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Rick-12 String found in DUMPSTER!!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:08 pm
by mcd220
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMEKgrT2 ... ture=feedu
There were no Rick-12s before 1963, and the "Oven" knobs were gone by '64, AND the single cutaway "F" model is rare alone....if this is true, and not a re-make, he probably saved around $25,000 (Or more) dumpster diving.
D'oh!!
Best, Christian
Re: Rick-12 String found in DUMPSTER!!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:45 pm
by libratune
Billy -- the guy playing the guitar in the video -- is a member of the RRF. Perhaps he will fill us in on the story behind this unique guitar.
It looks to me like it could be an early 1960s-style 360F that was re-necked into a 12-string.
Re: Rick-12 String found in DUMPSTER!!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:52 pm
by winston
I recall reading somewhere on the net that Dale made that guitar and the dumpster diving story is just a ruse.
Re: Rick-12 String found in DUMPSTER!!
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:30 am
by billydlight
Dale absolutely unquestionably DID NOT make this guitar. Period. did not.
Re: Rick-12 String found in DUMPSTER!!
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:09 am
by winston
That's your story Billy......... a dumpster in Santa Anna? Care to enlighten us who really made it? Was it William Young then? Or .............maybe instead of us guessing for a while, why don't you just tell us who made it for you.
This guitar is all over the net so it's not like it needs to be kept a secret or anything.
Re: Rick-12 String found in DUMPSTER!!
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:54 am
by billydlight
This guitar was restored, not made. It was found in a dumpster a llloooonnnggg time ago. The neck is not original. The original neck had the headstock broken off. That's the story. And I don't care who believes it, or who doesn't.
Re: Rick-12 String found in DUMPSTER!!
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:04 am
by electrofaro
Billy, she sounds and looks great
Re: Rick-12 String found in DUMPSTER!!
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:32 am
by jingle_jangle
billydlight wrote:This guitar was restored, not made. It was found in a dumpster a llloooonnnggg time ago. The neck is not original. The original neck had the headstock broken off. That's the story. And I don't care who believes it, or who doesn't.
Pictures of the restoration, please, Billy!
That and the identity of the restorer would kill the controversy. Period.
Re: Rick-12 String found in DUMPSTER!!
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:36 am
by billydlight
There are no pictures, sorry he was kinda old school. His name is Tom Love and unfortunately he passed away last weekend. I went to his funeral yesterday.
He was a friend of mine and not a luthier per se. More of an old world wood worker and craftsman.
Re: Rick-12 String found in DUMPSTER!!
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 11:22 am
by Grey
I find it hard to believe someone would junk any guitar, if I wanted to get rid of an instrument my first stop would be a pawn shop irregardless of what shape it was in.
But, it dosen't really matter. It looks sharp and sounds sweet.
Re: Rick-12 String found in DUMPSTER!!
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:51 pm
by kiramdear
I can't see much in that video. I'd like to see close-up pics of it as it is now. Billy, can you treat us to a set?
Re: Rick-12 String found in DUMPSTER!!
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 3:12 am
by billydlight
I'll get to work!
Re: Rick-12 String found in DUMPSTER!!
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:53 pm
by sloop_john_b
Re: Rick-12 String found in DUMPSTER!!
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 1:23 pm
by billydlight
Re: Rick-12 String found in DUMPSTER!!
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:53 pm
by johnhall
Yeah, we know all about this one.
Like they say, some things are just too good to be true, sorta like those "work at home" schemes.
