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jimk wrote:

Mateybob wrote:
CCCHHHHRRRAAAAAAAANNNNNNG!

Oh yeah....the sound of The Chord, of course!

JimK

RIC still using that chord for their phone greeting?

kiramdear wrote:RIC still using that chord for their phone greeting?

Yes.

Lord, but that has to be the most famous chord in pop music history.

JimK

There is the "G" chord riff of "My Generation" by The Who, which I consider famous, and yes, the original recording is a Ric tune.

While I agree with all that has been said I must say that I think it sounds like a Ric.... it sounds like nothing else. There are others which try to emulate the sound but a Ric sounds like a Ric.

vvzzvrrrriiiinggggg dvvvrrraaannngggg drrrruuuunnnneeee G-C-D on my 6-string --silly, but fun

kennyhowes wrote:Ritchie Fleiger, in his "Amps!" book, describes a Rickenbacker 12-string played through a Vox Super Beatle as sounding like "a blizzard of nails."

Read this as Chimes of Freedom is playing - not sure which amp Roger used but definitely not like a blizzard of nails. Very chimey.

if we are talking solidbody & toasters: 12 string sounds like nothing else. 6 string bit like very early esquire with added strat pickup in the neck position.

this is highly scientific thread so i would add my 100% objective observation
toasters : zing or cluck
high gains: ke-rrang
horseshoe- bzzzzuuum

grazioso wrote:if we are talking solidbody & toasters: 12 string sounds like nothing else. 6 string bit like very early esquire with added strat pickup in the neck position.

this is highly scientific thread so i would add my 100% objective observation
toasters : zing or cluck
high gains: ke-rrang
horseshoe- bzzzzuuum

horseshoe- bzzzzuuum?

I'd say it's more of a Drrrrzzzzzzzuuuuummm!

Ontario_RIC_fan wrote:I apologize in advance for this one!



The best word I could come up with was "Brrraaaannng"... You have to roll the R's, like the Scottish do in order to get the sense of it...

My RIC's always had a distinctive "Brrrraaannng" sound...

Aye. Round the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran.

Ricks make tons of different sounds; it's all how one flips the switches and twists the knobs, both on the amp and on the guitar!

I can get all the sounds I want out of my Ricks; everything from the raunchiest rock/punk sounds to rockabilly twang, atypical Rick jangle, and jazz.

johnallg wrote:

kennyhowes wrote:Ritchie Fleiger, in his "Amps!" book, describes a Rickenbacker 12-string played through a Vox Super Beatle as sounding like "a blizzard of nails."

Read this as Chimes of Freedom is playing - not sure which amp Roger used but definitely not like a blizzard of nails. Very chimey.

If you want all the chime to be had on "Chimes of Freedom" get a load of Starry Eyed & Laughing's recording. I believe Tony Poole is playing a 330 12 string.

JimK

Ok..... heres the best i could do......Its a silly thread.......ive taken it too far......

Wow, there's definite Scottish accent to the sound of that Rick...