Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Hi guys. I've been away for a while. I was wondering if anyone knows when Rickenbacker changed tuner types on 12-string guitars. I've got an '80 620/12 that came with nickel Kluson tuners, just like the 60's guitars. From my experience with 6-string models, I thought that the nickel Kluson tuners on...

I cruised the show yesterday for about 2 hours. I had a nice conversation with Jim Elyea and finally meet Kenny Howes in person. I looked at a lot of Ricks but ended up buying a 2010 Epiphone Casino Elitist in a natural finish. It's the sixth Casino in my collection. I'll probably do a few Lennon mo...

Anybody going to the Arlington Vintage Guitar Show?

Gee, I guess I missed this thread. I've been hanging out at BGC mostly these days. Me and Ricks are still in Dallas.

I will be at the Dallas Guitar Show on Saturday afternoon. I have a friend with a booth who is selling several of my non-Rick guitars. Just thinning the herd a bit...

I recently read somewhere that Donovan borrowed the RM 1997, because he needed it for a TV broadcast. He didn't own an electric guitar but he needed one to mime a performance (possibly 'Sunshine Superman'). My memory may be faulty, but that's what I recall. It's hard to believe that he wouldn't have...

I had the same problems with my vintage Gretsch. I bought a gorgeous '66 Tennessean (about $750) at a guitar show in the early 1990's. Although I rarely played it (mainly because my playing style often caused the floating bridge to move around) and always polished it up before putting it back in its...

Sorta reminds me of a contest at an all-inclusive family vacation in St. Kitts in the 1990's. The contest involved Beatle knowlege like in a game like 'Name That Tune'. While my family assumed that I would be the best at guessing Beatle tunes, the steel drum band mangled the songs so severely that t...

It's the first thing most guitarists notice when I'm playing a jangly song. I use my pinkie finger on the bottom string to make each chord ring.

I'll be there. Probably on Saturday around noon.

Dean: The Rick played by Ron Nasty is either a 615 or an RM1995. It must be an original 60's model because the video was shot in 1977 or 1978, long before an reissues were available. Oddly enough, when I was in college a favorite club band featured an identical Rick. They were called The Explosives ...

I'm glad I got the chance to visit Manny's and the other nearby music shops when I was in NYC in Feb, 2008.

Sticking an XLR jack on the front of the guitar is pretty dumb. I wonder why they didn't put it on the back or the side edge.

I don't put newer Ricks or Gibsons in any of my stands anymore. I have found that all of my Ricks made since 1988 react with stands. None of my Gibsons are vintage, and they all do it too. The first big problem I ever had involved having my brand new '89 1997VB react with a stand. Last year I took t...

I'm not the world's leading Townshend expert, but I think I've seen photos of his guitar with what appears to be an XLR connector on the lower horn (not a toggle switch). There was speculation at one time that this modification may have been made for recording purposes. I might be wrong on this, but...