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DaleFortune
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Post subject: 1957 Rick Combo  Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:59 am |
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Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:00 pm
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Location: Aloha, OR
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RICandVOX
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Post subject: Re: 1957 Rick Combo Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:25 am |
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Location: Kansas
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Dale...you are able to provide the "fountain of youth" for Rickenbacker guitars. Your restoration work on the 49 year old Combo has, in effect, taken the guitar on a trip back in time, to 1957.
The "Twilight Zone" part of this is the owner will also enjoy a trip back in time when he plays the guitar. When he sent you the guitar he was so much older then, but he's younger than that now.
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JohnWilliams
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Post subject: Re: 1957 Rick Combo Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:19 pm |
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Location: Columbia, SC
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Dale, nice job! I own two '57 Combo 450s with the same "transitional" body style. I've only seen about 5 of these now. Very cool.
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studiotwosession
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Post subject: Re: 1957 Rick Combo Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:51 pm |
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Location: New York, NY
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JohnSimmons
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Post subject: Re: 1957 Rick Combo Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:03 pm |
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Location: Shenandoah Valley, Va.
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Great job Dale, and a fantastic guitar too. That's a cool 450 for sure.
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atremain
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Post subject: Re: 1957 Rick Combo Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:52 pm |
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Location: Seattle, WA
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Awesome Dale! Looks great!
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UKDK
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Post subject: Re: 1957 Rick Combo Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:28 am |
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Location: Denmark
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Actually that looks quite good...
I wonder how it plays?
Best
UKDK
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jimw
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Post subject: Re: 1957 Rick Combo Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:54 am |
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Location: Florida
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Dale,
All I can say right now is WOW! and THANK YOU ! So every one else understands, I'm the one who hung onto this Guitar for Forty Years, I always knew that someday, I would be able to return it to former glory. I just didn't know how. That is until I met Dale on this forum. I can't tell you how happy I am to have found a truly talented Luthier, a Rickenbacker Enthusiast and a really great guy. I can't wait to see my guitar in person and plug it in for a trip back to the days of Loui-Loui or Inogadadivida. I think RIKandVOX is right, I already feel 10 years younger just seeing the pictures. When I play it I'm sure to start my second childhood. Anyone know where I can find a paisly shirt?
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aitch
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Post subject: Re: 1957 Rick Combo Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:56 am |
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Lovely work, Dale. Can you do that with humans? I think I need a bit of restoration work also! :)
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kenswear
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Post subject: Re: 1957 Rick Combo Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:35 am |
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Location: Baltimore,MD
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Howard, it might be too late for us.
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