Hello
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:06 pm
Hello,
I recently discovered the rickresource forum. A great source of info on rickenbackers and also on 60's garage rock, one of my other passions.
I first realised how cool ricks looked as a teenager when the Jam were my favourite band and Paul Weller had one. I had to have what Weller had so when the local music shop got a 481 in I put it on layby! Shame it wasn't a 330 but this was close enough. This was late 70's and the music shop was the Burnie Music Centre in tassie. Even with the weird slanted frets this guitar served me well for several years.
When I moved to Melbourne in the mid 80's I discovered the Trading Post and picked up a 1967 365. Unfortunately the 481 had to go to pay for it. The 365 was a great guitar and wish I still had it but sometime in the late 80's I was misled
and decided a Telecaster was the sound I was after. So the 365 had to go!
I still have the Tele and that and a Maton CW80 acoustic were my only guitars for about 20 years. About 4 years back I started buying guitar mags again and convinced my wife that investing in guitars made more sense than investing in shares (how right was I!!). What woman doesn't love the look of a rickenbacker so she has encouraged me as I try and build a collection. I currently have 2 x 360's ( a 1973 and a recent one), a 360-12 and a 660-12. Will be on the lookout for some additions over the coming years and would love to get another 365 and 481. Back to the start again!
Harvey
I recently discovered the rickresource forum. A great source of info on rickenbackers and also on 60's garage rock, one of my other passions.
I first realised how cool ricks looked as a teenager when the Jam were my favourite band and Paul Weller had one. I had to have what Weller had so when the local music shop got a 481 in I put it on layby! Shame it wasn't a 330 but this was close enough. This was late 70's and the music shop was the Burnie Music Centre in tassie. Even with the weird slanted frets this guitar served me well for several years.
When I moved to Melbourne in the mid 80's I discovered the Trading Post and picked up a 1967 365. Unfortunately the 481 had to go to pay for it. The 365 was a great guitar and wish I still had it but sometime in the late 80's I was misled
and decided a Telecaster was the sound I was after. So the 365 had to go!I still have the Tele and that and a Maton CW80 acoustic were my only guitars for about 20 years. About 4 years back I started buying guitar mags again and convinced my wife that investing in guitars made more sense than investing in shares (how right was I!!). What woman doesn't love the look of a rickenbacker so she has encouraged me as I try and build a collection. I currently have 2 x 360's ( a 1973 and a recent one), a 360-12 and a 660-12. Will be on the lookout for some additions over the coming years and would love to get another 365 and 481. Back to the start again!
Harvey
Better get back to the pub then.......