A truly silly thread... What does a RIC sound like?

[Ontario_RIC_fan]

I apologize in advance for this one!

Over the years, I scratched my head to come up with a word that describes the unique sound of a Rickenbacker guitar (620/610's in my case)...

The best word I could come up with was "Brrraaaannng"... You have to roll the R's, like the Scottish do in order to get the sense of it...

My RIC's always had a distinctive "Brrrraaannng" sound...

Anyone else invent a word to describe the sound of their guitar? Jingle-Jangle would be a cool one too for the 12 strings...

Brian

[kiramdear]

My 320 with hi-gains sounds like this when I have the settings right:

CHUNKA CHUNKA CHUNKA CHUNKA BOW BE BOW DE BOW DE BOW BOW GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE REEEEEEEEEEEEE DWEEEEdweedleedleeedleeeEEEEEEE WAAAAWAWAWA CHUNK KAH KAH KAAAAAH DWEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo ........(wait for it)........ KER-SPLAT!

well you said it was a silly thread

[scotty]

Mine sound like.BBBBRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!! then a shut up dad im watching tele here!!!!!!

[kiramdear]

Oh and I forgot about my 4001:

THUMP! SNARL! POP!

[antipodean]

My 660/12 sounds like gentle rainfall on a summer afternoon in Kauai.

My 4000 sounds like a bull-terrier with a really bad attitude after it's been stung by a wasp.

[cheyenne]

"Gank", "Clank", "Honk", "Growl" I hope this helps....

[JakeK]

Crash...crash...crash!!! SQEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL!

That would be the sound of my 1997 feeding back

[cjj]

Both my Rickenbacker basses (4001 & 4003) sound... well... just about perfect!

[captsandwich]

Mine sounds like RAWWWWRRRRRRRR!

Or maybe like YES! YES OH GOD, YES!!!! YYYYEEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!

[dog]

I can't seem to find the words

[kennyhowes]

Ritchie Fleiger, in his "Amps!" book, describes a Rickenbacker 12-string played through a Vox Super Beatle as sounding like "a blizzard of nails."

[scotty]

I also remember a Review of The jam from years ago where someone described Foxton`s Rickenbacker sounding like gravel thrown in a tin bath!

[manta]

Its like an angel's tongue stuck to a frosty sign post in winter.

T

[fireglo67]

The Rickenbacker sound is an undisputed pillar of popular music history.
The tone that breathes from the pickups (Higain or Toaster) is truly unique, and the maple construction and semi-hollow/solid body add their particular influence to the mix.
The vast tonal palette of a Rickenbacker is hugely underestimated. From a clean chiming jangle to an overdriving beast, every sound made is pure joy.
What does a Ric sound like?
Truly awesome, in the true sense of a rather over-used word.

or.


CCCHHHHRRRAAAAAAAANNNNNNG!

[jimk]

CCCHHHHRRRAAAAAAAANNNNNNG!

Oh yeah....the sound of The Chord, of course!

JimK