Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

what are you starting ? no ricky in there ! they didn't handle the half-step down tuning very well and retired them in '88. for the compilation era you viewed was a '72 bassball bat neck natual p-bass i used for d-tuning songs, an ibanez mc-980 8 string for ...you guessed it...the 8-string songs, and the black hockey stick bass was a collaboration between lado guitars and myself. the body was patterned off the fender "performer" series with a jackson style neck,schaller machines,custom alembic pickups and electronics. first used it while the paint was still tacky when we toured england with maiden for a month,nov.-dec. '88. moog taurus mk1 pedals, two ampeg svt's etc. BUT NO RICKY !

There's a 330 Fireglo in the vid.

Ron there's a FG 330 around the one minute mark.

no, it's not...if you know what i mean !!!!!!!! the singer did have a '64 450-12 fireglo but it was five finger discounted from him.

my hair was sooo long i was schphincter flossin' ! lol.

here's a pic o' my rick just before the maiden tour. saw this promo selling on ebay. jeff has the pre-paint job pic. maybe he can post.

Ron sent me this great photo of him!

yes, yes. even i was guilty of the jumpsuit thing ! original keys, MD '73 deluxe trc, replaced headstock to the third fret, original bridge modified (milled) to take the newer saddle assy, homemade pickguard (white plexi), MD '73 neck p/u, '86 rear p/u assy, was found in a pawn shop/used music store (hudson's music) toronto off jane street, 1983. i replaced the horseshoe p/u with an understring from MD '73 deluxe. now has black body, natural neck, white painted maple on the headstock area a la squire. have used schaller straplocks since 1985.

check out the pics at http://www.killerdwarfs.com

after you enter, pics are at the bottom of the next page !

here's a pic of blackie not too long after the previous post... now with the '73 p/u in the rear.

moocho greasy ace for my avatar xmas present jeff ! now i look like myself 22 years ago !

Still have the hair?

nope ! german ww2 re-enactor hairdoo ! i lopped off that mane in the late '90's.