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Rickenbacker as a weapon?
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:45 am
by Memphis Blue
Really cool video of Gerry and The Pacemakers and the Everly Brothers...except at the 2:40 mark when Gerry whacks Don in the face with his Ric headstock. Ouch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juby0KtA88Q
Re: Rickenbacker as a weapon?
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:50 pm
by fatcat
Yep. That was fun to see live in living B&W.
Re: Rickenbacker as a weapon?
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:04 am
by jwilli
Gerry's '64 360/12 string was one of the best looking ever.
Re: Rickenbacker as a weapon?
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:04 pm
by brian_l
I read in Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear book where Gerry actually sawed the top off the headstock off that guitar so it would fit inside a homemade case that he built for it! He said in the interview that the guitar is now in New Zealand. Does anyone have any recent pics of that guitar?
Re: Rickenbacker as a weapon?
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:46 pm
by simer4001
Can you imagine? Hacking away at your guitar so it fits into a case?
Re: Rickenbacker as a weapon?
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:54 am
by brammy
That was fun.
Who's shorter... Gerry or Ringo?
Re: Rickenbacker as a weapon?
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:55 am
by doctorwho
Great video!
Re: Rickenbacker as a weapon?
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:39 am
by admin
Jerry did indeed take the top edge off the headstock and the result could be seen on the Ed Sullivan Show appearance.
Also take note to the scaring around the sound hole in the following photo taken from the video that forms the basis of this thread. Jerry was hard on his guitars.
Re: Rickenbacker as a weapon?
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:21 pm
by jch
Could this be Gerry's 360/12? Check out the head!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO5yH3CiSBc
Re: Rickenbacker as a weapon?
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:50 pm
by ataritoobin
According to this (
https://www.rickenbacker.com/forum_view ... 20Marsden?) thread on the Rickenbacker corporate forums, it may very well be and was apparently last seen left in the back of a NYC taxi cab
Re: Rickenbacker as a weapon?
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:39 pm
by jch
It is hard to believe that someone would do that on purpose,just because it wouldn't fit it the case!!