Rickenbacker 350V63

rumbush · Post by **rumbush** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 4:18 pm

Hey Jerry, just noticed on another thread in The Others that someone was looking for a 330MB. When I followed the link to check out the guitar, I found that the vendor also has a 360DG. It's not too late for ya buddy!! Northridge isn't too far from me, so if you seriously want one I could make the trek up there to check it out for you.
http://www.jamminjersey.com

Lou I'm embarassed to say that I'm ampless right now. I had a huge old Ampeg tube 4x10 & a Fender Twin r/i that I had to get rid of and am now relegated to a little Marhsall SS practice amp. Actually, I think it sounds ok for what it is, but it just doesn't have any bass response. Most of the time I'm recording at home anyway and stick to a tweaked AC30 in my PodXT. It's surprisingly not terribly ****** as long as you don't use their squishy digital reverb yechh! I patch everything through my either Roland RE-501 or RE-301 anyway - totally decent, organic reverb and EXCELLENT echo. When I go to our practice place I play through a Marshall or an Orange.

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:25 pm

Ron,

Here's a pic of the Peavey 212 Stereo Chorus Amp that I used along with my 350 on the sound bytes that I posted yesterday.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:35 pm

Cool clips, Brian. Thanks very much. That 350 really sings through the Peavey!!

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:53 pm

Thanks Howard,

They are a great combination together.

The 350 is a perfect little guitar for playing the blues or for that matter good old rock and roll that needs a bit of edge to it.

harvey49 · Post by **harvey49** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:00 pm

Brian, thanks for the pic, I've done trawling through some local websites for details and availability of Peavey amps.

I've been looking around for an amp for a while now and have been caught up in the valve versus solid state debate. But if I could get the sound you recorded I would be happy to settle on that! So the search is on!

kog · Post by **kog** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:10 pm

J. Oliver....you're killing me here! Oh man, they've got a 6 AND a 12. Now how do I sneak THIS one past the wife??

Here's something else that's strange...when I got my 360/12 FG in 1980, I was living in Van Nuys, and I think this might be the same store I got my first Rick from! I just remember it was in Northridge, and I had to order it and go back and get it, and I only found the store by looking in the phone book for guitar shops that stocked Rickenbacker. Hmmm, this would certainly be a strange twist of fate...

OK, I gotta go home and count my pennies. Thanks for the tip. If I get this and get divorced, do you have a spare room? (I've been thinking of going back to LA anyway...)

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:20 pm

Good luck finding a 212 Stereo Chorus, Ron. I've been looking for over a year! Hopefully if you find one, you'll find two!!

rumbush · Post by **rumbush** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 3:12 pm

LOL well, I have a couch...

Just tell your wife that your severe, acute version of GAS, known as RAS, compels you to get one (at a time). Tell her you'll do the two-step program
Two steps - one 360DG this week, one next week.
-or-
Two steps - one to spend the money, the other to cover it up.

See, now everyone's happy.

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 3:25 pm

Gentlemen,

You seem to have taken a bit of a liking to my Peavey.

As I seem to do almost all the time, I tripped over that amp in a local music store. It was on consignment.

I have no idea how common they are. All I know is that when I played my Strat through it I had to have it.

I bought it straight away. It was a very lucky day in my life.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:27 pm

Speaking of 350V63s.......

I just bought one!!!

2005 build - Montezuma Brown.....

Assuming the deal goes through, of course....

leesh · Post by **leesh** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:31 pm

Congrats Howard!

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:01 pm

That's great Aitch,

The strategy worked. I'll get to see and play that one in September I suspect.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:08 pm

Thanks, Alisha and Brian.

Yes, the strategy did work well, didn't it? I suspect that you suspect right, Brian. I thank you wholeheartedly for your encouragement to go ahead with it... you're a great mate!

21 frets, toasters, trapeze tailpiece, slinky neck..... gimme, gimme, gimmee!!

And Monty Brown to boot! Wheeeeeeeee.....

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:57 pm

Woo-hoo! Congrats, Aitch - here's to many more!

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:56 am

Thanks very much, Sheena. Mutual congratulations, eh?

I'm very happy but sad in a way. This purchase has brought me to the realization that I'm going to have to 'thin the herd' a bit and offload a few guitars that I don't play - probably including one or two Rickenbackers.

A good friend of mine has suggested that there's little point in owning guitars if you don't play them - unless they are collectors' items and have some substantial intrinsic value. None of mine do, except my first Rick - a 330/6 FG, which has enormous value to me and I'll never part with it as long as I breathe.

It's better that the guitars that I don't play are at least played by somebody. I'm sure that I'll lose some money along the way but that's not as important as other things.

Onward, ever onward..........