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Here's my Rickenbacker dedication story- In 1969 I saw the Hollies on the TOM JONES show ( I think it was a summer replacement TV series) doing their latest single, SORRY SUZANNE.Their guitar player was using a Ric 12, even though i don't think there's one on the record. It was just SO cool looking I decided to trade in my Custom Kraft strat-tele copy on a used maple-glo Rick 12 at our local music store. Naturally, I had to pay some extra, which was tough (I was 14)but I made it, bought it, and was in Hollies/Byrds/ Beatles heaven.
The next year Black Sabbath came out. I was rhythm guitarist in my band, and we started doing some BS stuff (pun intended). Since the only electric i had was my beloved Rick 12, I used it for the power chord rhythm parts w/ a Univox fuzztone. Can you imagine how that must have sounded? i think it probably dislodged some fillings at the school dance. Through a 4-10 Kustom amp, no less! Now THAT'S dedication!

I like my oatmeal with walnut bits and raisins.

Steve: I did something similar but waited 30 years to get my first Rickenbacker 12 string. When I did I couldn't resist pulling out all the stops. You can hear it here.

Well, Peter, what can I say? It doesn't sound like a Ric 12. I'm still trying to decide what it sounds like.

Paul- Yes, me too. Or all by itself. Walnuts and raisins are the way to go, once the gas prices come down again.It builds bodies 7 ways, you know. Does Rickenbacker make oatmeal, too? I think I'd like a Ricken-oater 12 string. Yes...I'd like that...

Stan: Take your pick, McCullough, Stihl or Husqvarna.

I wouldn't go that far, Peter, but close....maybe.

It sounds like a bluesman, maybe Clarence 'Big Glasses' Brown. I think the fuzz obscures the 12 string sound, but you can hear it on the ending chord as the distortion lessens. Good to hear some blues. Come on up to Boston Peter, I'll bring you to some blues jams.

Hey Peter- Yeah, the 12 string w/ fuzz is a winner! (he said sarcastically) Actually, you make it sound a lot more palatable than I did as a 15 year old. You're a trendsetter!

I don't have a recording of it handy, but I ran a Ric 12 through a distortion and a sped-up flanger for a Hammond organ thing once. It fooled some of the people some of the time.

Howdy,

I don't think i can top the Steve using a 360-12 for Black Sabbath covers, but I've got my own "dedicated" story.
20 years ago during my undergrad days at LSU, I used my new 320 "B" series (JG with gold pickguard and truss rod cover, toasters)as the LEAD guitarist in a small-time C&W group!
Usually I used my beat up Stratocaster, but after breaking a string, I always reached for my little black 320, with those 3 toaster top p/u's!
It was really cool for "Twist & Shout", as well as several CCR songs, especially "Green River", which this little guitar could NAIL. Never ever broke a string with that tiny little guitar.
Admittedly, it really wasn't .."right" for the job, but I did look and sound different

Respectfully,
Larry
PS: LOL, I must've been a sight with a little black 320 for lead in a redneck C&W outfit!

If it sounds right and makes you feel good 'cause you play well whenever it's in your hands, then who cares about clichés?

More power to those who break the mold, IMO.

In the eighties I played music at a place called The River Way Inn in Portland. I was a solo act in an aftan playing, among other things, Velvet Underground covers on a Rick 360/12. I got a lot of comments about that. Lou Reed would have probably kicked me.