| Author | Message | ||
     paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 203 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 63.193.9.8 |
Bluespckr, were we separated at birth? Well, I am a year older and have exactly the same frame of mind and early influences. For me, it was the first time I heard the Hollies' "Look Through Any Window". Prized Fenders, huh? Fenders are good guitars, but Ricks have That Indefinable Something, right out of the case. | ||
| Lou DeFelippo (Raider) New member Username: Raider Post Number: 15 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 24.194.124.164 |
Hey next thursday I'm going to be 52 and I saw a picture of a 360 Blueburst and that my color. Just email Pickofthericks to get a price on two different Ricks a 350V63 & 360 in Blueburst. | ||
| Howard Bishop (Ozover50) New member Username: Ozover50 Post Number: 12 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 220.240.241.114 |
Just call me Grandpa!!! I'm soon to be 54 and will be receiving my 330FG next week. Do Rickenbacker make Fireglo walking sticks or Zimmer frames? | ||
| Paul Sylvain (Bluespckr) Member Username: Bluespckr Post Number: 56 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 12.76.202.137 |
Maybe as a special order, Ozover50? Hey, welcome to the Over-50-Something, Never-Too-Old-To-Rock-And-Roll Ric Club. ----- Hey, Jingle-Jangle: They couldn't have been too "prized" if I sold the Fenders off that quick. You just "KNOW" as soon as you grab that first chord, and hear it ring, that THIS is THE GUITAR for you, PERIOD. There was absolutely no doubt in my mind. And dumb me -- I never thought about the Hollies, but it was that sound way back when, for me, too! Thanks for helping an old tooter remember!!!! | ||
| paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 204 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 24.5.100.79 |
Amen to you, Paul, and Howard--here in Amerika they're called "walkers" and mine is being prepared as I write this, but in Blueburst... Paul, I have two Fenders in my collection. All--I repeat ALL--of my Fenders (including the old '53 Tele) were disposable EXCEPT my '59 Duo-Sonic...It's a remarkable, no, FANTASTIC guitar and I will never part with it and however many Ricks I get before my wife clubs me into oblivion with one! I have three guitars which STAY: my two Ricks and the Duo Sonic.  | ||
| Alex Smith (Roadrunners) Advanced Member Username: Roadrunners Post Number: 98 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.7 |
ah but I must be old at heart because im 16 and ive got a 330 and i will soon have a 620/12 (ive also got a casino, and hofner)  | ||
| John McKelvy (Wormdiet) Senior Member Username: Wormdiet Post Number: 505 Registered: 01-2003 Posted From: 152.22.12.56 |
Which Hofner? I like the idea of a verythin. I went to play one and it musta been a lemon. Insanely noisy and buzzy. | ||
| Melissa Breitsprecher (Melibreits) Senior Member Username: Melibreits Post Number: 504 Registered: 03-2003 Posted From: 216.70.32.60 |
I'm 35, and I got my first Ric (a 330) almost 4 years ago as an anniversary present from my husband, who just knew I would fall in love with it--I never would have dreamed it, but he was right! Way back in his college days he used to have a '72 4001, which he picked up after seeing Geddy Lee play. He loved the quality and tone of that bass so much, and he knew I would feel the same way about the Ric guitar. He's bought me quite a few more since that fateful and life-changing day, LOL! | ||
| Jim Glen (Thx1955) Senior Member Username: Thx1955 Post Number: 635 Registered: 11-2002 Posted From: 4.14.101.245 |
I'm 49, 50 in February, I got my first Fireglo 4001 in 1973 for my 18th Birthday, been a Ric addict ever since. | ||
| Steve Brodbeck (Britishinvasion) New member Username: Britishinvasion Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.144.78.153 |
Just turned 54, myself. Got my first Ric(used) in 1973. A Fireglo 365. Got my most recent in 2004. A Fireglo 360-12. I've made a few changes to it. Toaster-top pickups, 12 string bridge, gold guards and nameplate, black vintage knobs, trapeze tailpiece, and the famous "Arnquist" string spacing mod. You're never too old to play a Ric!! I use mine in my band: www.thebritishinvasionband.com |
