Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

In light of a recent post over at another thread, this is not meant as a criticism of the Fender Forum. I visit there every so often and have gotten some good info from time to time.

But I thought some of the posts in this FDP thread were kind of funny:

http://www.fenderforum.com/forum.html?db=&topic_number=604909&lastpost=2006-12-2611:38:45

The same people banned me for "spamming". The webmaster would not listen to my protests, nor would he tell me exactly when this problem occurred...I've tried to join again, because I love to contribute and really like the half-dozen Fenders that I own, not to mention my Fender amps and reverb...fingers crossed.

I would figure that anybody who doesn't want me there doesn't deserve my company. I still have a warm place in my heart for Fenders, but there are only so many forums (fora?) I can spend time on and this is one of the biggies. (No, I haven't been kicked off, or even applied there.)

Seems like a good, reasonable, balanced discussion of a guitar brand that is outside the main scope of that forum.

The forum appearance is butt ugly, though.

"they're like old people's guitars"...

Hey, I represent that remark!!!!!

man I just love people - they just crack me up.....

The Fender Forum as been a good source for buying/selling guitars from time to time...always get a few of the "I will pay you in rupies from my Father's offshore account!" Some good info can be had there but you have to weed through it....yeah, it's butt ugly!

First time I signed up--a couple of years ago--I got a password within a couple of hours.

Doesn't look like they're gonna let me back in...

The webmaster is one mini-fascist.

"old people's guitars"

No, don't think so. I think they are "people with good taste, and don't want to sound like everybody else guitars"

I expected a lot worse. Lots of good compliments!

"they're like old people's guitars"

Got my first at 16!

Just 'cause Hendrix, and Cobain didn't survive their 20s doens't make Ricks old folk's guitars.

"They're like old people's guitars". I presume anyone making such a stupid statement plans to commit suicide or otherwise die before they get old.

That comment about "old people's guitars" didn't make sense to me at all. When I was teaching myself to play guitar on a cheap acoustic I kept telling myself "keep at it because one day you'll have a Rickenbacker." I never wanted another type of guitar and I'm 24.

I belong to that site also. Never go there. Fenders are cool ( I own 3) but the site is butt ugly. Sorry, Paul that you got banned from there. That happened to me at the dudepit. Can't imagine what was said there that might be considered so bad. Seems very genial over there.

You can't really blame the guys over there. Every forum is backing the forums model type.

I bought my first Rickenbacker at age 16, and my first Fender at 19. I was one of those kids who wanted to play a Rickenbacker...still am I guess..lol

My first guitar was a Fender Tele only a few months younger than that one you posted a week or so ago, Mike. It's the only Tele I've ever owned. I then got into surf and bought a new '67 Oly White Mustang.

Now I've got a gaggle of Jags (jaggle?) and one Jazzmaster; three old Duo-Sonics, a Squier Vista Venus XII...nothing sounds like a Jag with hot vintage pickups for a certain clean surf, like Carl Wilson played early on in the Beach Boys' history. Plug it into a Fender reverb, then into a Bandmaster or Dual Showman...surf heaven.