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Re: So whats the must have rickenbacker ?
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:13 am
by jimk
The various answers all depend on how the original question was interpreted. It could be interpreted as "So whats the must have rickenbacker [for you, personally]?" or "So whats the must have rickenbacker [generally speaking]?" I answered in the latter sense. Either way, it makes for an interesting thread.
JimK
Re: So whats the must have rickenbacker ?
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:32 pm
by Tom Patterson
Mine is (any color) 4008 and an FL 3001
Re: So whats the must have rickenbacker ?
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:20 am
by berth
An RB-30 and a 4003 MID/BT.
Re: So whats the must have rickenbacker ?
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:37 am
by admin
A wonderful question. No matter how many Rickenbackers I have had the opportunity to experience over the years, I have come to learn that the "must have" is the one that I am playing.
Each one calls to me for one reason or another.
The lure of history, tone, look and feel is to be found in all of them. Now how many can I afford? That is the question.
At the end of the day, I have the good fortune to have a 4003, a 350 and a 360/12. Each one played often with the scars to prove it. Life is short jangle on.
Re: So whats the must have rickenbacker ?
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:43 am
by JakeK
My must-have Ric: a 1993/12 or 360/12V66
THE must-have Ric: I'm with Collin, a 300 something hollowbody.
Re: So whats the must have rickenbacker ?
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:15 pm
by 4003
4080 in Jetglo, 700C (had a factory one and let it go, still waiting for the replacement from PW), 381. I will be content when I have those three in my collection.
Re: So whats the must have rickenbacker ?
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:19 pm
by rickenbrother
Is there really ONE must have Rickenbacker? At least one of each would be the ultimate "Must Have" in my opinion!
Re: So whats the must have rickenbacker ?
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:33 pm
by jps
rickenbrother wrote:Is there really ONE must have Rickenbacker?
Yes, and whatever that ONE is it
must be JETGLO!
Re: So whats the must have rickenbacker ?
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:46 pm
by rickenbrother
jps wrote:rickenbrother wrote:Is there really ONE must have Rickenbacker?
Yes, and whatever that ONE is it
must be JETGLO!
This is very
TRUE!
...and I'm still drooling over Paul W's 4003FLPW Shadow!!
Re: So whats the must have rickenbacker ?
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 12:04 pm
by dcflash
At least one of every model
Re: So whats the must have rickenbacker ?
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:51 pm
by bosco64
rickenbrother wrote:jps wrote:rickenbrother wrote:Is there really ONE must have Rickenbacker?
Yes, and whatever that ONE is it
must be JETGLO!
This is very
TRUE!
...and I'm still drooling over Paul W's 4003FLPW Shadow!!
+1000!!!!
Re: So whats the must have rickenbacker ?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:29 am
by Matt Clark
Love me some 620. But if you want the classic RIC sounds... 360
Re: So whats the must have rickenbacker ?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:46 am
by Folkie
I'm up in the air between the Fireglo 330/12 and the Fireglo 360/12. Both of them are beautiful instruments with a sound that screams Rickenbacker!
Re: So whats the must have rickenbacker ?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:41 pm
by jimk
Go for the brass ring and get the 360/12. You'll love all the possibilities with Rick-O-Sound capability.
JimK
Re: So whats the must have rickenbacker ?
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:12 am
by bvstudios
it took me 38 years too long to actually break down and do it, but my vote is still a Maple 370/12. Now that I have it, I find myself wishing I'd made the leap a couple of decades ago...... It's always been my favorite, in sound look AND feel, and when my wife offered to buy me a guitar as my retirement present, it was the first and only guitar that came to mind....