Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Jet got back A/B'ing a gold top Synchromatic Chinese Duo Jet against a Japanese Power Jet w/ TV Jones. The Electroomatic was a solid little guitar and really there wasn't a huge difference in build quality. The Bigsbsy on the Electro was solid and strayed in tune. The biggest difference in the two ...

Jonathan, I goofed in my original post...it was a 650 amber firglo I owned (maple board model). Bought it because of the chunkier neck width and only owned it for a few weeks. It was kinda cool but I wasn't knocked out over it. Again, the neck was just rubbery...if ya put any arm pressure on the ...

Wow! Y'all have some nice stuff.

Jeffrey, STUNNING!!! A lot of fireglo's have that undercooked pink center...that one just rocks! Thanks for sharing.
Postscript: Just noticed the year model...those 45 year old guitars just have a "fully cooked" vibe all their own.

I have a reissue Tennessee Rose with HiLo Trons and I love it. The pickups are pretty low output...I enjoy their clean sound and an overdriven amp can really bring em to life in a good alt-country kinda way. I had a Duo Jet that I sold. I couldn't get it setup to my liking and probably gave up too ...

Jonathan, thanks much...never realized the Ric "hi gains" were single coil. The name of the pickup always threw me...I suppose in a relative sense they're high gain in that they're higher gain than toasters but nothing like a traditional humbucker?? I was in college in Athens in the early/mid 80's ...

Good point. Probably more into the vintage jangle but would really prefer the more versatile of the two pickups. Have a Les Paul Custom for the aggressive stuff so the Ric wouldn't need to scratch that itch. Are the hi gains actually mini hum buckers?

I'm in Georgia and there's an online dealer in MD that has a bunch of Ric's on his site. I'm considering trading into one and wanted some opinions on high gains vs toasters since he has both. I've owned an amberglo 620 which I didn't love (the neck seemed to throw it out of tune at the slightest ...