Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Word on the street is that Bob Rissi, designer of many Rickenbacker amplifiers as well as his own line of Risson Amplifiers, has shuffled off this mortal coil.

He was a nice fellow - a chatterbox, mind you, but a good guy - and he did some amp repairs for me when I was living in Orange County.

Let’s keep an eye out for an official obit or something, and link to it here.

Sorry to hear of Bob Rissi's passing.

Bob was a real character, super nice guy and extremely proud and enthusiastic about his involvement with the Rickenbacker Transonic amps.

I took him my Transonic 200 (ex-Doug Fieger, and now Gil Distanik’s) a few years ago for a complete service. Bob excitedly showed me what he claimed were the remnants of the Transonic heads used by Led Zeppelin during their ‘69 Tour and just talked about the Transonic series in general.

He’ll be missed for sure. The guys who were around back then and helped create the classic stuff we all love are few and far between these days.

Thanks Kenny, I am very sorry to hear of Bob's passing. While I did not know him he was a pioneer at RIC. He will certainly be missed. You can see a brief history of his work with Fender and Rickenbacker here.
Here is more information regarding Bob's Amplifiers.