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paologregorio wrote:

larsongs wrote:Thanks for sharing Buckstudent.

Would like to hear more of our Forum Members performing Lead Solos on Ric's & sharing Gear what they use to get their Sound.

Thanks again,

Glenn

Here you go:
"The Way that I Was"(video shows a Gretsch, but the song was recorded on a Rick. The solo is on a Rick 381/12, and it doesn't sound like the 60s. .. not that there's anything wrong with one wanting to sound like the 60s):
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"My Desire":

Awesome Paulie!

SFD is a great band. I am looking forward to your next release Paul.

Nice work, Paulie!

More Ric lead guitar goodness. I know John Fogerty used a Mustang to do the same song in the Golliwogs back in 1966, but bty the time CCR's first album came out in 1968 (which this song is off of), both him and Tom were mainly playing Rics. I've always liked this song, and it's fun song to play on guitar! John Fogerty really rips it up on his 325!




I can understand some of the frustration the lead guitar players who have posted in this thread have. I've had times where I've been frustrated, not only with the mentality that many other players have about a Ric only being "good for rhythmn guitar," but that you can't play heavy rock with a 360. I ended up making off the cuff sound clips, back in Dec. 2008, for the posters in a long running meta-thread on HC called The Doom Room (it's main topics are doom, and stoner metal), to proove to them after they scoffed me for using my original jetglo 360 to play heavy rock & metal, that yes Virginia, Rics can do metal tones. It works - it just doesn't sound like your typical Les Paul, SG, or Super Strat. So what? Maybe I don't want my guitar sound to be like those guitars. Here are the clips I made, to shut up the Doom Roomers. They were done on the fly, with my first Ric - a jetglo 360. There is some repititiveness to the riffs, and a few clunkers. They are also kind of short in length, due to me direct uploading them to the HC Electric Guitar Forum (which does not allow large sound files), before I had a Soundclick account.


Metallic Tones
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... ID=9127028

Heavy Distortion With Flanger
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... ID=9127029

360 through AC-30 amp modeling - some overdrive
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... ID=9127027

Bucksstudent wrote:

jingle_jangle wrote:...and your point is...?

I think you get it. The Ric is a fascinating instrument in many ways, but the fact that it's pigeonholed by the majority of guitarists, means that there's a limited market. Maybe you should encourage otherwise?

As I have said on other boards, there's a reason why George/John stopped using them when the Beatles made their best albums. There's a reason John McGuinn became less prominent in the Byrds on their last few albums - When they were diversifying themselves. What's the ratio of older Ric players versus younger ones?

Maybe you'd see more young kids, who want to be the next Jimi Hendrix or just an innovator, picking up a Ric if they were shown that it was more than just "sixties" music their dad listens to (Not just the Beatles - The sixties had it's fair share of really bad music too, just like any decade). I tried to do that with my Youtube video, but I also pointed out the negatives of the guitar, brand, etc because of my own experiences. Maybe I would not have done such a harsh thing if not provoked. I might even still have my Ric if I was shown a little more kindness from the Ric community (Excluding here - People have been tolerant so far; so far...).

Patrick:

A.) The ratio of older Ric players is higher is because RIC doesn't make $99 Indonesian Rickenbackers marketed towards younger "entry level" players
B.)Jimi Hendrix IS "sixties music [my] dad listens to"

This is one of my favorite lead guitar breaks ever, and it's done on a Rickenbacker...clean! (1:23-1:43)

collin wrote:This is one of my favorite lead guitar breaks ever, and it's done on a Rickenbacker...clean! (1:23-1:43)

YEAH BABY!!!

360girl wrote:I can understand some of the frustration the lead guitar players who have posted in this thread have. I've had times where I've been frustrated, not only with the mentality that many other players have about a Ric only being "good for rhythmn guitar," but that you can't play heavy rock with a 360. I ended up making off the cuff sound clips, back in Dec. 2008, for the posters in a long running meta-thread on HC called The Doom Room (it's main topics are doom, and stoner metal), to proove to them after they scoffed me for using my original jetglo 360 to play heavy rock & metal, that yes Virginia, Rics can do metal tones. It works - it just doesn't sound like your typical Les Paul, SG, or Super Strat. So what? Maybe I don't want my guitar sound to be like those guitars. Here are the clips I made, to shut up the Doom Roomers. They were done on the fly, with my first Ric - a jetglo 360. There is some repititiveness to the riffs, and a few clunkers. They are also kind of short in length, due to me direct uploading them to the HC Electric Guitar Forum (which does not allow large sound files), before I had a Soundclick account.


