band has many famous albums including a famous one with him holding a famous guitar made by a famous company who actually named a famous model after him. So I was excited and later went to their website, where I learned this famous guitar player has something in excess of 500 guitars. My house isn't that big, so I only have seven, including two Rics. So, how many do you have? (Mr. Campbell need not reply, as we know his numbers)

4 guitars(including electric 12-string Mando-Guitar, and Electric Sitar).

18 Basses(3 of them Rics).

I also have seven, including two Rics. I really need to add an acoustic 12-string to the arsenal, but so far I haven't been able to sneak it past the finance committee.

See your yourself. The lefty mandolin is at the far left.

2 Ric basses: a '92 4003MG, and a '93 4004 Cheyenne I
2 Ric guitars: a 360/12V64FG, and a re-issue 1997SPC also in Fireglo
A 1966 vintage Fender Precision in 3-tone Sunburst. A Danelectro Longhorn bass re-issue in mint green. A Larrivee L-09 acoustic in Walnut.
Total instruments: 7

I only have two

91' 4003 in white
01' Fender Precision in black w/tortoise guard

Currently sitting at five:

650 Dakota
Danelectro Hodad
OLP MM4
Martin 0-16NY (1963)
Synsonics Steinberger copy

OK, in view of the last one, maybe I should say 4 and a half . I clearly need more Rics, but I, too, have a finance committee to negotiate with....

I have presently:

Rick 350 Liverpool Jetglo
Rick 360/12 fireglo
Rick 620/12 with HBs mapleglo
DeArmond Starfire
DeArmond Starfire Special
DeArmond S-73 12 string
Squire M-77
Guild Bluesbird
Vantage 12 string
Godin Radiator
Johnny Reb Tele
Kramer Nightrider
Homemade Strat
Ovation A/E
Turser Hofner Bass Copy
Turser Shark Guitar
Ideal 360/12 copy from 60s

The inventory is always changing, in fact I have the 620/12 on ebay this week. I'm thru buying (unless something comes along that's too good to pass up), and will likely thin out the herd in the next few weeks.

jerrymac

There are currently 9 around the place here:
- 75 Jazz Bass - bought new by me way back when, and my first real instrument
- 90s 3/4 scale Precision Bass
- Ric 660TP JG - only Ric so far (a 6 string with toasters will be next)
- 91 Les Paul Standard tobacco burst - for raw power..
- 96 Strat Plus - the current 6 string workhorse
- Squire Strat - taught myself on this 6 string
- Magnum LP copy - tacky cherry burst with the Magnum 'single coils masquerading as humbuckers' p/ups. Great neck and action and kept in Keith Richards 5-string open D tuning
- two semi-acoustics

As someone once said:
"How many guitars is enough?"
- "Just one more"

2- acoustic 6 strings
2- electric 6 strings
10- electric basses of which 5 are Ricks.

'72 Fireglo 4001
'86 silver 4003
'99 4004 Cheyenne
'00 4001CS
'01 4004C-ii

also noteworthy:
'63 Fender Precision
'65 Hofner 500/1
'70 Fender Precision w/'71 Telecaster bass neck
'91 Modulus Q5

I tried to cover all the sonic bases with:

'54 Martin O-15
'59 Fender Jazzmaster
'66 Gibson Hummingbird
'66 Gretsch Tennessean
'67 Rickenbacker 360/12

Not as many as I would like to, or as I had not too long ago.

1967 Fender Mustang bass
1968 Fender Telecaster bass
1971 Fender Musicmaster bass
1978 Fender Jazz bass
1981 Fender Precision bass
1969 Gibson EB-3 bass
1974 Gibson Ripper bass
1975 Gibson Grabber bass
1976 Gibson 'Bicentennial' Thunderbird bass
1970 Rick 4001FG (21 fret)
1974 Rick 4001JG
1976 Rick 4001White
1979 Rick 4080AG
1980 Rick 4001BG.

Recent departures include a well-used, stock 1976 J-bass, an original 1968 Red Sparkle P-bass and a late 70's Kramer 250B bass.
Ricks I let go in recent years: Lefty 1992 4003MG, 1980 4001MG (originally JG), 1982 4001FG, 1981 4001JG, 1981 4003MG (originally JG) and a 1989 360MG/Black trim.

11 guitars
20 basses
1 banjo
1 mandolin
1 violin

4 Rickenbackers
4003 Greenburst
325 Hamburg Jetglo
330 Mapleglo
360/12 Fireglo

4 basses (3 Rics: '68 4001 FG, '78 4001 white, '93 4003 JG)
1 six-string guitar (Peavy - woo hoo!)
1 12-string guitar (360/12 JG)
1 violin

(But I won't go into keyboards/synths or recording equipment here!)

1 '73 4001 Jetglo bass.
1 early 70s F**der Mustang guitar.
various other non-string instruments (trumpet, trombone, keys etc).