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Lead guitarists playing a rickenbacker 6 string?
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:55 am
by westtexasrickenbacker
Such Beautiful guitars! I was wondering about great lead players endorsing Rickenbackers.
Huge fan of the company, but can anyone out there fill me in on great players cutting classic solos on a Rickenbacker?
If not so many, why not?
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:34 am
by firstbassman
This topic has been discussed before. If you do a search you will find it.
A QUICK list off the top of my head - George Harrison, Roger McGuinn, John Kay, John Fogerty, Mike Campbell, etc. etc. etc.
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:43 am
by bitzerguy
ummm... just some more quickies: Pete Townsend, Peter Buck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Kenny Howes (you owe me one Kenny).
...Dean
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:22 am
by sloop_john_b
Joe Walsh on his 230GF. Paul Weller played some leads on his 330's. Me!
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:58 am
by shamustwin
Not a great lead player, but he manages.
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:45 pm
by nab
Dean,
What did Stevie Ray use RIC-wise? This is (cool) news to me...
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:00 pm
by randyz
Jack: Stevie Ray played an old Capri. Someone has a photo that they've posted in several other threads.
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:08 pm
by nab
Thanks, will look. I'd love to see that!
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:37 pm
by shamustwin
I got these from this forum a while ago
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:54 pm
by winston
Don't tell anyone but I understand that guitar was the secret to his unique sound that nobody else seems to be able to precisely duplicate with a FFFFFFFender. Shhhhh! This has to be kept quite otherwise RIC will be inundated with orders and we will be left out in the cold.
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:00 pm
by longhouse
Marty Willson-Piper (the Church, All About Eve, Noctorum), Paul Weller (Jam, solo), Hilton Valentine (the Animals), Johnny Marr (Smiths, The The, Pretenders, etc.), etc...
I solo on mine all the time.
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:05 am
by nab
thanks for the pix, Jerry. Saw him several times, but no RICs around, unfortunately.
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:19 am
by admin
Others have tried Rickenbacker from time to time as well.
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:44 pm
by woodsgirl
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:39 pm
by winston
Some on that list are suspect in my view but hey, maybe old Ed knows something that I don't.