Don Rich Pics

asatclassic · October 15th, 2005, 04:23 PM

Does anyone know where I can get a fairly close-up pic of Don Richs' sparkle Tele? I'm building a replica. If no pics can anyone provide some info/specs?

Thanks,
Jason

http://www.geocities.com/groovenjazz

tdowns · October 15th, 2005, 05:35 PM

Buckocaster51 · October 16th, 2005, 01:45 AM

Terry, you really need to pan up a bit in that lower photo...if you know what I mean.

asatclassic · October 16th, 2005, 03:35 AM

Does anyone know of Don ever playing a guitar like this one? See link. Or was the double bound silver his main axe?

What ever happened to Dons' guitar like this one? I heard Marty Stuart owns the silver one.

http://www.gruhn.com/features/tele-crush/EF6677.html

WickedGTR · October 16th, 2005, 11:14 AM

I believe Buck owns it- and it's on display at his club, the Crystal Palace, in Bakersfield.

tdowns · October 17th, 2005, 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buckocaster51

Terry, you really need to pan up a bit in that lower photo...if you know what I mean.

Panning out can get you more than what you bargained for

:D

andy__woods · October 17th, 2005, 07:03 AM

hahaha, nice work. That is some black and white outfit

Buckocaster51 · October 17th, 2005, 07:21 AM

Point, set, and match to Terry.

You got me there.

Nice hay bails though.

WickedGTR · October 17th, 2005, 07:54 AM

...I prefer green and white.....

teledude66 · October 17th, 2005, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WickedGTR

...I prefer green and white.....

finally we know where all the Buckaro's bottom end was ...

asatclassic · October 17th, 2005, 07:27 PM

I areally appreciate the pics. I'm planning on building a guitar that looks like Dons with Brents pickup configuration.

Mr. Sparkle · October 17th, 2005, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tdowns

Panning out can get you more than what you bargained for

:D

I LOVE HEE HAW!!! :D

Buckocaster51 · October 17th, 2005, 09:01 PM

No checkerboard binding that I can see on that one...plus no matching headstock.

So he (Don Rich) must have played at least three (3) different sparklecasters over the years...

Silver w/black binding
Gold with checkerboard binding & matching headstock
Gold w/black binding non-matching headstock

Have I missed one?

ye olde fretmonkey · October 17th, 2005, 09:24 PM

Ever see that weird maroon Thinline-type thing he used to play on Hee Haw sometimes?

Looked like it might have been a Mosrite?!

Buckocaster51 · October 17th, 2005, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ye olde fretmonkey

Ever see that weird maroon Thinline-type thing he used to play on Hee Haw sometimes?

Looked like it might have been a Mosrite?!

How about a Micro-Frets? It seems that I remember something like that.

Johnny Isaacs · October 18th, 2005, 12:02 AM

This is a mix of what I do know and what I'm pretty sure of:

Don had two silver sparkle Tele's.
His first one (the original one with black binding) was given to Marty Stuart by Buck Owens:

Don wore out the neck on his second silver sparkle and Fender gave him a rosewood neck. This is the one that Buck plays live:

Don had two gold sparkle Tele's. One of them had the checkerboard binding and matching headstock like Buck's and the one on the Gruhn website that George Fullerton owned. His second one is the one he used on Hee Haw and in Terry's video captures above. It was gold sparkle, black binding, and no sparkle on the headstock.

His red, white, and blue Tele was painted by Semi Mosley. The guitar Jerry's talking about was a Semi Mosley/Mosrite creation and it does look weird! I have a pic of it somewhere, I'll have to look. The headstock does go up like a MicroFrets. It kinda looks like some of those Standel guitars from that era.

The old 50's Tele in some early pics was Buck's.

Johnny Isaacs

Zac · October 18th, 2005, 09:14 AM

Both Buck's 50's tele and his gold sparkle are on display at his Crystal Palace. The silver sparkle tele pictured with Marty: I don't know where this guitar is now, but Buck himself told me it was only a loan to Marty. The Silver Sparkle with rosewood replacement neck is also at the Crystal Palace, but is not on display. I was alowed to inspect this guitar, and got a snap of me holding it. That's the guitar in my avatar. This last guitar with the replaced neck, was Don's most played guitar. Hence it needed a new neck after wearing much of the finish off and wearing down the frets. Zac

asatclassic · October 18th, 2005, 09:21 PM

Here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to buy a silver metal flake double bound body. Then strip the hardware and electronics off my modified 50's Classic Esquire and slap it on the body with the Esquire neck. Then I'll "relogo" the neck.

