Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Got "A" 660 back. No info from Ric as to whether it is the same guitar repaired, remanufactured or replaced. No hang tags, no info as to how to register for warranty work. Unfortunately this 660 has a very noticeable ding on the back of the neck by the 6th fret, a series of small but noticable dings ...

I spoke to Kenny on Friday and he told me that my guitar should ship back to me on Tuesday.

Unfortunately, he didn't know whether they fixed the old one or built me a new one. He said he'll call me before it ships and let me know all the deets.

I hope so as well.

Kenny seems like a pretty good guy, but I'm a little bit freaked about them coming back to me in 3 weeks and saying "well, at first we didn't think we could fix your brand new guitar that has less than 1 hour of playing time on it because the factory manager said there was ...

I should add that I took delivery of the Ric on Mid December and couldn't get the action lower than 6/64ths on the bass side and 5/64ths on the treble. I took one last crack at it with a nut driver while pulling back on the neck and "ping" the truss rod nut broke. First time I've broken a truss rod ...

Yessir. I just got off the phone with Kenny and it sounds like they're not optimistic that my guitar can be fixed. The factory manager is going to fiddle with it a bit more, but it's beginning to look like they may be building me a new guitar.

I'm waiting for mine to come back from the factory after some warranty work to get the action manageable.

The guitar was built in June 2006 and appeared brand new as received from Sam Ash. If factory setup means 8/64ths at the 12th fret, then a Ric is not the guitar for me.

I've played guitar for 40 years and have done setups on guitars for at least the last 20. This is my first Ric, but I've owned ...

The best I can get it down to is 6/64ths and that required me to drop the bridge a half turn as well. The nuts on the Truss Rod are as tight as I can get them and there's quite a bit of thread showing above the nuts. The TRC needs to be replaced. Looks bad when I reinstall.

How easy is Ric ...

My new 660-6 showed up yesterday from Sam Ash and it is indeed a beautiful guitar. Most striking is how light and resonant it is. Feels like it must be made out of unobtanium. Not much case candy though, no truss rod wrench etc.

I have a fairly light 52 RI tele (~7 lbs), but the Ric is much ...

As the new guy I have to confess I know next to nothing about Rics. I can tell you more than you want to know about Gibsons (I own 4) Fenders(4) PRSii (I own 2 now but have sold a few over the years), but I hardly know anything about Rics other than friends have told me the necks on the 300s are ...

I'm in the hills of Worcester County about 35 miles outside of Boston. From the top of the hill I live on I can see the Hancock and Prudential Towers in Boston on a clear day.

I will however be in the vicinity of Tampa come May when Mrs Shemp and I travel down to Naples for a convention and then ...

I buy all my Pyramid Strings from them. I think I've been using them since around 1997 or so. I used to live about 10 miles from their store so I could swing by or get next day delivery.

Thanks to everyone for the welcome. This seems like a very nice board, maybe a little fanatical 8^P, but nice nonetheless.

I decided to try a Ric because I do a lot of Beatles/Byrds/Tom Petty covers as part of a solo act (used mostly to entertain the dogs) and depending on my mood I'll go ...

Hi-

I'm a long time denizen of the guitar bbs world, starting as one of the early members of the original Harmony Central site back in 1996. Mostly these days I hang out at the Guitar Diner, The Gear Page or The Axe House.

I've owned/own Gibsons, Fenders, PRSii, Hamers, Epis, among other ...