It Was 30 Years Ago Today...
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:05 pm
~As it is already the 27th in the UK, I can go ahead and post this... 
30 years ago today, in my first year in college, I slipped away in the afternoon, and went to look at my first Rickenbacker bass. After a two hour train ride, clutching the envelope of cash very tightly, I arrived at the sellers house full of anticipation. I didn't know much about them, except they sounded great, looked cool, and Chris Squire had one.
He opened the case, I blinked...and handed him the money before I had even touched it!
Getting DH163 out of it's case this afternoon, once again I am amazed at how thin that neck feels, and, how wonderfully resonant it sounds, both acoustically and amplified. Simply put, what a great, great bass it is.
Thanks to this wonderful forum, I have found out much more about it, and so, on this anniversary, my thanks again to all who have helped over the years and commented so kindly.
30 years ago today, in my first year in college, I slipped away in the afternoon, and went to look at my first Rickenbacker bass. After a two hour train ride, clutching the envelope of cash very tightly, I arrived at the sellers house full of anticipation. I didn't know much about them, except they sounded great, looked cool, and Chris Squire had one.
He opened the case, I blinked...and handed him the money before I had even touched it!
Getting DH163 out of it's case this afternoon, once again I am amazed at how thin that neck feels, and, how wonderfully resonant it sounds, both acoustically and amplified. Simply put, what a great, great bass it is.
Thanks to this wonderful forum, I have found out much more about it, and so, on this anniversary, my thanks again to all who have helped over the years and commented so kindly.
