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Re: Opinions needed: 620 vs 660: which is more versatile?
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:19 am
by Skiptracer
Funny thing.. I decided to get a 330 instead. If I love it, I'll get the 620 next.
Thanks for the responses! Friendly bunch around these parts. Rare on guitar forums.....
Re: Opinions needed: 620 vs 660: which is more versatile?
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:16 am
by Ric5150
Congrats on the acquisition. 330s are great as well. Just a warning that you will likely have to relax your policy and acquire at least one or two more. There quite addictive.
I haven't been on this forum for too long, but definitely a bunch of knowledgeable and helpful people here, and for the most part very friendly. In my first thread posted, a guy offered to send me a spare pickguard to trace. How do you beat that?
Re: Opinions needed: 620 vs 660: which is more versatile?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:10 pm
by Clifton
Ric5150 wrote:
You could also buy a 620 and put toasters in it or buy a 660 and put high gains in it. The later would probably be the most "versatile" if you can handle/like the wider neck.
I'd like to try a toaster in the neck position of my 620, and keep the hi-gain in the bridge position. Has anyone tried this combination? Btw I love my 620. I agree that they're probably Rickenbacker's most versatile guitars.
The 330 is nice too-also more versatile than most people realize.
Re: Opinions needed: 620 vs 660: which is more versatile?
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:45 am
by Ric5150
Clifton wrote:
I'd like to try a toaster in the neck position of my 620, and keep the hi-gain in the bridge position. Has anyone tried this combination? Btw I love my 620. I agree that they're probably Rickenbacker's most versatile guitars.
The 330 is nice too-also more versatile than most people realize.
Apparently a couple of guys who know a little about Ricks (and guitars in general) thought it might be a good idea to go to a bridge humbucker in a 350 with a toaster in the neck.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... nt_count=1
So not as large a leap as that.
I left the scatter wound in the neck of my 660 and used a 'hot' 12k toaster in the bridge for a while. That made for a pretty nice balance, but I recently acquired some more 12k toasters and swapped the neck as well.
Might be worth a shot. I'm sure someone around here has tried it.