Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Thank you everyone on your votes between the 381v69/12 vs. the 1993+ (and video). I was fortunate enough to be able to play them both a bit. I had read a lot online about the standard width Rickenbacker necks being to cramped to play well/easily, and although the wider neck did initially make it eas...

Although my very first guitar was a Rickenbacker 660/12 Tom Petty, I stupidly sold it when I was younger. I have several Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster and Telecasters, as well as Rickenbacker guitars (325c64, 360, 360 WB/OS, 650C, 660, 381v69-all 6-string guitars). I've got the bug to get a 12-str...

I welcomed a new Rickenbacker 325c64 home yesterday, and although I can understand some of the quirks you read about (can get a little buzzy, and tuning not quite as stable as the trapeze- or R- tailpiece (and why some chose to switch these out), it's a fun guitar to play! It is it's own kind of thi...

Thanks Dan and Jake--I think I'll give the ClearTone and EXP strings a go. I also don't like Elixir, so these will b a good start. Glad to know I'll still keep the Rickenbacker sound:-)

Cheers,
Scott

Hi Rich,

Gotcha' so does that mean it was strung at the factory with 10-46 strings? If so, that's a lot easier for me to play

Still curious then about anyone having experience with coated strings that still preserve some of the Rick "DNA".

Thanks,
Scott

I mostly play acoustic guitar and use Martin SP Lifespan Custom Lights on all of them and find that they play and sound great on a wide variety of body shapes/sizes from standard to short-scale neck lengths. I use coated string because my hands/perspiration go through uncoated strings pretty quickly...