Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I use Ultra Cool medium picks, the black ones. Standard shape with some kind of a thin textured rubber grip on both sides. They're plastic but when you drop them on a table and they sound like metal. They are really light and rigid and dig nicely into 12's strung with Pyramids.

I agree with John on the Byrds tone. Getting a sound is always more than just getting the right guitar. It happens all the way from the string to the speaker. I believe McGuinn recorded direct to tape on those recordings plugging directly in to a studio compressor (probably tube)and eq to taste. The ...

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CW 360, '64 Supersonic B22 amp

New to the board. My CW kept beggin' me for a Bigsby B5 and I finally got the guts to fire up the drill and do it. It's not something I recommend everyone to do to a CW, but it's my favorite and I intend to keep it for a long time. It was scary because I'd never seen or heard of anyone putting the ...