I did. It was the first of four Alembics I owned.
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What the Junk...Rickenbacker?!
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I did. It was the first of four Alembics I owned.
I can't believe the asking prices on 4080 Rics these days. 
I had a pair of them in the mid-eighties - one white, one natural.
I paid about $800 apiece for them used, and sold them in the late-eighties/early nineties for about the same.
They were cool, but also very heavy & not too practical.
Still, I wish I had kept one, even though I only ever played it on "Xanadu" and "A Passage to Bangkok".
I had a pair of them in the mid-eighties - one white, one natural.
I paid about $800 apiece for them used, and sold them in the late-eighties/early nineties for about the same.
They were cool, but also very heavy & not too practical.
Still, I wish I had kept one, even though I only ever played it on "Xanadu" and "A Passage to Bangkok".
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This'll make you guys sick.
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Recognize the one in the lower left (hint:Gß**y Lßß)
My brain wants that to be a couch so badly, but it is two chairs.
This'll make you guys sick.
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Recognize the one in the lower left (hint:Gß**y Lßß)
This takes hoarding to a whole new level!
By the way, I saw the Fireglo with the gold pick guard, or one exactly like it, for sale at Rick of Ricks a few years ago.
Looks like dealing with a twisted neck damage ... and appears kinda odd also.
I sure did! I still have it with me. And check out the custom case I got made for it!
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I somehow stumbled upon one just a few hours away from me... Still surreal that I own it. I'm glad the guy was close by, because we became great friends & shipping the damn thing would've been a nightmare.
I agree that the asking price is.. well, more than a little excessive, IMO... and that, AFAIK, 4080 Ricks aren't all that rare. I seem to recall that several people around here, besides Jeff Scott, own one - or two... But, it's a fact of Life that; If ya don't ask, ya for sure won't get. It's too bad (for the owner) that it isn't a lefty, though; even at that price, I might be tempted...
Yes, it could weaken the structural integrity.... of the wall!
