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Paul Weller (minus his RIC, unfortunately) appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night:

http://tinyurl.com/paulwellerkimmel

However, Andy Lewis had his 4004 bass in force. He just visited this shop this morning and seems to be a great all 'round nice guy, as well as RIC enthusiast.

Way cool.

I don't think Weller gets his Ricks out often anymore.
He seems to have played the Casino an the SG for the last 20 years or so.
In an interview I read he advised against buying rickenbackers because "they aren't versatile".
Either he needs a Rick signature guitar or a good spanking to focus his attention on ricks again.

Great to see Weller going back to his Jam catalog.

johnhall wrote:However, Andy Lewis had his 4004 bass in force. He just visited this shop this morning and seems to be a great all 'round nice guy, as well as RIC enthusiast.

Andy seems like a cool guy. Friended him on Facebook. He always interacts or answers a question. He's also part of the Rickenbacker 4004 group on Facebook. He interacts there with us when he has the chance. He also loves his 3001.

wim wrote:I don't think Weller gets his Ricks out often anymore.
He seems to have played the Casino an the SG for the last 20 years or so.
In an interview I read he advised against buying rickenbackers because "they aren't versatile".
Either he needs a Rick signature guitar or a good spanking to focus his attention on ricks again.

Yes!! I can't think of a better Rickenbacker representative than Paul Weller! Where's his signature "XITS" 330?

More than any other Rickenbacker user it was Weller that made me want a 330. As a teenager I would salivate over Jam photos and videos that featured his once large stable of Rickenbackers.

From a recent Guitar World interview...

Let's talk about Rickenbacker guitars, which you used with The Jam. I read that when you got your first advance from the band's label in the late '70s, you bought as many Rickenbackers as you could afford. What are your updated thoughts on Rickenbacker guitars?

They’re great guitars, man, but they’re also sort of one-dimensional. They’re great for certain things, but they’ve really only got one sound to them. Yes, it’s a great sound, but probably the reason I stopped using them is because I wanted something with extra tones and dimensions to it. But I originally got into Rickenbackers for the same reason as a lot of people -- all my heroes used them. From Pete Townshend to The Beatles. And they look amazing, don’t they?

Yes, especially the 330 and 360. Speaking of which, I remember you were selling or auctioning off one of your Ricks -- a 330, I think -- about three or four years ago. What's the status of your Rick collection today? Do you still have most of the batch you bought in the ‘70s?

No, I haven’t, actually. I think I have only one or two of those left. Some I gave away, some got smashed, maybe some got stolen somewhere along the line. But I’ve kept a couple. I kept the first Rickenbacker I ever got, a little short-scale John Lennon-type model. And I’ve got a couple of 12-string models, which are really nice, and I’ve got a Pete Townshend model, which Pete gave me a few years ago. But that’s about it.

Cool video.

"Running on the Spot" sounds better with two Ricks though.