Until yesterday I have never picked up a Rickenbacker, is true. I've been primarily:scoobster28 wrote:I have a question, JimK. Based on your 1500+ posts you surely have been here a while, but in that time you have NEVER played a Rickenbacker guitar? Are you primarily a bass player or something? Or just more a fan of the 600 guitar series?
1. an acoustic guitar player (finger picker, mostly, for 40 years, nearly)
2. a banjo player (claw hammer style, for 30 years thereabouts)
3. a fiddler (old-timey, and C&W also for nearly 30 years)
4. a mandolinist (since 1995).
I've been taking drum lessons for about three or four years. I can find my way around on a bass guitar, and know one or two blues grooves. Bass is probably my weakest instrument, along with mandolin. In reality, I've always regarded myself as a singer (was a voice major in college).
So why the sudden interest in Ricks? Because two friends, independently of each other suggested that what I needed was to add an electric guitar to my stable. Seeing that the suggestion was reasonable, I started looking around for something that was a little off the usual, would inspire me, and is an instrument where I felt comfortable applying what I already knew about playing guitar. Bingo! The Rickenbacker 360 12 string guitar.
JimK
if someone knows how to play it well i think it is about the most pleasing sound out there.
