What is it ...a 230????,

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:54 pm

I think it's a 220.... I have one in Midnight Blue:

But it might be a 230.... I can't remember exactly what the differences are.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:14 pm

Same model as the one Joe Walsh played at the Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival, Dave!!

admin · Post by **admin** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:16 pm

Howard: Wasn't that a Model 230GF that Joe Walsh played? You will find information on the 200 Series here. You will find a left handed model of the 230GF at Bjorn's Site.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:54 pm

Yes, you are right, Peter. I was really only going on the abbreviated set of controls. It sounded pretty awesome, too!!

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:20 pm

A 230 has no pickguard, a bound neck & 4 controls....

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:24 pm

My 230.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:40 pm

Pretty hard to get a shot of the telly, but here's the one in question:

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:46 pm

That one JW is playing is almost certainly a 230GF:

If you do a search on 'Glenn Frey' in the gallery section if the RIC site, you'll find it.

The ones that Dave and Melissa posted are 220 'Hamburg' models.

Melissa wins the cupie doll!!

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:41 am

Thank you all.

Funny, I couldn't find a 220 on Bjorn's site.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:11 am

For the record, since in another thread somebody said we don't talk enough about the personalities of our guitars, the 220 is a very interesting little Ric.... With its unfinished maple neck it hardly feels like a Ric at all; it's more like a Strat and can make some very Strat-like sounds, too.... but doesn't quite have the same "quack" as a strat.... I've never played a Telecaster, but maybe it's a little more Tele-like?

My best friend's husband, who is a guitar nut, absolutely loves my 220, and when we jam together he plays some scorching leads on it.... I'm not a very good lead player, so it is fun to hear it when he puts the 220 through its paces.

ted_williams · Post by **ted_williams** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:25 am

I recently played a 230, and my impression of it's clean sound was Tele-like. Distorted, it sounded nothing like a Tele - it had sound of it's own. Not too thick, not too thin, with a nice bite.

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:10 am

They are odd gtrs when judged by Rickenbacker standards. The 230 sounds quite Fenderish with both pickups on, but if you wind the neck pick up down, so it's just influencing the tone, it actually sounds unmistakeably Ric! That is with the single coil pickups, I haven't tried the later humbucker equipped 230's.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:13 am

Those Ric humbuckers are REALLY hot. Does not sound very Rickish to my ears, but it's quite the hard rocker!