V63 Question

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:23 am

I've really been into my V63 since I removed the horseshoes. I was wondering though,,,do the V63's have the cap or not?

Just curious.

My V has very deep bottom end with crisp highs, but not much in mids. Whereas the 4003's I have seem to be more "balanced" throughout the spectrum.

Maybe its just the toaster \ horseshoe combination ?

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:26 pm

its those damn shoes!-you be better off if you give 'em to me...

david_donlon · Post by **david_donlon** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:34 pm

I have read that the v63's don't have the cap.

My v63 did not sound as hot and trebly as my c64S does now. It also had a weaker toaster, and much more bass from the horsehoe. I bought it from GC in 2000, but it was a '98, so who knows what kind of abuse it had taken there. I'm sure mine didn't have a cap anyway.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:55 pm

According to Rickenbacker's website, the v63 doesn't have the cap (diagram) and the C64 has it (C3 in this diagram).

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 1:24 am

Interesting that the C64 drawing is dated 1990 and the V63 1993.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:08 am

My '98 V63 was born without the cap, my '03 C64S was born with the cap.

Long live the shoeless horseshoe!

fran4001 · Post by **fran4001** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:52 am

No cap in either the '94 V63 or the '91 CS, for me.

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:55 am

No cap in my '93 V63.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:29 pm

V63-uncapped...

rickfan63 · Post by **rickfan63** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 5:53 pm

My V63 was made in 1988. I bought it used from Pick of the Ricks, and there is no cap there. I glad of it too, I don't like the cap at all. I also uncapped my C64 too. It sounds much better to my ears now.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:09 pm

v63's were made without the cap.

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:23 am

Hey Jim,

Here's another FG V63 in case you need another!

http://www.gbase.com/Stores/Gear/GearDetails.aspx?Item=1587896

A little pricey, and what's with the "original soft case"?

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:52 am

Scott, I think it's just the horseshoe/toaster combo. My CS (and old V63 for that matter) were the same when compared to a friend's 4003; as I posted recently I lent him my CS at a gig and he played both that and his 4003 and the 4003 seemed to have quite a bit more in the mids.