Rickenbacker 350V63

raider · Post by **raider** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:13 am

Brian and Howard would Rickenbacker do something
like that order a 350V63 with a Humbucker in the
bridge with a hi-gain in the neck and a toaster
in the middle. Is that something that Rickenbacker would do or would you have to do
the mod yourself. Now with the controls how
would you wire the guitar.
Lou D

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:53 am

... Do you know what amp she played thru? ...

She played through a Deluxe Reverb with The Bangles stenciled on the side.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:12 am

>>>the 350SH has a humbucker at the bridge.

Oooo... did not know that, me bad. From the comments here, it looks like it could be a good thing. I can see that the Hum/HiGain combo would be better than the Hum/Toaster. If I had a "spare" Rick I might try it.

>>>How does that grab ya, Brammy!!

Eh? How does Susan Hoffs grab me?
Any way she wants, thats how! --- but I digress.

Here's SH at HOB with the 5-way switch on two of her Ricks. I hope Mr Hall takes note, it might be a really nice touch... maybe on a new SH model?

http://www.arnoldpix.com/pages/banglesp ... eshob.html

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:41 am

Lou,

The kind of mods you would like are best done by yourself or perhaps if you prefer a guitar tech that knows how to work on Rickenbacker guitars. My wiring is stock and it works well. I really like the blend knob it lets me dial in the tone that I like.

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:41 am

Kent,

I like how you digressed. She has an amazing pair of guitars eh?

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:53 am

Great pair of guitars. Unfortunately I couln't find any pictures of her stomp box. But I digress.

I'm no guitar tech, but I wonder how the 5-position switch combined with the blend knob would work.... probably pretty well. I've always like the instant variety of tone that you get with those switches. Aint hard to see that 5 is better than 3. 10 would be silly... or would it?

Does anyone have info or a schematic on how that would be wired?

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:28 am

Nice digression, Kent!

Here's a pic of her er...... guitar.... from the 75th HOB.... in fact it sported 3 humbuckers:

Here's the amp:

Matthew Sweet played a 360v64:

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:53 pm

wow, that 5-way switch looks great. I bet sliding it up and down produces quite an effect.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:56 pm

Sliding what up and down, Kent?

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:56 pm

I'm glad that someone else mentioned that first! Thanks much, Kris.

rumbush · Post by **rumbush** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:10 am

Brings new meaning to the term "thread" drift

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:12 am

It was a metaphor ... or a conundrum... or a pun... or a palendrome ... or something like that. (nah, the palendrome of slide would be 'edils'... thank you John Cleese)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHPCs5d8-80

No, technically a 5-way switch does not not slide. But a 5-way does and therein lies the heart of the matter

I wonder why more guitars haven't gone to the 5-way switch. The 3-way seems so limiting after you've gotten used to a 5-way. (and no, that one wasn't a metaphor)

Sometimes it's hard to tell whether a guitar comes with a 5-way switch or not. But for The Beatles I think we can safely assume it did.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:47 am

Hope you don't mind, Brammy, but I'm going to quote from a recent post of yours:

"Humor is a great thing to inject to the act - if you can. Easier said than done."

Hear, hear: aside from your use of the word to rather than into, and the dependent clause posing as a sentence at the end there, I couldn't agree more with your statement than I do at this moment...and 'FYI', a 'palindrome' is a word or phrase that reads the same left-to-right as it does right-to-left. Words don't have 'palendromes' (sic), they are palindromes...or they're not, as in the case of 'slide'.

An example of a real palindrome (with, coincidently, "2" meanings): boob

(There, that should keep you tittilated for a while...)

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:40 am

>>>>Words don't have 'palendromes' (sic), they are palindromes...or they're not, as in the case of 'slide'.

Hence my reference to John Cleese.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHPCs5d8-80
"It's and EX-parrot!"

But you are right... thanks for keeping me abreast of the situation.

How about that humor thing on stage. That might make a good topic of dicsussion as I'm sure there are tricks of the trade that people could share.

I guess just the ability to smile at the audience is a starter. In photos of me playing alot of times I look like bummed out and I'm not having any fun at all, but really the opposie is true... its just me concentrating or groovin with the tune.

raider · Post by **raider** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 4:15 am

Today I'm having my 350V63 setup and
I will try D'Addario 10-46. I've been
using Rickenbacker string for a couple
of years and I want to see if there is
a difference between D'Addario and Rickenbacker
strings.