Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

So I have had this amp for a while and it still just knocks my socks off. Right now, I have it sitting next to a nicely tuned up Fender Vibrolux Reverb, and I swear this Ricky amp sounds better. I have taken it to jams, and everyone absolutely marvels at the sound coming out of this thing. And my ...

Thank you, John, for those clarifications. As I said, it is a surprisingly well-voiced amp. I am particularly impressed with the "Sustain" (mid) control. It really fills out and thickens the tone without going overboard in a narrow frequency range. It really lets you adapt different guitars to the ...

Yes, but I read that the guy behind Kustom started ROAD amps, then sold it to Rick or did a partnership with Rickenbacker. Eventually, ROAD was sold to Celestion. That's what I read on the internet, so it must be true.

Correction, they are Emminence speakers.

So I picked this Ricky Road R-50 up for grins from the local Craig's List. Price was cheap enough to take a chance. I must say, it has really surprised me. Mainly because it's solid state! But I thought it "looked" cool and decided to take a chance with it. Besides, it has 2 nice CTS 10's in it ...