My 360-6 Is Here

drumbob · Post by **drumbob** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:12 pm

Thanks for all the nice words. I'm thrilled with the 360. Been playing it every night.

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:41 pm

Congrats Bob!

charliesharkey · Post by **charliesharkey** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:47 am

oh yes, beauties. Wonderful combination feller!

drumbob · Post by **drumbob** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:20 pm

I just got home from band practice and all I brought were my two Ricks. Of course, the 330-12 played great as usual on "You Can't Do That" and "It Ain't Me, Babe," but I was amazed at how great the 360-6 sounded, even on the crunchier stuff like "Born To Be Wild" and "No Matter What." I loved the sound in the middle position with both pickups on. I flipped into the treble position for solos only, set the reverb close to 3 on my Hot Rod Deluxe, kicked in the Danelectro Daddy-O for overdrive & distortion, and went for it. The guitar sounded great. Once again, I had tone to the bone. Although I like the nasty sound of both my SG and Les Paul, and the versatility of my Stratocasters, this Rick is equally well suited for hard-edged rock. I guess those big single coil pickups have something to do with it, and you just can't beat a Fender amp.

drumbob · Post by **drumbob** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:57 am

I just wanted to mention that this guitar seems to stay in tune better than anything else I own. I have it hanging on the wall, and when I took it down last night, and it was still in tune. That's amazing, considering everything else goes sharp hanging there.

chronictown · Post by **chronictown** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:21 am

It always amazes me just how well my 340/6 stays in tune, despite temperature fluctuation, nasty humidity, etc. I will never part with that guitar!

Nice new 360, Bob. Congrats! The first Rickenbacker I ever set my hands on was a 360/6 MG just like yours. And it was a textbook case of imprinting - from that point on, it's been Rickenbacker and nothing else!!

drumbob · Post by **drumbob** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:52 pm

Thanks, Chris. FYI, I had a disagreement with a guitarist friend of mine who owns a '67 360-6 string. I was telling him how good my new Rick plays and how well it cuts chunky hard rock and power chords with the right amount of distortion and volume.

His reply was, "Rick sixes are only good as rhythm guitars. You can't play really crunchy stuff on them."

My response was, "Well, I can on mine with the Hi-Gains and the right amp settings."

I don't think he believed me. That's his problem!

And after three days of high humidity in my basement, this guitar is still in tune!

I'm selling at least two or three of my guitars that WILL NOT stay in tune. That's my pet peeve.

brian_l · Post by **brian_l** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:44 pm

I have owned my 360/6 since May 2000 and it stays in tune better than any guitar I own! I have made plenty of believers out of those who think that you can't play lead on a Rickenbacker, or that they're only good for clean stuff. I play primarily hard rock so it definitley surprises people to see me playing this style of music with a Rick instead of my Les Paul or Flying V. I played mine through an Ampeg VH-140C and early this year I bought a Marshall JCM-2000 TSL 100 and it sounds fantastic through that amp as well. I personally think Rickenbackers are the most versatile and probably the most underrated guitars out there.

chronictown · Post by **chronictown** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:22 am

Yes, time and again I've heard that little chestnut of wisdom: "Rickenbackers are only good for clean rhythm work, dude". In some ways I'm glad that this sort of misinformation is so prevalent in the rock musician population - otherwise, can you imagine the waiting time for a new Rickenbacker??

I bought my 360/12CW to add a little '60s jangle to recordings, but with the right amp settings I was absolutely astonished at the incredible hard rock sound that could be achieved with that guitar. So even the scatterwound toasters have teeth when they're pushed in the right direction!