Metallic Tones
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... ID=9127028

Heavy Distortion With Flanger
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... ID=9127029

360 through AC-30 amp modeling - some overdrive
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... ID=9127027

Killer-tearing it up there Ellen!

Thanks! While, I've gotten more eclectic as I've gotten older, the Metals are still strong in me, due to having done most of my gigging as a lead guitarist in bands that performed a fair amount of metal songs (but not entirely metal music). There's something cool about raging away on a guitar at high gain. It's actually kind of theraputic after a rotten day at work!

If anybody needs more heavy Ric tuneage, let me know. I have instrumental numbers I've been working on for some time, that I need to record.

My point is this:

I do NOT believe that certain genres of music, can only be played on certain guitars (at least in the electric sense) are deemed "suitable" for those genres if music, by self appointed experts. Oftentimes, these "experts" base their "expertise" upon their own preferences/prejudices guitar-wise, and assume that everybody else should feel the same way. As I said earlier, not everybody wants to sound like Paige, Hetfield, Dimebag, Bonamassa (when he's playing heavy blues rock), Dino Cazares, etc. As I've gotten older, I've come to realize that I prefer to have my own heavy sound, and play those guitars, that bring a smile to my face. My 360 does that, so it's a winner in my book!

collin wrote:This is one of my favorite lead guitar breaks ever, and it's done on a Rickenbacker...clean! (1:23-1:43)

Did I play you the alternate takes from the 2002 remix and the 1998 Odds and Sods?

The posted version is from the 1994 Maximum R&B boxed set, which I love, absolutely.

Yep, had heard em too.

Still partial to this first High Numbers version big time (and the Eddie Holland Tamla Motown original)

360girl wrote: There's something cool about raging away on a guitar at high gain. It's actually kind of theraputic after a rotten day at work!

You said it !!! My sentiments exactly !!!
That's why I keep practice amps both upstairs and downstairs in the house, so whenever the need for "therapy" strikes me....

Here are The Beach Boys doing "Do You Wanna Dance" featuring Dennis Wilson lead vocals(rare) and Carl Wilson lead guitarist on his Rickenbacker 12 String .

Glenn

http://youtu.be/IJQRxExlmy8

larsongs wrote:Here are The Beach Boys doing "Do You Wanna Dance" featuring Dennis Wilson lead vocals(rare) and Carl Wilson lead guitarist on his Rickenbacker 12 String .

Glenn

http://youtu.be/IJQRxExlmy8

I have been advised that this was a lyp sync. I was having difficulty telling partly due to the Piano player that comes in mid way thru the Song and the weak picture. Still Carl did play a Ric 12 String on this & many others.

Who played Ric's first Carl or George?

Thanks,

Glenn

I think George beat Carl by about 6 months...

That video, in hindsight, reveals a lot of the Beach Boys' individual personalities, and (dare I say it?) destinies to me. Dennis could not be said to have shown any musical ability of any kind, judging from this clip, yet he wrote and performed some amazing songs toward the end of his short life. He and Mike Love, however, are already showing their deeply narcissistic natures--Dennis, the heartthrob, and Mike the Conquerer of Females. Mike, absent an instrument to play and stripped of his lead-singing duties for this one song, looks ridiculous and awkward bopping around on his pedestal. Mike, guys NEVER look good doing the Jerk--it was made for men to watch!

Carl still has his baby-fat face and you can see his sweet nature and how much he's utterly enjoying the band's young celebrity. Alan Jardine shows--er, nothing--which shouldn't surprise anyone; a conservatively-raised clean-cut cipher with an opportunistic blonde streak. Earlier rhythmer David Marks was sparkier, which is why Murray dumped him--he "backsassed". Moral--never "backsass" the "backassed".

Brian looks as he always did back then--a mask of confidence that is unconvincing, and deer-in-the-headlights just below the surface. He was soon to substitute disappearances for appearances.