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Ugly Ric: The Look
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Sunday, November 21, 2010. This is a real classic! This song is actually called Joyride, although the guitar in the video definitely has something that looks suspiciously like a "look.". Roxette really put the ugly ric on the map in a whole new way with this video. Way to go, guys! Gold on white. I muse on the implications of this, both aesthetic and allegorical. Although it kind of looks like gold on some kind of off-blue affair. I wonder if he still has that guitar. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Ugly Ric: Bizzare Love
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Saturday, December 11, 2010. These are from 1975, and the country was still pretty shaken up from Watergate and the Viet Nam War. It makes sense that, in the malaise of the Ford presidency, Rickenbacker would be doing its part to bring about an end to human history. The model number of the one of the right, btw, is 4080. I was going to guess 4361 (4001 360), but if I were actually the one choosing. The names I would have gone with 400π. Some kind of non-human intelligence would have. Was a good idea?
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Ugly Ric: Surfs Up!
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Saturday, December 11, 2010. I was actually undecided about this one. The thing that clinched it for me was the fact that, because of the reflectivity of the gold pickguard and nameplate, in the wide-shot below the two don't appear to be exactly the same color. This is an illusion, of course, and possibly not one that you would see in real life - camera distortion or something. I would totally play a Strat that looked like this. I would actually love. I'm willing to be proved wrong about this one, though.
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Ugly Ric: November 2010
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Sunday, November 21, 2010. This is a real classic! This song is actually called Joyride, although the guitar in the video definitely has something that looks suspiciously like a "look.". Roxette really put the ugly ric on the map in a whole new way with this video. Way to go, guys! Gold on white. I muse on the implications of this, both aesthetic and allegorical. Although it kind of looks like gold on some kind of off-blue affair. I wonder if he still has that guitar. Saturday, November 20, 2010. This go...
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Ugly Ric: Probably Yucky For Sure
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Thursday, December 2, 2010. Probably Yucky For Sure. I realize I'm revisiting a color scheme in what is only like the third actual post here, but this one is pretty awful. Particularly clear here is the black binding on the back, making the guitar ugly even where you can't see it. This is a twelve-string, too, so you'll be spending plenty of time with those black tuning pegs. I do kind of like that '70s style case, though. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Probably Yucky For Sure.
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Ugly Ric: December 2010
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Saturday, December 11, 2010. I was actually undecided about this one. The thing that clinched it for me was the fact that, because of the reflectivity of the gold pickguard and nameplate, in the wide-shot below the two don't appear to be exactly the same color. This is an illusion, of course, and possibly not one that you would see in real life - camera distortion or something. I would totally play a Strat that looked like this. I would actually love. I'm willing to be proved wrong about this one, though.
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Ugly Ric: Tortoiseshell
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010. Oh, pickguard, pickguard, what hast thou dunst? You can just hear the guy thinking "Maybe that third pickup will make up for the. horror.". Nice try, dude. Maybe if you put a gold tailpiece on it you could at least turn all the people who look at this abomination to stone, and nobody would be left to tell the tale. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Probably Yucky For Sure. View my complete profile. Picture Window theme. Powered by Blogger.
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Ugly Ric: Cobalt Blarf
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010. This color is apparently called "Factory Blue." Maybe "Luxury-Car-Glo" was already trademarked or something. Valiant attempt here to make the guitar look better by placing it against the ugliest background ever. It looks like the carpeting they had at my high school! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Probably Yucky For Sure. View my complete profile. Picture Window theme. Powered by Blogger.
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Ugly Ric: Au Nauturale
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010. My friend Dave has one like this, except a previous owner removed the frets from his (no, I'm not kidding). Also, Dave's has a custom mirrored. Pick guard, and a high-mass bridge. I've tried to get pictures of it, but he's offended that I want to post about it here and won't let me. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Probably Yucky For Sure. View my complete profile. Picture Window theme. Powered by Blogger.
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