Guitar
For those of you who read the blog on a fairly regular basis, you may have
seen "Mr Lee" featured and a Rickenbacker "Tribute", made by Greco.
Well. Mr Lee had a recent outing but guess who forgot the camera.
Yep, me! This is a very dodgy phone pic, which I have tried to brighten up
but is still a long way from "David Bailey"
Sorry, Mr Lee!
Anyway, I thought whilst I was on the subject, I show another one that hasn't
been done yet but I will get around to.
This image was taken 2 or 3 years ago and I have never managed to organise
some more pics of this one.
There seems to be a bit of an issue with Rickenbacker, over the various "Tributes"
that are out there - which are still in great numbers.
I can sort of see why they would be upset at current manufacture, of which there
are several out there but some of the "Ric copies" as we all refer to them, were
made almost 40 years ago and they're not just going to disappear.
Some, I have played over the years - play, feel and sound as good/better than the
originals but because of recent events, many of these "Tributes" have sort of gone
underground.
So, if you have a Ric Copy and you love it - whip it out and show that you are
proud of your instrument.
The most prominent brands were Ibanez, Hondo, Aria, Greco, El maya, Kasuga
and probably several more I may have missed out.
If you know of any others, drop me a line in "comments" and I will edit the post.
And finally, here is another one, that I used to have but now lives in Prague.
This one is a "bolt neck" - the other Aria I've shown, is a neck thru.
For more on this one, go here: Aria Rickenfaker
Back next time with something different.
Cheers. :)
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Guitar
Rickenbacker - Not quite. . . . . .
For those of you who read the blog on a fairly regular basis, you may have
seen "Mr Lee" featured and a Rickenbacker "Tribute", made by Greco.
Well. Mr Lee had a recent outing but guess who forgot the camera.
Yep, me! This is a very dodgy phone pic, which I have tried to brighten up
but is still a long way from "David Bailey"
Sorry, Mr Lee!
Anyway, I thought whilst I was on the subject, I show another one that hasn't
been done yet but I will get around to.
This image was taken 2 or 3 years ago and I have never managed to organise
some more pics of this one.
There seems to be a bit of an issue with Rickenbacker, over the various "Tributes"
that are out there - which are still in great numbers.
I can sort of see why they would be upset at current manufacture, of which there
are several out there but some of the "Ric copies" as we all refer to them, were
made almost 40 years ago and they're not just going to disappear.
Some, I have played over the years - play, feel and sound as good/better than the
originals but because of recent events, many of these "Tributes" have sort of gone
underground.
So, if you have a Ric Copy and you love it - whip it out and show that you are
proud of your instrument.
The most prominent brands were Ibanez, Hondo, Aria, Greco, El maya, Kasuga
and probably several more I may have missed out.
If you know of any others, drop me a line in "comments" and I will edit the post.
And finally, here is another one, that I used to have but now lives in Prague.
This one is a "bolt neck" - the other Aria I've shown, is a neck thru.
For more on this one, go here: Aria Rickenfaker
Back next time with something different.
Cheers. :)
- Aria Rsb Deluxe Bass. . . . .
Another Aria Bass!! This is an Aria RSB Deluxe, in Pearl White. This, I think, is a more rare colour - I have only ever seen a handful of others in this colour. There are a lot of different sounds from this bass. I used this last Thursday,...
- Peavey Zodiac. . . . . .
Peavey Zodiac! Body, neck, two pick-ups, tuners and strings etc. . . . A neat package - just a nice bass. These are great basses to play. This one was my "Fireside Bass" for at least 6 months. "Fireside" because as well as having a great sound plugged...
- Kimbara, From Under The Bed. . . . .
This is a Kimbara Ripper Copy - the only one I have ever seen in the flesh, so to speak I remember having a go on a Gibson Grabber, years ago, when I was playing mostly guitar and thinking what an ungainly beast it was.The Grabber had a sliding pick-up,...
- Fender Jazz 62 And The Boys At Work. . . .
I first played a Fender Jazz in the mid 70's, when a friend of a friend was having a "jam" - which is what we all did then - a bunch of us would get together and sometimes make beautiful music!!! Read "most of the time a deafening row"!!! I went...
- A Little More Aria. . . . . .
I have just managed to acquire an Aria Elite "1", to go with my two Elite "2"'s!! That's a bit of a mouthful if you say it quickly. The man I bought it from is a lifetime bass player and was a pleasure to meet up with. A lot of interesting stuff,...