As far as the Esquire body I'll have lying around: it will get a Brent pickup configuration (it's trans white/tortoise guard so it'd make a good looking "nashvilly" guitar).

Let me know if you know where I can get a body.

RockinCarl · October 19th, 2005, 01:25 PM

Warmoth can do the binding, and the silver flake finish, in poly.

asatclassic · October 19th, 2005, 06:47 PM

It's gonna run about $520.

kranz · October 19th, 2005, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asatclassic

Does anyone know where I can get a fairly close-up pic of Don Richs' sparkle Tele? I'm building a replica.

Would Buck's Tele do?

http://pbase.com/jroy/bucktele

Buckocaster51 · October 19th, 2005, 09:45 PM

Look at how the finish has "sunk" on the top of that bad boy.

Sunken Finish

Buckocaster51 · October 19th, 2005, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asatclassic

Here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to buy a silver metal flake double bound body. Then strip the hardware and electronics off my modified 50's Classic Esquire and slap it on the body with the Esquire neck. Then I'll "relogo" the neck.
...

Let me know if you know where I can get a body.

If you are going to do it, I think you should really go for gold with the checkerboard binding. After all, it is easy to spend somebody else's money. :D

The first one I did was plain silver w/no binding (but it does have flames!) and I really wasn't happy until I did the recent gold one with the checkerboard. Didn't do my research until too late and found out that Buck's has the checks on the BACK as well...now I'm thinking about doing another...to get it right.

TwinReverb · October 20th, 2005, 03:26 AM

Last sunday I went to a gig of the Hacienda Brothers (on their European tour). Dave Gonzalez played a gold sparkle tele exactly the same as Don Rich's. Dave is also frontman of the Paladins. Dave told the audience that his tele was one of four built for Buck Owens. I wonder if that's correct. Anyone?

cheers
Erik

Johnny Isaacs · October 20th, 2005, 06:39 AM

He's got a custom shop Tele that was designed after Buck's/Don's. He has a 62 RI neck on it. Here's a pic I took of it and one cropped a little bit better:

I really like the Hacienda Brothers live. I didn't care for their CD, but live, they're great!

Here's one of Buck's from the Crystal Palace. He has these rotated every now and then. You'll notice in the pics above that the Tele in the pics from NAMM have the checkerboard with matching headstock. On this one, it's gold sparkle, black binding, plain headstock:

This may be the one Don Rich is playing on Hee Haw in Terry's clips...

Here's Buck playing a silver sparkle:

Here's Don playing a silver sparkle with Buck's laying on the amp:

They're wearing their Beatle's wigs! I can't tell if Buck's has a painted headstock or not on this one.

Great shot of Don:

Here's Jerry Brightman playing Don's Sparkle:

Zac - I'm sure Buck would never say he gave anything away! Anyways, Marty's had this Tele in his collection for a long time. He took it to the Fender Custom Shop when he took Clarence there and they made a few CS copies of Don's Tele:

I can't ever get enough Buck & Don stuff!

Johnny Isaacs

October 15th, 2005, 04:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
asatclassic TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 78	Don Rich Pics Does anyone know where I can get a fairly close-up pic of Don Richs' sparkle Tele? I'm building a replica. If no pics can anyone provide some info/specs? Thanks, Jason http://www.geocities.com/groovenjazz

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tdowns Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wylie, TX US Posts: 2,537	__________________ Best regards, Terry Downs http://terrydownsmusic.com Equine quadrupeds may be coaxed to the reference of specific gravity but may not be compelled to imbibe thereof.

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WickedGTR Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hillbilly Hollywood Posts: 2,124 4 Photos	I believe Buck owns it- and it's on display at his club, the Crystal Palace, in Bakersfield. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/jameswilsey

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andy__woods Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan Age: 23 Posts: 1,139 60 Photos	hahaha, nice work. That is some black and white outfit __________________ -- Andy "Woods" Crowder --

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WickedGTR Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hillbilly Hollywood Posts: 2,124 4 Photos	...I prefer green and white..... __________________ http://www.myspace.com/jameswilsey

October 16th, 2005, 01:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 4,964 1 Photos	Terry, you really need to pan up a bit in that lower photo...if you know what I mean.

