I'm finally ready to commit

[longhouse]

It's been in the back of my mind for a few years now and I think I'm ready to commit to ONE partner.
Up til now I've kept a few on the side like a regular Paris-era Henry Miller.
One has stuck by me through it all even as my front door seemed more like a revolving door for playmate after playmate.

So, is it advisable, I ask of you, for a guitarist such as myself to have only ONE Rickenbacker?
The fact is I don't play my 360V64. And though it was my first Ric, I wonder if it wouldn't be better off in someone else's hands. My fireglo 1997SPC/VB remains my main guitar for stage, studio, and (electric) songwriting.

I am considering dropping the 360 (along with my Chet Atkins Country Deluxe). Maybe I'll scoop up a Gretsch and a Tele and hope for some Utah style guitar love, but I believe I've found a soulmate in the 1997.

(I'm not about to part with my Danos or Teardrop XII anytime soon -but they are always relegated to the backseat)

[ric330]

If it's this one you're keeping..Sweet!

http://rickbeat.com/modelslibrary/1997spc/1997spc.htm

Hey give us a heads up here if you're selling the other Rick. Please?

[johneek]

Noel,

Those kinds of decisions are completely subjective, so I don't know what sage advice I could offer. If you love the 1997, obviously you should keep it. If your 360v64 doesn't get any playing time at all, then it would seem a good candidate to sell (I also would encourage you to offer it for sale here first).

The only question I have is sort of strategic, or long term. If something happened to the 1997, (not catastrophic but enough to put it out of commission for a couple of weeks) what would you do for a back-up? Seems to me the v64 would serve that purpose pretty well. Just a thought....

[longhouse]

Thanks Kevin. That's similar to my Ric -'cept I have the Accent Vibrato. And I don't think I'll ever have another electric without a vibrato tailpiece, be it a Bigsby, Accent, or otherwise. Seems it's become a big part of my style. And I like the sympathetic overtones when I bend notes.

And John, of course, I'll let it be known here first if I sell. I want it to be in the hands of a player. It DOES have an amazing tone. 21 frets + toasters = tone nirvana

I've debated adding an Accent or Bigsby also.