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Topic: Do you think this would be any kind of fun? |
Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 9 Aug 2007 7:32 am |
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Since a number of Forumites are now in the possession of Rickenbacher Bakelites......Would any of you find it interesting to start a list of what serial numbers are in our midst?
We could start with the Pre-Wars (six strings; and seperately 7 strings, and 8 string models) and have a seperate listing for Post-War models too.
I know that collectively, we must have a virtual warehouse of these instruments. |
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Martin Huch
From:
Hannover, Germany
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Posted 9 Aug 2007 7:42 am
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OK here we go: mine is a six string, chrome plates,
just vol pot. The number is: C 712 |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 9 Aug 2007 8:09 am Here's mine...............
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Hopefully, as this post moves along, someone will line up all of the numbers in sequence, along with the owners' names.
Mine, all pre-War, silver panels..........
7 strings:
B-742
C-959
C-4074
6 strings:
B-326
C-1735
C-1855
C-1883
C-2215
C-2819 |
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Mat Rhodes
From:
Lexington, KY, USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2007 11:16 am
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I used to own 10 Bakelites and they were all stolen from my house! All of the serial numbers you've listed match the ones I'm missing. You'll be hearing from my attorney. 
Not so sure posting serial numbers is a good idea guys. Crooks can come after you for anything these days. |
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Loni Specter
From:
West Hills, CA, USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2007 12:10 pm
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Not so sure posting serial numbers is a good idea guys. Crooks can come after you for anything these days.[/quote]
That's why I have a Remington 870 and a Rottweiler  |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 9 Aug 2007 1:56 pm Security...........
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| That's why I have double locks; bars on all doors and windows; electric fence with razor wire; and, full telephone direct security system. To back this up, I have a 37 round firearm with one in the chamber, and two dawgs; one named "killer" and the other 'Security'. Both are Hawaiian bred Chi-Hua-Hua's.........crossed with African Perauna. |
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Mat Rhodes
From:
Lexington, KY, USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2007 7:35 pm
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Not exactly what I meant. I meant that someone could file a claim of theft against you guys and say that the serial numbers you just publicly posted match those of the Bakelites he claimed was in his possession. You have collectors' items (lots of $). If he had a crooked attorney, they could make a claim against you and dispossess you of your treasures.
But what do I know? I'm just a young, dumb forumite. Surely the scenario I just painted could never happen...  |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 9 Aug 2007 7:43 pm
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| Um ok. And then you would just show them how you posted those serial numbers in a public forum. |
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Martin Huch
From:
Hannover, Germany
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Posted 10 Aug 2007 1:26 am
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Interesting. Where is this topic going....Remington 870.....?
Maybe we are a bit green over here in Europe....... |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 10 Aug 2007 3:29 am
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| ok idunno what a wingmaster has to do with anything, but my "wartime" 6-string Bakelite (plastic plates, 1.5" magnet) is C2630. |
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Eric Gearhart
From:
Bellingham, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2007 6:59 am
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| C45 |
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Richard Shatz
From:
St. Louis
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Posted 10 Aug 2007 10:34 am
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Matt said, "I meant that someone could file a claim of theft against you."
If you suffer from paranoia, it doesn't preclude the possibility that people are out to get you.
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Eddie Cunningham
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2007 11:12 am How bout a "SAD DUMMY" list ???
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| Ray , How about a crying black list for us dummys that had several old Ricks and sold them for peanuts years ago when we bought our Fender D-8s ????? I don't even have the peanut shells anymore!!! I would be # 1 on that sad list !! Eddie "C" ( the old geezer ) |
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Mat Rhodes
From:
Lexington, KY, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2007 11:25 am
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| Keep laughing. It happened to a recording studio about 10 years ago here in Houston. A musician copied the serial numbers off of about $75,000 worth of recording gear and did exactly as I described above. Guess what? He won. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 10 Aug 2007 11:45 am about those serial numbers
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MATT: I guess you're right. My post suggeting we might have a justifiable reason to list our Ric Serial Numbers was foolish, ill conceived and irrational, to be sure.
I apologize to everyone that was tempted to participate.
Since everyone was including their serial numbers with photo's of their g'tars when newly purchased and for a wide variety of other reasons......I tho't it might be one way we could answer that lingering question that someone asked about "How many Ric's were produced?" during this time and that. |
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Mat Rhodes
From:
Lexington, KY, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2007 11:55 am
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| I apologize to everyone for interrupting your thread. It wasn't my place. Work is slow, to be honest. |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Aug 2007 4:25 pm
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pre-War 1935
Wartime and post-War B6's
Ray, if you email me I'll tell you the SNs. |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 10 Aug 2007 9:18 pm
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The guy who stole the guitars by using the serial numbers needs a clip load from that Remington 870.
What did you say his name is? |
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