October 16th, 2005, 03:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
asatclassic TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 78	Does anyone know of Don ever playing a guitar like this one? See link. Or was the double bound silver his main axe? What ever happened to Dons' guitar like this one? I heard Marty Stuart owns the silver one. http://www.gruhn.com/features/tele-crush/EF6677.html

October 17th, 2005, 07:21 AM	#8 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 4,964 1 Photos	Point, set, and match to Terry. You got me there. Nice hay bails though.

October 17th, 2005, 07:27 PM	#11 (permalink)
asatclassic TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 78	I areally appreciate the pics. I'm planning on building a guitar that looks like Dons with Brents pickup configuration.

October 17th, 2005, 09:01 PM	#13 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 4,964 1 Photos	No checkerboard binding that I can see on that one...plus no matching headstock. So he (Don Rich) must have played at least three (3) different sparklecasters over the years... Silver w/black binding Gold with checkerboard binding & matching headstock Gold w/black binding non-matching headstock Have I missed one?

October 17th, 2005, 09:24 PM	#14 (permalink)
ye olde fretmonkey Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin Posts: 3,332	Ever see that weird maroon Thinline-type thing he used to play on Hee Haw sometimes? Looked like it might have been a Mosrite?! __________________ Just 'cause that's the way things are, that never did make it right.

October 18th, 2005, 12:02 AM	#16 (permalink)
Johnny Isaacs Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,419 3 Photos	Don's Tele's This is a mix of what I do know and what I'm pretty sure of: Don had two silver sparkle Tele's. His first one (the original one with black binding) was given to Marty Stuart by Buck Owens: Don wore out the neck on his second silver sparkle and Fender gave him a rosewood neck. This is the one that Buck plays live: Don had two gold sparkle Tele's. One of them had the checkerboard binding and matching headstock like Buck's and the one on the Gruhn website that George Fullerton owned. His second one is the one he used on Hee Haw and in Terry's video captures above. It was gold sparkle, black binding, and no sparkle on the headstock. His red, white, and blue Tele was painted by Semi Mosley. The guitar Jerry's talking about was a Semi Mosley/Mosrite creation and it does look weird! I have a pic of it somewhere, I'll have to look. The headstock does go up like a MicroFrets. It kinda looks like some of those Standel guitars from that era. The old 50's Tele in some early pics was Buck's. Johnny Isaacs __________________ Myspace music page I've never trusted a guitar player who hasn't licked a few 9volts... Famous last words...... after this one, no new Tele's!

October 18th, 2005, 09:14 AM	#17 (permalink)
Zac Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: TN Posts: 132	Both Buck's 50's tele and his gold sparkle are on display at his Crystal Palace. The silver sparkle tele pictured with Marty: I don't know where this guitar is now, but Buck himself told me it was only a loan to Marty. The Silver Sparkle with rosewood replacement neck is also at the Crystal Palace, but is not on display. I was alowed to inspect this guitar, and got a snap of me holding it. That's the guitar in my avatar. This last guitar with the replaced neck, was Don's most played guitar. Hence it needed a new neck after wearing much of the finish off and wearing down the frets. Zac

October 18th, 2005, 09:21 PM	#18 (permalink)
asatclassic TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 78	Here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to buy a silver metal flake double bound body. Then strip the hardware and electronics off my modified 50's Classic Esquire and slap it on the body with the Esquire neck. Then I'll "relogo" the neck. As far as the Esquire body I'll have lying around: it will get a Brent pickup configuration (it's trans white/tortoise guard so it'd make a good looking "nashvilly" guitar). Let me know if you know where I can get a body.

October 19th, 2005, 01:25 PM	#19 (permalink)
RockinCarl Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,464	Warmoth can do the binding, and the silver flake finish, in poly.

October 19th, 2005, 06:47 PM	#20 (permalink)
asatclassic TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 78	It's gonna run about $520.

October 19th, 2005, 09:45 PM	#22 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 4,964 1 Photos	Wow! Look at how the finish has "sunk" on the top of that bad boy. Sunken Finish

October 20th, 2005, 03:26 AM	#24 (permalink)
TwinReverb Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 476	Hacienda Brothers Last sunday I went to a gig of the Hacienda Brothers (on their European tour). Dave Gonzalez played a gold sparkle tele exactly the same as Don Rich's. Dave is also frontman of the Paladins. Dave told the audience that his tele was one of four built for Buck Owens. I wonder if that's correct. Anyone? cheers Erik