I play solos on my Rick but more jazz solos. Guitars are designed for specific types of music. I know you can play anything you want on any guitar, but they are not appropriate nor are they built for any type of music. Strats are perhaps an exception. Hendrix sounded great on a Strat when he was running it full-bore through a Marshall. He sounded great in R&B mode too through a Twin Reverb. A Strat is a versitile instrument, although specifically designed for cowboy and Hawaiian music.Grey wrote:I've never actaully heard anyone say this. What I usually hear is, "you could solo on a Rick if the neck was wider" or something to that effect. You can, but it does come with some drawbacks and there are other guitars that do it better.
You could play hardcore metal on a Rick if you wanted to, but you wouldn't, because there are other guitars actually designed for that type of music.
A Ric 330, to me, is designed for jazz, like an ES-335. It sounds best for that type of music. I don't know if Rossmeisl had that in mind or not, though he seems to have been interested in a more acoustic sound, since he worked on Fender's acoustics also. The neck is narrower but feels like a Gibson jazz guitar to me in that way. The combo of that and being semi-acoustic and single coil pickups=not great for metal. An Explorer is great for metal. A Danelectro is great for a canoe paddle, or starting a campfire.
I know where you're coming from, but in my experience they are really top drawer for slide work. Those lipstick pickups are outstanding for that sort of thing. 
