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American Garage Rockers
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 2:18 pm
by dougp
Since many of these bands are very sixties-influenced, they seem to sport Rics more than musicians in most rock genres these days, so here's a thread on the subject ...
Last night I saw this band (major eye candy alert, guys!) from Portland at the Hemlock Tavern in SF:
http://www.thejolenes.com/
The pictures section on the website has a shot of the headstock of the singer/guitarist's 600-something (w/vintage pu's & knobs, so I'm not sure of the model # ... can someone here make an ID?)
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 2:47 pm
by jps
That looks like a 450 or 460, the moving pic of her playing makes it kind of hard to tell which it is.
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 7:00 pm
by wmthor
Looks like a 450 to me. The pictures section had a good shot of it along with the player's extended index finger.
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 11:01 am
by admin
Your digital analysis led to the right conclusion Richard. It surely is a Model 450. But what about the pickups?
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 11:30 am
by dougp
When I saw them onstage, the pickups looked like toasters to me. Could the guitar be one of the 450v63's from a few years back (I should've stuck around and asked her after the show)? The knobs & toasters match the one pictured on Mike Parks' Rickenbacker page.
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 11:32 am
by admin
Doug: Time for me to have another look with the magnifier.
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 4:34 pm
by wmthor
Peter, look at some of the other pics. The Ric appears to have toasters.
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 7:15 am
by ted_williams
Another Rickenbacker band to check out in this vein: Kilowatthours.
http://www.kilowatthours.com
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:30 am
by dougp
Latest installment: Muck And The Mires, from Boston. Apparently they won the battle-of-the-bands sponsored by the Steven V.Z. radio show, and sold all the ****** equipment that they won to finance the tour (I saw them at Thee Parkside in SF). Lead singer / rhythm guitarist plays a 325, although it wasn't very loud (which was good, because, as frequently happens with 325's, it was considerably out-of-tune at some points). Good rockin' 60s stuff, and bonus points for having the female drummer sing the encore of "Boys" while the boys in the band did all the "bop shoo wop"s.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 1:54 am
by jaymi
In both of the band links above, it is too bad the BASS players don't use Ricks...
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 6:06 pm
by johnashfield
My bands bass player uses a ric.
www.thebobbleheads.com
Shameless plug, I know!
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 6:10 pm
by rictified
Every band I play in has a Ric bass!
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 3:09 am
by iamthebassman
Hey, me too!
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:09 am
by rictified
haha!