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V63 Question
Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:23 am
by cheyenne
I've really been into my V63 since I removed the horseshoes. I was wondering though,,,do the V63's have the cap or not?
Just curious.
My V has very deep bottom end with crisp highs, but not much in mids. Whereas the 4003's I have seem to be more "balanced" throughout the spectrum.
Maybe its just the toaster \ horseshoe combination ?
Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:26 pm
by jnbass
its those damn shoes!-you be better off if you give 'em to me...
Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:34 pm
by david_donlon
I have read that the v63's don't have the cap.
My v63 did not sound as hot and trebly as my c64S does now. It also had a weaker toaster, and much more bass from the horsehoe. I bought it from GC in 2000, but it was a '98, so who knows what kind of abuse it had taken there. I'm sure mine didn't have a cap anyway.
Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:55 pm
by ilan
According to Rickenbacker's website, the v63 doesn't have the cap (
diagram) and the C64 has it (C3 in
this diagram).
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 1:24 am
by leftyguitars
Interesting that the C64 drawing is dated 1990 and the V63 1993.
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:08 am
by rickaddict
My '98 V63 was born without the cap, my '03 C64S was born with the cap.
Long live the shoeless horseshoe!
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:52 am
by fran4001
No cap in either the '94 V63 or the '91 CS, for me.
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:55 am
by teeder
No cap in my '93 V63.
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:29 pm
by jnbass
V63-uncapped...
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 5:53 pm
by rickfan63
My V63 was made in 1988. I bought it used from Pick of the Ricks, and there is no cap there. I glad of it too, I don't like the cap at all. I also uncapped my C64 too. It sounds much better to my ears now.
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:09 pm
by thx1955
v63's were made without the cap.
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:23 am
by teeder
Hey Jim,
Here's another FG V63 in case you need another!
http://www.gbase.com/Stores/Gear/GearDetails.aspx?Item=1587896
A little pricey, and what's with the "original soft case"?
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:52 am
by henry5
Scott, I think it's just the horseshoe/toaster combo. My CS (and old V63 for that matter) were the same when compared to a friend's 4003; as I posted recently I lent him my CS at a gig and he played both that and his 4003 and the 4003 seemed to have quite a bit more in the mids.