This is a rather nice demo of what one can do with a 340:
I found it when looking for something to play on my 340...
Anyone have 8'500 USD, as that's what they list it for!
Re: YouTube: '66 340
Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 8:34 am
by admin
Werner: A priceless demo. Thoroughly enjoyable. What a hoot!
Re: YouTube: '66 340
Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 8:47 am
by cjj
Must be fake, everyone knows you just can't play that kind of music on a Rick...
Fun vid, thanks for posting it!
Re: YouTube: '66 340
Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 8:51 am
by electrofaro
admin wrote:Thoroughly enjoyable.
Yeah!
The guy brings a smile to my face - having fun with the guitar and simply throwing stuff out, enjoying the sounds!
Re: YouTube: '66 340
Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 8:54 am
by scotty
One of the best demos ive seen this guy is wired!
Re: YouTube: '66 340
Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 10:10 am
by robbo63
I love watching this guy's videos. He really does the Ricks justice, and his personality is a kick.
Re: YouTube: '66 340
Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 1:22 am
by scott_s
His guitar demos have been making the rounds at the TDPRI as well. Phil X is a guy who enjoys what he does!
Re: YouTube: '66 340
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 5:55 am
by jfine
Really cool! I've seen that guy on YouTube before, and I always thought he was kind of goofy, but he plays well, and he's not a bad singer either! And he's getting some great tones out of that 340. I wonder if he knew that the "up" position on the pickup selector on 3-pickup Ricks is the neck and middle pickups together, and you can't get the neck pickup by itself. You can sure hear it on the demo. Having a hotter bridge pickup seems to be the trick to getting good tones out of a Rick--I recently played a new 370 that had a bridge pickup that was half the volume of the other two, and that won't work, not for me anyway. I've got to have them equal, or maybe the bridge pickup a bit hotter. I've always wanted to wire one of those up with the blend knob controlling the volume of the middle pickup only, and the switch selecting neck, bridge, or both.
Re: YouTube: '66 340
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:27 pm
by Len
That guy is great, very entertaining. I love his demos.
I want the Tonemaster!
Re: YouTube: '66 340
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 9:52 am
by rkbsound
Less than 5 made in 1966? How does he know that for certain?
Re: YouTube: '66 340
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 9:55 am
by jps
Len wrote:I want the Tonemaster!
+1
Re: YouTube: '66 340
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 12:19 pm
by paologregorio
jfine wrote:Really cool! . . . . .Having a hotter bridge pickup seems to be the trick to getting good tones out of a Rick--I recently played a new 370 that had a bridge pickup that was half the volume of the other two, and that won't work, not for me anyway. I've got to have them equal, or maybe the bridge pickup a bit hotter. I've always wanted to wire one of those up with the blend knob controlling the volume of the middle pickup only, and the switch selecting neck, bridge, or both.
I really enjoyed this guy's demo as well.
A completely agree that a hot bridge pickup is key. I've had two toasters custom wound to 14K on a couple of my Ricks by Sergio Silva, and they really kick!
Re: YouTube: '66 340
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 2:01 pm
by electrofaro
jfine wrote:I recently played a new 370 that had a bridge pickup that was half the volume of the other two, and that won't work, not for me anyway.
Are the 340 and 370 supposed to be like that? My 340 gives off same level on all three settings - louder on all settings than my 360 as well!
