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Joining the club at long last . . .
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:51 pm
by yankeelawdog
I'm almost 56 years old and have been playing for more than 40 years and I'm finally going to be able to count myself among your ranks. I've always wanted a Ric and I'll have one on Christmas! I was bidding on one on Ebay yesterday - I'm left handed and they're hard to come by. The bad news is I lost the auction. The good news is MY WIFE won! Unbeknownst to me she outbid me because she wanted to give it to me for Christmas. She had to tell me because her Ebay user name came up as the victor.
It's being shipped to my brother in law, the bass player to hold until Christmas Day. It may sound silly but I'm like a little kid waiting for Santa with prayerful hope!
Here's a picture. She's a Fireglo 330-12 and she's a beaut!
Re: Joining the club at long last . . .
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:57 pm
by kiramdear
Haha, welcome and congratulations. I hope you two didn't get in a bidding war and drive the price up on yourselves
Russell, she's a beauty - your wife, that is. The guitar is pretty sweet, too.
Re: Joining the club at long last . . .
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:00 pm
by leftyguitars
Nice to see another lefty join the clan!
Re: Joining the club at long last . . .
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 2:15 pm
by beatlefreak
Welcome to the forum, Russell.
Re: Joining the club at long last . . .
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 2:55 pm
by admin
Welcome, Russell. A spectacular Christmas gift.
Re: Joining the club at long last . . .
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 3:00 pm
by wmthor
All this lefty has to say is Congratulations and Welcome Aboard.
Re: Joining the club at long last . . .
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 3:59 pm
by goofyfoot
Hey, Southpaw, that was a interesting vignette you shared! Congratulations for scoring a Rickenbacker and for having a wonderful significant other, man. Cool story, brah, cool story. Welcome to the canteen. Keep on keepin' on.....Goofyfoot.
Re: Joining the club at long last . . .
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:01 pm
by rick_ovic
Welcome, Russell. Great story!
Re: Joining the club at long last . . .
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:56 pm
by jps
Welcome Russell!
This gift is coming from Santa Ana!
Re: Joining the club at long last . . .
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:06 pm
by jimk
yankeelawdog wrote:I'm almost 56 years old and have been playing for more than 40 years and I'm finally going to be able to count myself among your ranks. I've always wanted a Ric and I'll have one on Christmas! I was bidding on one on Ebay yesterday - I'm left handed and they're hard to come by. The bad news is I lost the auction. The good news is MY WIFE won! Unbeknownst to me she outbid me because she wanted to give it to me for Christmas. She had to tell me because her Ebay user name came up as the victor.
It's being shipped to my brother in law, the bass player to hold until Christmas Day. It may sound silly but I'm like a little kid waiting for Santa with prayerful hope!
Here's a picture. She's a Fireglo 330-12 and she's a beaut!
Aw man! That's great.
I just love to hear stories like yours. I'm waiting on a new Rick, too. Welcome to the forum.
JimK
Re: Joining the club at long last . . .
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:22 pm
by winston
Welcome to the forum Russell,
What a great story, now that's the way to make an entrance. No doubt RAS will set be setting in shortly. It happens to all of us.
Re: Joining the club at long last . . .
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:16 pm
by melibreits
Congrats, Russell--that's a great story. Sounds like you have a terrific wife--make sure you let her know how much you appreciate her! I say that because my husband buys me Rics from time to time....
Re: Joining the club at long last . . .
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:54 am
by jps
Re: Joining the club at long last . . .
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:35 am
by doctorwho
admin wrote:Welcome, Russell. A spectacular Christmas gift.
+1 !
Re: Joining the club at long last . . .
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:08 am
by Ric O'Sound
Wow. Sounds like you've got a great wife. Mine is great, too...but when it comes to guitars or anything related to musical equipment, I often have to resort to clandestine operations.
Congratulations on your new Rickenbacker.