Rickenbacker Basses In Italy

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Francesco: Of the 88 Rickenbackers in our Register from Italy, about 75 percent of them are basses. Your comments? :)
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the traditional high regard/love of progressive rock in italia,perhaps?
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yes, exactly

we have a relatively deep passion and tradition in progressive rock....it seems that the only Italian rock bands that achieved a certain success in international terms were Progressive rock bands, back in early 70s....
being the Rickenbacker bass one of the typical equipment used by Progressive bassists, it's easy to suppose that the Rickenbacker 4001 was probably the most common bass guitar in the 70------>early 80s in Italy, after the Fender Jazz and Precision of course.

I personally invited users in possession of a Rickenbacker bass, from the Italian major forum for bassist where I cooperate as moderator, to register their instruments here. So in the last months the number of registered basses may have increased. A few of these musicians even own more than 1 or 2 Rickenbackers.

The Rickenbacker bass is definitely considered by the Italian common bassist as the quintessential rock bass (only). Of course we know that it can be succesfully end effectively employed in several kind of music, but that's it.

Rickenbacker guitars...well..except for musicians involved in the 60s-Beatles related music, there is not much interest amongst guitarists in rick guitars.....and it is not really common to find solid body models

And there is also a certain number of samples of guitar, 60s export series (similar to RMs), here in Italy... fireglos with both slash or f sound hole
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And there is also a certain number of samples of guitar, 60s export series (similar to RMs), here in Italy... fireglos with both slash or f sound hole
You'll be letting us know when you see any of these guitars come up for sale, won't you Francesco? :mrgreen:
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rick_ovic wrote:
And there is also a certain number of samples of guitar, 60s export series (similar to RMs), here in Italy... fireglos with both slash or f sound hole
You'll be letting us know when you see any of these guitars come up for sale, won't you Francesco? :mrgreen:
Don't you have enough, already? :lol:
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jps wrote:
rick_ovic wrote:
And there is also a certain number of samples of guitar, 60s export series (similar to RMs), here in Italy... fireglos with both slash or f sound hole
You'll be letting us know when you see any of these guitars come up for sale, won't you Francesco? :mrgreen:
Don't you have enough, already? :lol:
I think Trotty is just getting started! :wink:
The JETGLO finish name should be officially changed to JETGLO ROCKS! :-)
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Hey, I only have a RM 1998 and a RM 1999! I'm still looking for a RM 1995, RM 1996 and a RM 1997 :mrgreen:
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'59 425, '59 335, '60 335, '60 360, '60 335F, '60 345F, '64 RM 1999, '65 RM 1998, '65 360-12, '66 335, '67 450-12, '72 4001 '72 4001, '75 4000, '75 4000CS, '00 700S, '01 700C, '01 700S-12, '01 730S-FH, '06 660 DCM
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rick_ovic wrote:Hey, I only have a RM 1998 and a RM 1999! I'm still looking for a RM 1995, RM 1996 and a RM 1997 :mrgreen:
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What, you don't want a 1993? :shock:
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