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Bought my 1st Rickenbacker, the blue flame 4001, 15 years ago yesterday (06/06/1995) for a whopping $528.94. I'd post a pic of the receipt if I could find the power supply to my scanner.

Congrats!

It's been a long time for me and my first Rick as well.

Sometimes I think I should just make it official and get a tattoo of it on my arm or something, 'cuz it's my oldest surviving toy at this point!

(Well, besides a Hot Wheels car or two!)

On my birthday on August 1st, it will be my 12th Anniversary with my first & only Rickenbacker 4003.I have owned it twice as long as the original owner who got it new in Oct 1992.

Congrats Erik! You made a wise choice 15 years ago! Now look what it did to ya!

You got a good deal, Erik. I paid $600 for my 320 - a little over 27 years ago. Still got it, too. Feels like part of the family after that long, eh?

I suppose I'm coming up on that anniversary as well - 14 yrs ago (to the month) I paid $800 for my first Rick, a '91 360/12 FG, in almost mint condition, just one little teeny scratch.

rickenbrother wrote:Congrats E r i k !

Likewise, pretty cool E r i k !! Congrats !
(All these remembrances of dirt-cheap prices from a generation ago )

Geez, the end of July 31 will be 29 years since I got my first Rick, a new '81 4001 JG.
Would you believe I was only one year old when I got it?

rickenbrother wrote:Geez, the end of July 31 will be 29 years since I got my first Rick, a new '81 4001 JG.
Would you believe I was only one year old when I got it?

One year old??? Well, let's see, I can't remember the exact date, but it was in 1979, spring, so that makes it what, 31 years? A '74 4001 Mapleglo! Huh, ya know what? I wasn't even born yet!!!

Yeah right...

cjj wrote:

rickenbrother wrote:Geez, the end of July 31 will be 29 years since I got my first Rick, a new '81 4001 JG.
Would you believe I was only one year old when I got it?

One year old??? Well, let's see, I can't remember the exact date, but it was in 1979, spring, so that makes it what, 31 years? A '74 4001 Mapleglo! Huh, ya know what? I wasn't even born yet!!!

Yeah right...

I'll believe your story if you believe mine!

Got my first Ric 20 years ago. My second one 18 years later. I've still got the second one.

I got my first 4001 28 years ago in May of 1982.

I was 15 then, I'm 18 now.

Yes, my friends...I've been 18 for 25 years!

rickaddict wrote:I got my first 4001 28 years ago in May of 1982.

I was 15 then, I'm 18 now.

Yes, my friends...I've been 18 for 25 years!

I've been 18 for 25 1/2 years!

I'm thinkin' the Rick is my fountain of youth!

s4001 wrote:Got my first Ric 20 years ago. My second one 18 years later. I've still got the second one.

18 years AGO. Doh!