Ritchie Blackmore's Pick-ups.

[FlatEric]

The title sort of gives it away!

Just thought that this may be of some interest to some of the Outpost
clan, who dabble with the "Dark Side" - Guitar!!!

Here they are.



Here's the story.
http://flatericbassandguitar.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/ritchie-blackmores-pick-ups.html

Now, how's it go G Bb C. . . . . no, no, no - mustn't!!!

Cheers.

[gearHed289]

Cool story, thanks for sharing.

[Highlander]

Uwe doesn't collect RB memorabilia does he...?

[FlatEric]

Cool story, thanks for sharing.

No problem.

I am finding so many things during my clearout - posters and tickets from
gigs I was involved in during the 70's - old, mainly out of focus photos and
on seeing them thinking "is that really me?" Yep but a very long time ago.
Some pics of my old gear, from the year dot - items I mentioned in my first few
blog posts but the evidence has only just come to light.
Things like these:
http://flatericbassandguitar.blogspot.co.uk/2013_11_01_archive.html

I still have many more boxes to sort through (there comes a time in life, when you
have just got to have a good sort out!!) so goodness only knows what else I'll find!

I'll keep you posted, if it is something relevant or intersting.

Cheers.

[Dave W]

You sure have had some interesting copies.

[uwe]

Minnesota voices in me head guided me here and it is fascinating reading, but who is this R. Harold Blackmore again?!!! Some radio electrician?

And why did you never come to my side when I got beat up for him in the forum?

[Basvarken]

nice story!

[FlatEric]

You sure have had some interesting copies.

Back in the day, that's what pretty much all of us started on.

How many of you guys here learned to play on a Fender, Gibson, Guild,
Ric, Ovation etc, made in the year you started playing or five years older,
i.e you started to learn in say, 1972, so the bass would be 1967-1972.
Unlikely, I would say!
First of all you would be glad of something that was reasonably well set
up and made a sound and then you progressed up the scale of the copies,
until you ended up with your dream instrument - which in some cases
wasn't that much better than the high end copy you traded in.
The most important thing was. . . . . . You got there!
I certainly have got a lot to be grateful for, regarding copies.

This was my experience from way back when. . . .

You have to read the older post first, for it to make sense.
http://flatericbassandguitar.blogspot.co.uk/2010_04_01_archive.html

Minnesota voices in me head guided me here and it is fascinating reading, but who is this R. Harold Blackmore again?!!! Some radio electrician?

And why did you never come to my side when I got beat up for him in the forum?

If I'd have been there mate, I would have stood shoulder to shoulder with you - Strat in hand,
ready to start swinging it!!!

nice story!

Thanks.

I've got loads of them but to be honest, with most "you had to be there!"

Cheers.

[Dave W]

Back in the day, that's what pretty much all of us started on.

How many of you guys here learned to play on a Fender, Gibson, Guild,
Ric, Ovation etc, made in the year you started playing or five years older,
i.e you started to learn in say, 1972, so the bass would be 1967-1972.
Unlikely, I would say!
First of all you would be glad of something that was reasonably well set
up and made a sound and then you progressed up the scale of the copies,
until you ended up with your dream instrument - which in some cases
wasn't that much better than the high end copy you traded in.
The most important thing was. . . . . . You got there!
I certainly have got a lot to be grateful for, regarding copies.

My first bass was an Vox violin bass. Tone like hitting a wet cardboard box. It wasn't a clone but it was sort of a Hofner copy that was a Gibson copy. 

First guitar was a Gibson Melody Maker. $99 new in 1959. That was not cheap for us back then.

[Granny Gremlin]

Well that's a fun game.

First bass was a borrowed Squire P (or was it the borrowed Fernandez P copy... anyway, those were the first 2; I liked the Fernandes better, but that's probably mostly down to string choice - it had flats in the biggest guage my friend could find)
First Guitar was a borrowed low end Charvel/Jackson strat but pointier thing with just one pup (bridge) and the shittiest trem ever. 
First amp was a borrowed Peavey Bandit 8" practise combo.

The guitar and amp were owned by my then-girlfriend, now wife's older sister who was away at University, and who I've never seen play anything other than her nylon string acoustic.  Still have the amp.  Guitar was returned to her dad and gifted to some young cousin or something to learn on (but not before I fixed that shitty trem).

First bass I owned was my 65 Gibson EB3 (bought in the 00s for $300, stripped to the bare wood after a neck reset with the hardware that wasn't missing in a plastic bag)
First guitar I owned was a 80 Gibson Sonex Custom I only slightly overpaid for in a local pawn shop because I thought it was a Les Paul.  I later bought second one for $200 less and sold it for $100 more (allegedly, according to the shop owner where I consigned it, to the dude from 13 Engines, in case anyone ever heard of them) so it worked out.  The first one had a much nicer neck.
The first amp I owned was my Bogen Challenger plugged into a DIY cab with a salvaged speaker.

[nofi]

my first bass was a univox jag looking thing that i got at a pawn shop for 65 bucks. now they pop up on ebay for over a grand.