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I’m not sure what you need or want, but have you checked with your UK-based Rickysounds? Lots of parts and advice that is making this source ever more popular as RIC continually seems to disappoint.

https://www.rickysounds.co.uk/


Excellent tip-off - thank you maxwell. I'd heard of Rickysounds ...

Thanks, doctorwho, some helpful info there.
I did look at ordering parts from Ric in the US but I'm in the UK and shipping costs, and the problem of returning items if not suitable, sort of rules that out.
It's a valuable instrument (1968 vintage) so I'm wary of messing it up with a botched DIY job ...

I have a 366, the 12-string with the converter comb, a vintage 60s model.
The tuners look vintage but are not original - they have a rather oversized, splayed-out appearance a bit like the Gibson Keystone type, and apart from looking 'wrong' also affect the balance of the guitar since they're that ...

I've been delving through the register of TR25 amps and checking out some of the photos uploaded by their owners. I intend to do the same with mine but it's been on loan to a friend for years and he's moved out of the city(!) Although I know he's confirmed it's still safe, and I can get it back.

I ...

Uffingdon wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 1:41 pm This thread may answer a few questions for you viewtopic.php?t=417707&hilit=Ric+tuners

Thanks!

Hi all,

I have a 1968 convertible 366-12-b - identical in appearance to this:
https://www.ronsvintage.com/guitars/rickenbacker-1968-model-366-12-b

The tuners had been replaced with by a previous owner and are oversize and look 'wrong' on a Ric - they're Kluson Deluxe, with a large, splayed-out ...

Hi,

Bounce Back...
Many people wondering about this (various internet-forums), and by looking at the schematic, many people concluded it must have been some marketing phrase.

The power supply looks fully conventional.

Perhaps the thing that every solid state guitar amplifier 'should' do ( use ...

Can anyone explain what the fabled 'Bounce Back' circuitry was all about? Some sort of trickery that made the TR amps sound 'louder', or something.
I distinctly remember the phrase being used in adverts I saw in the early/mid 1980s, like it was a big selling point.
Extra info - I bought my TR25 from ...

The exhibition date has been extended for another week, ie now ends on Saturday April 2nd, I think.
Any Ric fans in the London area who can make the trip will love it. I couldn't get to the VIP launch event, but have been to check the exhibition out twice now (I know, I'm lucky to be close enough to ...