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Topic: Rickenbacker Fryingpan Price??? |
Bill Willingham
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 5:41 pm |
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| Will someone please explain to me why Rickenbacker Fryingpan guitars cost $1500-$2500? Isn't there some other long-scale guitar out there that does the same thing for less money? |
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Steven Cearley
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 5:45 pm
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If you're looking for a frypan I have a Jerry Byrd frypan with the 24" scale for sale, listed in the Buy and Sell section of the forum. STEVE
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 5:47 pm
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| A 2003 Camry will do the same thing as a 57' T-Bird..... |
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Bill Willingham
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 6:51 pm
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| Right. And you can get replacement parts for the Camry and a smoother ride and better insurance rates, AC, CD player, air bags, one doesn't know where to stop. So if the Ric is the 57 T-Bird, what's the Camry? |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 7:32 pm
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It could be any long scale lap steel that is currently made.
West Coast makes an excellent long scale lap steel. It does the same thing as a pre war Rickenbacher. It's just not a vintage collectable.... now.
.[This message was edited by HowardR on 17 November 2003 at 07:37 PM.] |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 7:40 pm
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Last edited by Jeff Au Hoy on 17 Jan 2018 1:18 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Bill Willingham
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 9:17 pm
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| No no! That's exactly the point! Vintage thingy as fashion accessory/ego extension vs newer thingy as functional tool-for-getting-task-accomplished. How unromantic is that? |
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Mark Durante
From:
St. Pete Beach FL
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 9:29 pm
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| I can't believe how LOW the prices are. They are worth it for the history alone. These were the first electric guitars ever made, and they still sound and play fantastic to this day. |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 17 Nov 2003 10:04 pm
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My old frypan looks as though the previous owner(s) used it as an outrigger canoe paddle ... it's sure beat up looking and one ugly beast ... but the tone is nahi-nahi ... epecially when I tune it to the F#9th ... 'nuf said.  |
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Bob Stone
From:
Gainesville, FL, USA
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Posted 18 Nov 2003 7:34 am
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Vintage guitars--and new ones for that matter--cost whatever buyers are willing to pay. I personally think old steels, especially those that are good "players," are a bargain.
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 18 Nov 2003 8:03 am
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| You either feel the romance, history and general-all-around-coolness of a working Waterman pen, Rickenbacher Fry Pan, 20's fly fishing rod, T' Bird, restored P51 Mustang, 1901 Martin parlor guitar, etc. or you don't. If you don't feel the "pull" of old things, that's okay; many do. |
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C Dixon
From:
Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 18 Nov 2003 11:22 am
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mega dittos Andy,
While I never cared for the "frypan" sound, I do love the prewar Rick bakelite sound. In fact to me it is the best sound any lap steel has ever had. This is why I searched for a 7 string in mint condition for 40 yrs. And when I found it, I gladly paid the going price which was $925.00. Today I would even pay more. I will never part from it willingly.
carl |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 18 Nov 2003 7:34 pm
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Hi guys I have a 7 string early frypan and a seven string bakelite, and even though the frypan has a character of it's own, I'm a bakelite man. It's easier for me to play. Bobby Ingano told me to stay away from the bakelite for a month or so , and I would get used to the frypan. Of course Bobby has lots of guitars, but when he's on the job it's ALWAYS with one of his frypans.
To me, the best sounding frypans are the very early ones with the thick (about 3/8 inch)
magnets. Hal Smith from Canada has one that belonged to Dick Mcintire, and everyone who hears it says it's the best sounding frypan ever. I'm still a bakelite guy.
Regards & Aloha Bill |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2003 9:11 am
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Early A25 ...
25" scale, earliest pickup and that engraved Electro ... delicious !!! |
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Jesse Pearson
From:
San Diego , CA
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Posted 19 Nov 2003 10:42 am
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| DeWitt Scott used a 3/8" pup fry pan to record his "Basic lap steel" instructional book, what a sound! |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 23 Nov 2003 1:18 am
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| Andy Volk.........tried to email you about your P-51 comment. Unable to send to you. |
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Denny Turner
From:
Oahu, Hawaii USA
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Posted 23 Nov 2003 1:36 am
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Inflation / value Perspective:
Take any 10 items you desire; Milk, bread, gasoline, cars, real estate, appliances, etc ...and average their mid 1960's prices with todays prices and you get about 1000% (ten times the price) increase between then and now. Today's gas at $.20 a gallon adjusted for that inflation ....and Frying Pans for $150 ....and just about any other product ....is about the same "deal" they were 43 years ago, and even a bit better today. The real problem arises when the degradation of wages enters the picture; Minimum wage about 1/4 of what it was in the mid 1960's (inflation adjusted); And it doesn't take rocket science to readily recognize which side of the congressional isle has been responsible for that for the last 43 years in their same old Military Industrial Complex Empire song and dance; Directly related to why quite reasonably priced products are difficult for us ants to purchase.
...........IMHO.
Aloha,
DT~[This message was edited by Denny Turner on 23 November 2003 at 01:55 AM.] |
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