HOW DO YOU SPELL "Rickenbacker"?

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:17 am

I agree with Will. As long as it's clear from the context what people are talking about, i wouldn't really mind if it's "Ric" or "Rick" (both could be regarded as short for "Rickenbacker", imho, while RIC is an abbreviation for "Rickenbacker International Corporation" and it's all caps) - like, when somebody says, "i play my Ric every day", it's clear that they mean a guitar/bass, not the corporation; or "i own a Ric" means, i guess, that they're talking about a guitar as well, not the corporation; moreover, there's only one RIC, and IIRC (i may be mistaken, of course) an indefinite article cannot be used together with the word that means something one of a kind. Moreover, variations leave more space for "play upon words", like, say, "Rickee the 650th" (just kiddin').
All imho, of course.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:19 am

"Ricky" bugs me, "RIC" is worse.

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:28 am

Ricky don't lose that number.....

longhouse · Post by **longhouse** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:59 am

I just hate it when people say RickenBOCKER.

You should hear my Ric through the new Fender Super Sonic.

ram · Post by **ram** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:48 am

Ric, Rick, Rickenbacker, etc.... all depends on the amount of time I have, my mood and how well my fingers are interfacing the keyboard.

uffe · Post by **uffe** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:13 am

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jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:44 am

Absolutely spot on, Gene!!!

4003 · Post by **4003** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:27 am

As far as the "bocker" pronunciation....

In my part of the world (Southern Indiana USA), the last name "Rickenbacker" is quite common. It is always pronounced as "bocker." After a lifetime of "bocker" it is strange to say "backer." I just have to be careful not to to say it the RIC way referring to a local family. I'd get the "you ain't from around here, are you boy?" comments!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:54 am

I seem to remember on the old alt.guitar.rickenbacker site--a place of nastiness that led me to this sunshine-and-light group--something about it being pronounced that way, Bob.

You know that big CNC that RIC uses? It's a "Reichenbacher", if memory serves me on the spelling.

Pronounced "rike-en-bahr".

So where does that leave us?

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:57 am

"So where does that leave us?" Lost in Rickenbacker heaven.

robbo63 · Post by **robbo63** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:20 am

Well, excuse my ignorance (and I've read John Hall's comments on proper pronunciation), but as long as I've known about Rickenbacker guitars, I and my friends have said "Rickenbocker". I realize the error of my ways, and am trying to repent. I blame it on the word's Germanic roots, and the influence of Orville Redenbacher popcorn commercials.

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:21 am

I never use "Ricky". It makes me think of this guy...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:28 pm

Wow. Him and Desi Arnaz have the very same haircut...

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:11 pm

I just cant picture this guy

playing one of these

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:29 pm

I'm with Tom (Ram). Paul, 2 AM post - must have been a creative night with no place to focus.....

I've seen Ricky used, and am not offended, but I don't use it.

For me it is too long typing out Rickenbacker all the time, so I use Rick for my basses and RIC for the corporation. And there you have it - my 2 pence.