Maximizing the jangle?

mikeselmer · Post by **mikeselmer** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:16 am

Hi! I am a new happy owner of a 1975 Rickenbacker 480. This is my very first Rickenbacker. Here it is:

I understand that this is perhaps not the jangliest Ricky there is. Still, I can hear there is some jangle there, somewhere. I got some sounds out of it that reminded me a little of Jam.

Now I need some advice on how to maximise the jangle. Playing loud? Playing with the bridge pickup only? Using a certain type of pick or strings? Using a little overdrive? What's your secret? Thanks!

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:23 am

The Jangle Box. [url=http://www.janglebox.com...check]www.janglebox.com...check[/url] it out

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:29 am

Get rid of the high gains and get some scatterwound vintage toasters. Find an amp that doesn't get too "warm" and sounds really pure. Loud is good, too.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:57 am

The Janglebox is probably best, but any kind of compression will get you closer to THAT tone.

longhouse · Post by **longhouse** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:27 am

Clean headroom on your amp. Any Ric will jangle, I've learned. My humbucker-equipped 650A jangled just fine (it also sang like a bird!). Your tone and volume knobs are there for you. Of course, a compressor helps...

Good luck!

nOel

oreca · Post by **oreca** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:38 am

Mikko, I think you said that you wanted a white 480 in another thread. Just to let you know, this is the first 480 I've seen in Jetglo and it's very very nice.
I say you should keep it!

My 370 is also equiped with hi-gains, so what I do to maximize it's jangle is to lower the volume significantly on both pickups and use your amp to make it a bit louder. Maybe add a bit of trebble on your amp too.

I'm guessing you can get some real nice lead tones on a 480 with hi-gains.

mikeselmer · Post by **mikeselmer** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:07 am

Patrick,

that's funny, since the most of 480s I've seen were actually jetglo! But your view on keeping is worth thinking about.

As for lead tones with 480, I agree. And even better, I like the way the guitar does bluesy soloing with many string at the time (know what I mean?). The sound stays intact and has very nice bite.

oreca · Post by **oreca** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:20 am

Oh yeah, I used the neck pickup alot for those.
I used to do that thing where you bend the note on a string to reach the same pitch as the note you are playing on the other string.
A buddy of mine actually commented on how great that sounds on RIC's. For some reason I stopped doing that as much.
I really need to learn new tricks.

I'm guessing the reason I haven't seen many 480's is because I don't exactly look for them.
Most of the ones I have seen were Walnut. I think anyways.
Just look at it, the way the hi-gains look with Jetglo, especially the neck pickup. Looks classy.