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Gear Discussion Forums => Rickenbacker Basses => Topic started by: Sven on March 28, 2015, 08:36:23 AM

Title: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: Sven on March 28, 2015, 08:36:23 AM: Three Blue Boy Rickenbackers!

(http://s4.postimg.org/57356g99p/bbb1.jpg)

But only one of them is mine...

What is better than three Blue Boy Rickenbackers?

(http://s8.postimg.org/3tfqrnvbp/bbb2.jpg)

(http://s23.postimg.org/mrcl50upn/bbb4.jpg)

(http://s22.postimg.org/vx9nqjisx/bbb3.jpg)

This is what happens when Peter Boer pays you a visit.
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: ilan on March 28, 2015, 09:08:48 AM: Amazing. And none of them is yellowed. Blueboy is a great finish.
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: Paul Boyer on March 28, 2015, 10:50:19 AM: Well, the one to the right is kinda yellowed, and possibly blotchy. I'm pretty sure it is the clear coat that yellows, or causes the substrate (color) to yellow the clear coat. Paint is complicated stuff.
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: Highlander on March 28, 2015, 04:41:24 PM: You can only play one at a time...! (greedy beggar) :mrgreen:
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: Dave W on March 28, 2015, 08:51:51 PM: Did Jim Reeves and his Blue Boys actually play their Blue Boys onstage? None of the few videos I've seen of Jim performing with a band show them being used.
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: Sven on March 29, 2015, 07:00:11 AM: (http://s13.postimg.org/snbo6l4g7/ros2.jpg)

Just needed to do one more pic.
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: Denis on March 31, 2015, 07:42:06 AM: The turquoise one is gorgeous!
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: Dave W on March 31, 2015, 08:48:18 PM: Agreed. I liked the turquoise finish much better than the Blue Boy.
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: 4stringer77 on April 03, 2015, 01:17:30 PM: What's better than blue? Why red of course! Black pick guard preferred.
http://theredrickenbacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/049.jpg
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: Dave W on April 03, 2015, 10:42:31 PM: Quote from: 4stringer77 on April 03, 2015, 01:17:30 PM
What's better than blue? Why red of course! Black pick guard preferred.
http://theredrickenbacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/049.jpg

20-25 years ago you could see those in stores sometimes for years. Poor sales were the reason the black trim was discontinued, but the red/black combo was a particular problem. Friend of mine bought his 360 for less than 1/3 of MSRP b/c it had been hanging on the store wall for four years.
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: 4stringer77 on April 05, 2015, 06:38:20 PM: No kidding? My first impression was the red and black was pretty snazzy, definitely a metal vibe at least. I could picture Ian Hill playing one with priest. I'd be a happy camper to land a cheap one.
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: ilan on April 06, 2015, 08:14:57 AM: IIRC it was conceived to look like the Ferrari color scheme.
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: 4stringer77 on April 06, 2015, 02:36:26 PM: I'm going to get one of those cars one day. The license plate will be 4ARI.
Chag Sameach Illan!
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: mc2NY on May 24, 2015, 10:51:24 AM: What's better than a Blue Boy 4001 ?

A Blue Boy 4005 !
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: ilan on May 24, 2015, 05:08:41 PM: Cool. IIRC that is one of the first 4005's, doesn't even have the 5th knob, refinished by RIC in Blueboy.
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: mc2NY on May 25, 2015, 06:41:09 AM: Yes it was, as a personal favor by John Hall to the former owner.

Speaking of Blue Boy.......the Ric 4000 from Jim Reeves backup band the Blue Boys (where the name for the color came from) turned up for sale last year. Apparently it's whereabouts had been unknown for decades.

Went for big bucks.
Title: Re: What is better than a Blue Boy Rickenbacker?
Post by: Ram4 on September 05, 2015, 12:11:35 PM: Quote from: Sven on March 28, 2015, 08:36:23 AM
Three Blue Boy Rickenbackers!

(http://s4.postimg.org/57356g99p/bbb1.jpg)

But only one of them is mine...

What is better than three Blue Boy Rickenbackers?

(http://s8.postimg.org/3tfqrnvbp/bbb2.jpg)

(http://s23.postimg.org/mrcl50upn/bbb4.jpg)

This is what happens when Peter Boer pays you a visit.
All three Blue Boys in your picture are very different. The one on the left is a perfect blue boy, no sign of green or yellow. The middle one is slightly mint green. The one on the right has a lot of mint green change over. I own two guitars in Blue Boy (a 660/12 and a 350v63). The 660/12 is still all blue, no green anywhere. It was made around July 2004. My 350v63 had green and yellow all over it. It was made in October 2005. I got most of the yellow off pretty easily and I've been working on getting the green back to blue. In certain light it looks more blue now. I heard it was a problem with the Conversion Varnish they used back then. Rickenbacker plays dumb about it depending who you talk to. It's a shame because I absolutely love the Blue Boy color.