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I know I'm not alone here but which Rick did you let get away and have been kicking yourself ever since for doing so?
Here's my bowl o' tears:

1981 330 FG VP

Damn, check out the fireglo on THAT one! You should kick yourself.

There has been a couple threads on the same subject, one a couple weeks ago, in fact!

That one had ambered so sweetly and was really light. What was I thinkin'...
I loved the toaster top pickups on that guitar

I told you Kevin it would all end in tears

A pair of 4003S/8 JG's. Then they went and discontinued them.

380L PZ. Won it on the bay and then flaked.

A beat up, short little Combo tulip bought for $75 in 1973. That's the one that got me hooked. I could buy one like it for twenty times the price now but it wouldn't be the same. I miss that one.

Hey Kevin!

Coincidentally, I traded a 330AFG just like yours (with Hi-Gains), but was able to get it back; I purchased at 350V63 at Pick of The Ricks, and used my 330AFG as a trade. A few days later, I got a nice paycheck and was able to take the 330 back and do a straight cash deal for the 350V63. My 330AFG was on display for the time it took, but luckily no one bought it; I just got it set up last week, and it plays great and looks amazing. I know that I would be feeling seller's remorse just like you if it had gotten away.

Hopefully, another one will come your way soon.

Bob

My first Rick, a '74 4001 MG, still the best one I ever had. I bought it used for $450 sometime around '79 I think. Sold it for $650 in '95, didn't want to, but needed money. At the time, I thought I'd done pretty good on the sale. If only I still had that one...

I've got a picture of it still, just have to figure out how to transfer a slide to digital...

jdogric12aolcom wrote:A pair of 4003S/8 JG's. Then they went and discontinued them.

Don't that just figure....

My little 325V59 MG, but i wasn't playing it much, so....

cjj wrote:My first Rick, a '74 4001 MG, still the best one I ever had. I bought it used for $450 sometime around '79 I think. Sold it for $650 in '95, didn't want to, but needed money. At the time, I thought I'd done pretty good on the sale. If only I still had that one...

I've got a picture of it still, just have to figure out how to transfer a slide to digital...

Most 1-hour photo labs should be able to scan that slide and put it on CD for you. If you have trouble with that let me know, I can get it taken care of.

My first guitar: a fireglo 456/12 from September 1967. It stopped making sound so I traded it for a Kay. At the time, I didn't know you could open up guitars and fix them -that didn't even occur to me - so I figured it was dead. But the upside is, I've learned how to fix guitars.

I still kick myself every day. I wish I could get it back.

jps wrote:

cjj wrote:My first Rick, a '74 4001 MG, still the best one I ever had. I bought it used for $450 sometime around '79 I think. Sold it for $650 in '95, didn't want to, but needed money. At the time, I thought I'd done pretty good on the sale. If only I still had that one...

I've got a picture of it still, just have to figure out how to transfer a slide to digital...

Most 1-hour photo labs should be able to scan that slide and put it on CD for you. If you have trouble with that let me know, I can get it taken care of.

It would likely be faster to have you do it, the nearest 1-hour photo lab requires an overnight stay in a hotel - it's 400 miles away.

Actually, I've got an attachment that goes on one of my scanners that's supposed to do the job. I just haven't had time to mess with it yet (or even to figure out where the darned thing is). It's planting time on the ol' farm...

Wow (456/12),That is a cool model.
I had to look it up in the Rickenbacker Book because I didn't reccognize that model.
It may have been a rare bird. There were only 17 made in 1968.