I believe that most of forum-ites of my vintage (age 58)are well aware of British Invasion (Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, etc.) and American artists (Jefferson Airplane, etc.) that used the 360/12 back in the '60s. How about now? Who are the musicians using more recent 360/12s with high-gain pickups? Are there styles of music to which you feel they are ideally suited?
Re: Modern Artists Playing 360/12 High-Gains
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:42 pm
by jimk
The guitarist for The Desert Rose Band used a Blue Boy 660/12. I think this was back in the '80s, however. I think Rick 12s work real well in country music.
JimK
Re: Modern Artists Playing 360/12 High-Gains
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:53 pm
by JakeK
ethanrusso wrote:How about now? Who are the musicians using more recent 360/12s with high-gain pickups? Are there styles of music to which you feel they are ideally suited?
There is this artist named James R. "Jim" Krause.
All kidding aside (still love you, Jim!) I don't know of any modern artists who use Rics. Then again, my head is stuck in 1979 and before... Maybe Pearl Jam has used a Ric?
Re: Modern Artists Playing 360/12 High-Gains
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:01 am
by jimk
JakeK wrote:
There is this artist named James R. "Jim" Krause.
All kidding aside (still love you, Jim!) I don't know of any modern artists who use Rics. Then again, my head is stuck in 1979 and before... Maybe Pearl Jam has used a Ric?
Aw shucks.....
I sorta fudged my reply about Desert Rose. Because 660 guitars have toasters. So I guess it doesn't count on two levels; 1. they were active back in the '80s, and 2. he's playing a 660/12. So.....nevermind.
JimK
Re: Modern Artists Playing 360/12 High-Gains
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:35 am
by sloop_john_b
Jim, that's not a 660/12, that's a refinished 450/12 with an added pickup, and all three pickups appear to be toasters.
Re: Modern Artists Playing 360/12 High-Gains
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:40 am
by sloop_john_b
I'm gonna go 1980-present here: Johnny Marr (The Smiths), Jeff Buckley, Peter Buck (REM), Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie), Michael Mogis (Bright Eyes/Monsters of Folk), Ed O'Brien (Radiohead), Chris Martin (Coldplay), and James Honeymann-Scott (The Pretenders) have all used 12'ers with higains, and there are certainly some more modern acts I'm missing. Does the guy from Rise Against use a 12'er maybe?
Re: Modern Artists Playing 360/12 High-Gains
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:41 am
by jimk
sloop_john_b wrote:Jim, that's not a 660/12, that's a refinished 450/12 with an added pickup, and all three pickups appear to be toasters.
Thanks for the correction. I'm not up on my older style Ricks, I guess.
I was going to list Richard X. Heyman. However I just checked his website, and several photos I could find with him and a Rick seem to show him playing a 365 with toasters. (Is that right, a 365=a 360 + Accent vibrato?)
But I hit the jackpot on this one: One of the guys in The Byrds Collective has been photographed onstage with a jetglo 360/6 with hi-gains.
Oh, and in the same group, Dave "Croz" Michaels has been photographed on stage playing a 360/12 with hi-gains.
JimK
Re: Modern Artists Playing 360/12 High-Gains
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:06 pm
by paologregorio
I dunno about a 360/12 with hi gains, but modern bands (this decade) using Ricks include Interpol, Kasabian, and the Bravery.
Bernard Sumner played a newer 360/12 FG during a live New Order version of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'. Not sure if he used it much beyond that, as I caught the live footage of only that song on YouTube. Good to see them playing a real Rickenbacker after all this time...Hooky played a Hondo copy back in the Joy Division days.
