Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I'm with you, Lou. I told a friend of mine that I was selling off most of my stock of non-Rickenbacker electrics, since the Ricks are the only ones I have been compelled to play. We had an interesting discussion about that. He, of course, asked my reasons for such a big change. This made me think in...

I do not mean to be disagreeable. I honestly don't understand how Rickenbacker gets a reputation that marginalizes it so. I have owned something like 40 guitars in my life, done many recordings with most of them and wouldn't put anything ahead of them (the Ricks.) I have even recorded my 12 string o...

I'm sure Townshend used them more than occasionally for solos, though he has been a more brilliant rhythm player. Marr is a great guitarist, who has usually played great fills more than leads. Gang, I guess it is mostly up to us to go out there and spread (or shred) the word. http://archives.rickres...

The 650 is the most incredible humbucker equipped guitar I have played. My 650C plays like a dream, and the maple fretboard adds some of the sparkle and spank that most hb guitars lack. The pickups don't kill all the highs, either. It sounds good from clean to crunch and looks great. I think that if...

I guess I'd say that my 650C is about the most versatile, since it has humbuckers and still has real treble. It can do, really, everything (I don't do metal with it, but I could.) My 660/6 and 370/6 (an aside: I have never liked the sound of a P90, but people are always comparing the high gain Ricke...

I have a 360/12 and now a 660/12. I am starting to like the width of the 660/12 fretboard, and that is a big factor (live it seems like a bigger deal to me.) I think that having a 650C spoiled me a little this past year. There isn't a huge difference in tone between the Rick 12s- but there is some (...

I use yellow jackets a lot in my THD univalve, since I really like the sound of EL84 tubes. As was mentioned before, the EL84 operates at about half of the power of an EL34, so it is only 3db down at full volume. You can also use 6V6 tubes in _some_ amps (be very careful about voltages- they can't t...

I think they always put that on the boxes to encourage shippers to drop them more gingerly.