Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Since Rickenbacker stopped making them it seems like used ones have doubled or tripled in price.Is it possible to buy or make something equivelent?

there is a seller on eBay from the UK that makes a ricbox thingy.

why does RIC still make guitars with the ric-o-sound but no box ?

Damon Davis wrote:there is a seller on eBay from the UK that makes a ricbox thingy.

why does RIC still make guitars with the ric-o-sound but no box ?

Hi Damon!I found this thread in which Mr Hall explains why they don't make them anymore

do those posts say why the outputs are still ric-o-sound ?

that"s all I want to know.

Hi Mitch,

You don't really need a Rick-O-Sound "box" to separate your neck and bridge pickups on your Rick-O-Sound Rickenbacker guitar.

All you need is a 6" HOSA, shielded "Y"-cable. Make sure you get HOSA model # YPP117. This cable is probably available at Musicians' Friend on the internet for the incredibly low price of six or seven dollars!!

Simply plug the phono-jack end of the Y-cable into the ROS jack of your guitar. Then you can plug in two guitar cords into the the two female ends of the Y-cable and run the 2 cords into two separate amps. Use the fifth knob on your guitar to balance out the sound of your neck and bridge pickups....You'll get a nice spacious sound from the two amps.

all the best...Ron

RonLovesRic12strings wrote:Hi Mitch,

You don't really need a Rick-O-Sound "box" to separate your neck and bridge pickups on your Rick-O-Sound Rickenbacker guitar.

All you need is a 6" HOSA, shielded "Y"-cable. Make sure you get HOSA model # YPP117. This cable is probably available at Musicians' Friend on the internet for the incredibly low price of six or seven dollars!!

Simply plug the phono-jack end of the Y-cable into the ROS jack of your guitar. Then you can plug in two guitar cords into the the two female ends of the Y-cable and run the 2 cords into two separate amps. Use the fifth knob on your guitar to balance out the sound of your neck and bridge pickups....You'll get a nice spacious sound from the two amps.

all the best...Ron

Thanks alot Ron.I will try it!

The Y cable works. You can also make your own Rick-O-Sound box pretty easily.

Butch Ammons at Bayou Audio Cables sells a stereo splitter box: http://www.bayoucables.com/bayouosound-box-p-222.html

Here's a link to another Y cable:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/IPBQ2Q20/

here's the one I use; 20 feet long for about $35 retail, good quality. mono amp plugs marked tip and ring, stereo on the bass end.

Wow, Kira, that's pretty darn good; the Bayou Cables box is already $20 by itself; add cables and it's more than your Y cord!

That's how I figured it, and it's all unified and shrinkwrapped nicely, probably quieter than three cables and a box. It's the Bananas Music, their house brand, usually on sale and good quality.

That looks like the cable from Sweetwater I posted the link to, Kira.

Here's one I just ordered.


JimK

Thanks for the help.I am goning to see what they have at my local shop or Guitar Center. Now I have 2 little amps to try it on.

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