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I assume you know about Roger Rossmeisl - after who Wenzel named the brand, obviously - and his later connection with Rickenbacker.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
No I don't have it. It is very strange. I didn't feel sentimental about it but I do feel attached to a year of birth guitar that came along much later.
Yes - I do know about Wenzel, thank you.
I know almost nothing about his son Roger - or indeed about Rickenbacker guitars in any detail.
Was he involved in design and could the Roger guitar tailpiece have been some sort of early influence?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Still got it:
My first was an SG-shaped ultra cheap guitar with a plate saying 'WestOne' stuck on the headstock. If I have a photo, it's probably sepia.
http://i.imgur.com/4Cx8LAl.jpg
Aria Legend from 1995/6. Cost about £200. Sounded pretty good through my Peavey Rage 15. I dug it out this morning, tuned up and wondered why I don't play it more. Apart from being a bit neck-divey and the frets need some work it's doing alright for it's age.
My first bass was this 1974 Fender Precision, which I bought in 1984. I decided that I needed a bass of my own when I started writing my own tunes and none of my bass playing friends could play in the way I wanted. I remember thinking "how hard can it be?" Ha!
I went down to my local music shop, which was WAM Music in St Neots. I was expecting to come away with a Westone, Aria or some other cheapo Japanese job, but when I walked in, I immediately spied a real Fender on the wall. They didn't come up often in that shop and I was rather drawn to it. After a brief try, I paid the £135 they were asking for it and I was off home. It was several years later that I discovered it was made in 1974.
I put the (admittedly awful) tort scratchplate on it a few years ago, but I'm going to put the original black one on soon. It really is a lovely bass. It has that "piano" tone that people often mention and I'd never part with it.
I said maybe.....
Never saw another Roger 54 at the time. But then I spotted Mike Millward (The Fourmost) playing the exact same model and realised that I was so lucky to own such a guitar when I was just a child.......
(Seems only right to mention that Mike died very young, maybe a couple of years after this picture was taken, after he developed leukaemia.)
I did notice the "belt n' braces" stand, good work!