NGD: Turquoise 330
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 9:20 pm
My 1995 Turquoise 330 arrived Friday and I'm extremely pleased with it. It's dead mint and plays very well. Now, I just have to get the ancient strings off it so It'll stay in tune.
Now, you all know why I was asking about turquoise Ricks last week. I had one coming, but the deal wasn't quite done yet, and I wasn't about to blab about it here or anywhere else. Here's the story.
I found this Rick on Utica CL over two months ago. Then, it disappeared after two or three days, so I figured, that's it, sold, it wasn't meant to be. About three weeks ago, I checked Utica CL again, and there it was, back up for sale. I immediately contacted the owner, an older gentleman who didn't play much anymore due to arthritis. He bought the guitar a while back from a young woman in California who had bought the guitar new to learn to play. Imagine having this as your first guitar, right? The woman tried, but gave up quickly, and the guitar just sat in it's case for decades until she sold it to the guy in Utica. He brought it back to NY state.
We agreed on a price and I paid him. I also had him go to extra pains to ensure it was packed securely, as I have had three mishaps from FedEx in the last year while shipping guitars. He packed it very well and it arrived via UPS in great shape. Just for the record, I am done shipping guitars with FedEx, as there's a gorilla in one of their local facilities who apparently delights in throwing guitar boxes around.
I see this new Rick as being meant to be mine. Some things are just "meant to be," and this was one of them. The same thing happened when I bought my WWII A2 flight jacket years ago from a store in Gettysburg, PA. The jacket sat in a glass case for nearly three years until I finally forked over $800 and brought it home. It waited for me to buy it. It was fate.
Here's a photo of the 330 Turquoise.
Now, you all know why I was asking about turquoise Ricks last week. I had one coming, but the deal wasn't quite done yet, and I wasn't about to blab about it here or anywhere else. Here's the story.
I found this Rick on Utica CL over two months ago. Then, it disappeared after two or three days, so I figured, that's it, sold, it wasn't meant to be. About three weeks ago, I checked Utica CL again, and there it was, back up for sale. I immediately contacted the owner, an older gentleman who didn't play much anymore due to arthritis. He bought the guitar a while back from a young woman in California who had bought the guitar new to learn to play. Imagine having this as your first guitar, right? The woman tried, but gave up quickly, and the guitar just sat in it's case for decades until she sold it to the guy in Utica. He brought it back to NY state.
We agreed on a price and I paid him. I also had him go to extra pains to ensure it was packed securely, as I have had three mishaps from FedEx in the last year while shipping guitars. He packed it very well and it arrived via UPS in great shape. Just for the record, I am done shipping guitars with FedEx, as there's a gorilla in one of their local facilities who apparently delights in throwing guitar boxes around.
I see this new Rick as being meant to be mine. Some things are just "meant to be," and this was one of them. The same thing happened when I bought my WWII A2 flight jacket years ago from a store in Gettysburg, PA. The jacket sat in a glass case for nearly three years until I finally forked over $800 and brought it home. It waited for me to buy it. It was fate.
Here's a photo of the 330 Turquoise.
