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Canadian confusion?

Yes Paul I saw that one too.

Not all of us in Canada are so confused.

Notice that the ad has not been pulled for infringing RIC's trademarks!

It's a Rickenhofner

Hey, McCartney played Ricks Right? I'm sure I've seen him play one of these... Must be a Rick, right???

Ontario_RIC_fan wrote:Yes Paul I saw that one too.

Not all of us in Canada are so confused.

Notice that the ad has not been pulled for infringing RIC's trademarks!

We're not? Umm, I'm confused...

That's weird. It's neither fish nor fowl. But it might be foul.
JimK

Hey we all know that that's a fender

My first bass was on similar to that; an unmarked Japanese copy of the Höfner 500/1. I remember it cost $89 new, and I bought it at a small music store on Vermont Ave. in L.A. As a second-year student in college and living with an aunt and uncle, I couldn't afford the $300 or so they were asking for the real German instrument. It worked fine, but was terribly neck-heavy. I remember when I did get to play a real Höfner how light it felt. I ended up breaking the neck, and after a homemade repair, I loaned it to a guy who was helping out with my first band. Never saw it again, but by then I had my first Rick.

EH?

Grecobacker.

This is actually a Kingston bass, ca 1977. Here's my brother Brian with his new Kingston, either late March or early April '77. His is a brown to blonde sunburst, but it's the same model.

Kingsbacker?

Rickenhofner?

Take off! Think I'll just go for some gravy fries & forget about it.

bassduke49 wrote:My first bass was on similar to that; an unmarked Japanese copy of the Höfner 500/1. I remember it cost $89 new, and I bought it at a small music store on Vermont Ave. in L.A. As a second-year student in college and living with an aunt and uncle, I couldn't afford the $300 or so they were asking for the real German instrument. It worked fine, but was terribly neck-heavy. I remember when I did get to play a real Höfner how light it felt. I ended up breaking the neck, and after a homemade repair, I loaned it to a guy who was helping out with my first band. Never saw it again, but by then I had my first Rick.

Yeah, but was it Canadian? Eh?

I should have clarified. I bought that copy in Feb/Mar 1969!

Where is that turntable now?