I went to the latest Jam exhibition in Brighton at the weekend. Met Nicky Weller and have to say she was a lovely lady; so warm and welcoming. I took a few close ups of the Ricks that were on display for anyone who’s interested. The only one that showed any signs of care/recent play was the black one, owned by Steve Cradock. That missing paint always intrigued me on the headstock; now I know. The pop art painted one surprised me at how ‘brushed’ it actually is. The Boys 330 will always be my favourite, I was loving it. It was strange to be only inches from the guitars that I’ve ogled over for the last 40 odd years that made all those songs.
Also some old guitar shop receipts from back in the day that might be of interest.
The show is on for a little while longer, well worth a visit if you’re a Jam geek.
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Missed the About The Young Idea exhibition when it was at Liverpool in 2016 - but someone did give me a programme from it.
In no particular order there are:
1. The Jam room (guitars, stage clothes, drums, letters, memorabilia etc)
2. John Weller room (all the silver and gold discs are in there)
3. Rick room
4. Bruce room
5. Style council area
6. Scooter area (Jimmy’s Lambretta KRU251 is the highlight).
7. Shop. Nicky even has some old Flexi discs for sale left over from the fan club.
There’s Jam tunes being blasted in the beer garden and audio/video footage in each individual room. Altogether very interesting and worthwhile for £15 per ticket. Cheers.
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The Jam were Wellers best outlet. Amazing considering how young he was
I had my new Ric 330 at the time, so really wanted to only play that live, so swapping between 2 identical guitars must have looked a bit excessive but it was a nice guitar to play for the cover of Hey Bulldog we used to mangle.
From memory the radius felt ever-so-slightly more curved, maybe the nut was a fraction smaller, and it sounded a bit more centred in the frequencies without the highs my ‘95 Ric had, and I tried not to like it as I was besotted with my own Ric and didn’t want to be disappointed with it.
I wasn’t much of a Jam fan back then, so although I knew the provenance of the guitar, I’d appreciate the opportunity to play it much more nowadays.
With so many comparison web sites out there, how do I choose the best one?
edit: it appears that it is:
https://www.rickresource.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=389720&start=15
Nice One
You guys might enjoy my pics from the Somerset House exhibition from 2015. one my old Flickr account
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rmelson/sets/72157655664881060
Ive owned an all-black Ricky, but it never quite looks the same as Wellers. The clue is in the scracthplate; it is white, with the white showing along the edge. My SP was all black...