A heavy metal rickenbacker guitar

blazer · Post by **blazer** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:47 am

I was reading about Grover Jackson's stint with Rickenbacker a few years ago and I was wondering what came from it. Certainly no Ricks with pointy headstocks and Floyd Rose vibrato bridges.

But still, Rickenbacker has one shape that works pretty good as a metal instrument when just flipped over. And that's the shape of the 4000 bass series.

I came to realise it when I saw a picture of Dweezil Zappa playing a crazy custom double neck with the shape of a 4000 bass flipped over.

So what came from Jackson's involvement with Rickenbacker?

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:38 am

It does look heavy.

35012 · Post by **35012** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:55 am

...and metallic.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:50 am

It goes double for me.

karl_teten · Post by **karl_teten** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:23 am

Kinda has a Ibanhad Roadstar look.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:03 pm

Old Dweezil Zappa news, but interesting
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2277023.stm

blazer · Post by **blazer** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:49 pm

"Kinda has a Ibanhad Roadstar look."

No it doesn't.
http://www.chrisguitars.com/iban84roadstar-car.jpg

It doesn't look like that double neck at all, where is the resemblance here? I sure don't see it.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:03 pm

The resemblence is in the horns, i'd say. Bit more exaggerated on the doubleneck then a Roadstar, though.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:12 pm

And the left neck