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Care to name names, Brian?

Elvis?

John Mayall? That would be great if he did own one, but has anyone got a pic of him playing one?

How about Madonna? She has a Rick? Hmmm! Can she even play guitar? I am not a fan of her "act". so I would be surprised if she has exhibited any sort of behaviour that approximates good taste.

Elvis liked to have a Gibson hanging around his neck. Anyone have a pic of him with a Rickenbacker?

Like I said perhaps Ed knows something I don't. But these individuals in particular seem like unusual additions to a list of Rickenbacker players.

Interesting list, but Mark Knopfler isn't there...
John Fogerty is "Fogerty", not "Fogarty", BTW.

She does indeed play. Brian. A Rick though? Who knows?

Well I just got turned off my dinner. Yep that does look real. Maybe Ed sold her ...er...gave her a Rick

I've seen her play a coupla times. Somewhere on TV. Way back when i watched it.

She was horrible. I saw her play on tv and sing some gawd awful song about her dad or something..........

Is she a lead player, anyway?

Actually I've seen a photo of John Mayall playing a Rick. It is from more recent years and it is the shape of a 620, 650, 660 with a real weird *** paint job. If I come accross it I will try to scan it in and post it. It was in a magazine on the blues.

Lets face it guys, there have been some solos played on Rics, but the legendary, monster guitar solos of all time have historically been played on "other" brands. That's not a bad thing. It simply reinforces the fact that Rics are different and do things differently than other brands. It's all a matter of perspective. I gig regularly with my 360, but it's purely for strumming, and nothing else in my guitar arsenal gets the job done like my Ric. For solos? I have other options available that are better suited to the task.

Hi Again,

Bob hit the information I was looking for. It seems like the RIC guitars are fantastic for rhythm playing, but not used much for lead work.

I was looking for someone in the know to say "J. Beck used a rickenbacker on most of 'Blow by Blow' or Gilmour used it on this classic solo, or Page used it on blank and blank, etc."

I knew of Harrison's FEW solos w/a Ricky, the Byrds work and CCR, but I was looking for bigger hitters.

A question that always pops up then, is WHY DON'T MORE LEAD GREATS USE ONE? Are the electronics weak? No disrespect intended. I'm just simply curious why such a gorgeous and well-made instrument isn't used as a lead instrument.

Townshend used a Rick 12 string for the solo on "Can't Explain".

I'm sure Townshend used them more than occasionally for solos, though he has been a more brilliant rhythm player. Marr is a great guitarist, who has usually played great fills more than leads. Gang, I guess it is mostly up to us to go out there and spread (or shred) the word.

I've been using mine lately for leads, but I feel I seriously need to raise the strings if I am to do it comfortably.