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Poll: When Did You Acquire Your First Ric ....

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.... and when did you acquire your most recent Rickenbacker?

In my case, I acquired my first Ric in Sep 98 and the most recent one in Apr 07.
'96 1997 LH MG
'98 360 LH MG
'00 360/12 Carl Wilson LH FG
'07 730S Shiloh LH
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First Rick - March 10th, 2002 (4003).

Most recent - two or three days from now (5002). Image
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Post by kcole4001 »

First: summer of 1986(?): 1976 4000 FG.
Most recent: Sept. 2005: 1981 4080 JG.
Plus five minus five!
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First: December 28, 2004
Most recent (26th I think): June 14, 2007.
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First- March 05, I think
Most Recent- July 07
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First 6-05
Most Recent 2 or 3-07
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First: January 25, 2005
Most recent: June 23, 2007
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First: late October 1979, a used December '72 4001.
Most recent: September 2004, a used March 1986 4003.
Both are now gone.
A Rickenbacker bass is much like the Jaguar E car - perennially ultra-fashionable.
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Hey John,
When did you order your 5002?
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Post by fatcat »

Summer of '88
Fall of '06
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Bill, I ordered mine in May of '06...but I found a used one.
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First: July '81
Most recent: July '07
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Sept. '81
1991 4001CS - D4 8646 / D4 8099 MIA
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Post by raider »

My first Rickenbacker was in 1988
it was a 360 in Fireglow.
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My first was the 1980 burgundyglo 320 that i purchased in Sep 2004.(It sealed my fate, 3 more Ricks since then.)
Most recent was last week, my 2002 330/12 Mid Blue.
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