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"12" Step country
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:46 pm
by tito
I have recently seen a few guitarist in Country Bands using Rick 360/12's. It made me think. . ."are Ricks used by many county musicians?"
Does anyone have some insight and information to help me answer my question?
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 7:31 am
by ted_williams
Dwight Yoakam plays one.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:48 am
by joeyr
Yeah, some county musicians, but mostly municipal.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Seriously, I've noticed that recently. For years it was mostly brit rock/pop. I don't know why, but now it seems more country artists use rics, maybe it's jangle and twang -- twangle?
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:16 pm
by harley
Raul Malo of The Mavericks has used one (360/12 or 370/12, as has Mary Chapin Carpenter (a 620/12 with the original BlueBurst finish).
On a slightly related note, Dwight Yoakum is playing two different Casinos in his latest video ("Intentional Heartache").
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:20 pm
by wmthor
I was listening to a country station today (somewhere between Houston & Dallas) and they played a song that had the line "Roger McGuinn and his 12 string, a sound we've never heard." The station never mentioned the song or the artist after playing it.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:37 am
by xtone
I just spoke to Dwight's guitar tech, Steve Moore, and according to him, Dwight has 2 (1 Jet-Glo and 1 Fire-Glo) 360/6's. He hasn't used them in a while. Steve said the last time was for the FAST AS YOU video shoot with the Fire-Glo. He may not use them, but he won't sell them either!
That's the lowdown on DY's Rickenbackers.
Xtone
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:31 pm
by wmthor
If memory serves me right, DY used the 360 FG in the video of "Honky Tonk Man".
I also think a 360 was featured in Alan Jackson's video of "Mercury Blues".
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:28 pm
by jamesvwaal
Oh, sorry....I came to this thread thinking I would find info on a 12-Step program to rid myself of country-and-western music. Guess I'm mistaken.......NOT! ;>)
As I have mentioned before, Gurf Morlix, a former guitarist with Lucinda Williams, used a JetGlo 330/6. Don't know if he ever used a 12. I saw them on Austin City Limits years back and it was his tone through a tube amp that first got me interested in Rics.
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:46 pm
by admin
Then there is
Buck Owens.
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:19 am
by steverok
James, there is a DVD of Lucinda Williams from the "Car Wheels" tour, back in 1998, live from Austin City Limits. Is this the same show you saw ? You can look it up at amazon.com.
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:21 am
by steverok
James, there is a DVD of Lucinda Williams from the "Car Wheels" tour, back in 1998, live from Austin City Limits. Is this the same show you saw ? You can look it up at amazon.com.
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:12 am
by scoobster28
Oh, that is NOT nice Peter! Teasing me by posting innocent links to beautiful Lightshow guitars! Someday... someday
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:12 pm
by tito
BUCK OWENS!!!!
YES!
"I've got a tiger by the tail"
What is that little extra knob up yonder by the tail piece?
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:07 am
by shamustwin
Did Lucinda Williams play "I Can't Let Go?" My friend wrote that.
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:18 am
by wayang
I saw a Buck Owens signature American flag Telecaster in a local pawn shop this spring, reasonably priced...went back the next day and she was gone...
I ain't normally one to wave the flag, but that thing was cool...