Waiting On My First Rick!

WaitingOnRick · Post by **WaitingOnRick** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:22 pm

Hey all. I'm thrilled to be a new member here. Also, my first Rick is being delivered today, so that's kinda cool too... It's a used 620/6 from 2011, and I can see from tracking that it is no more than 10 miles from my home. Looking forward to many interesting discussions, so here's to Ricks!

WaitingOnRick · Post by **WaitingOnRick** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:23 pm

Whoa. Just got a call. The Rick is home!

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 2:20 pm

Welcome to the RRF!
Good start and congrats!

JakeK · Post by **JakeK** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 2:43 pm

Congrats on such a speedy acquisition. Welcome to the RRF, what a great way to start!

Ontario_RIC_fan · Post by **Ontario_RIC_fan** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 7:33 pm

Welcome Aboard Scott!

620s are my favorite RICs, A 2011 will have full length inlays.

Post some pics if you can. I never get tired of looking at them....

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:58 pm

Welcome to the RRF and congrats on the new 620. Ricks are kinda habit forming. So you can expect a lot of enabling here if you feel the itch to get a second.

JimK

WaitingOnRick · Post by **WaitingOnRick** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:36 pm

Ontario_RIC_fan wrote:Welcome Aboard Scott!

620s are my favorite RICs, A 2011 will have full length inlays.

Post some pics if you can. I never get tired of looking at them....

I will post pics when I get a chance.

Please explain the comment about full length inlays.

WaitingOnRick · Post by **WaitingOnRick** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:46 pm

Here's a photo I said I'd post. I replaced the standard R tailpiece with the trapeze.

Ontario_RIC_fan · Post by **Ontario_RIC_fan** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:13 am

WaitingOnRick wrote:Please explain the comment about full length inlays.

It's a feature on all new 620s since 2009 if I recall correctly.

It means the inlays go from one edge of the fret board to the other. Rickenbacker used to do them that way back in the 1960s but then stopped in the early 70s.

From 1972ish to 2008 the inlays were smaller triangles.

So my FG 1967 625 has the full length ones,

while my 1977 JG 620 and my 2002 BG 620 VB have the smaller triangles.

Your 620 looks great! Are you pleased with how it sounds? A Fender Deluxe Reverb is a great choice to play it through!

WaitingOnRick · Post by **WaitingOnRick** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:58 pm

Ontario_RIC_fan wrote: Your 620 looks great! Are you pleased with how it sounds? A Fender Deluxe Reverb is a great choice to play it through!

Sounds great.

Oskar · Post by **Oskar** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:15 am

Very nice guitar and congrats on your first Ric. Hopefully it will lead to others. I've always been a fan of the 610s, the plain jane version of the 620. For some reason Rickenbacker decided to stop making the 610s. I think if you can find one they're a great deal.

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