Penny Lane Guestbook Archives

Comments: Whoa, I must've been off the site too long! Thanks to John W. & Pete McC...where would we MerseyBeat Rick-o-freaks be without youse guys??? Thanks for a forum for those of us who are not from the planet HumBuck2. Still playing the 360V64 and 610 5 nites a week...not bad for us old guys, huh? ...and to the eternal question...Yes, you can play blues and surf on Ricks...in fact, the people demand it! And on a more commercial note...am in search of a short-scale (30") 2PU Rick bass, any model - player, not collector. Plz e-mail if anyone is interested in selling one of these little gems this summer.

Comments: Am I right in saying that Chris Squire used a Rickenbacker bass for the punchy lines in all the early Yes albums? How great it would be to re-create that sound at home!

Comments: great guitar bought from mannys nyny dec 1980 20yrs of great sound a pleasure to play

Comments: Great site!....Best guitar site on the net hands down. There is just something more personal about Rickenbackers. -Thanks Peter for your hard work and devotion!

Comments: Cheers!! Just started reading this forum and am happy to find others who are into Rics as I am. My band, UHF, play and record with Rics almost exclusively and I'm considering buying another soon!! The 381 is my main guit ... its got amazing tone and looks like a million dollars ... it was willed to me by a friend who passed away a few years ago. He was only 26 and died of cancer. So that guitar is really special to me!! The main influences for our band is the Who, Kinks, and a band that played Rics occasionally but is rarely mentioned, the Small Faces. Check out our website if you like, we have some songs up there, all recorded with Rics!! We use Ric-O-Sound for all sorts of cool stereo effects, too !! Sincerely, Jordan

Comments: I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one with a Ric addiction. I looked and listened to my Mom's Beatles' and Byrds' records as a child and always wondered what made those stunning sounds. When I found out John Lennon played a Rickenbacker, I had to have one. I got my first 320 when I was 13 years-old and haven't stopped playing it since. Later I scraped together the cash for a new 325v59 and use it at every gig. Now I have 5 of them and don't see an end in sight. Thanks for a great site.

Comments: My son Gavin Thorpe and I have visited Penny Lane and had our picture taken at the above sign. A marvellous experience. If you are a Beatles fan you have to go on the Magical Mystery Tour if you visit the swinging city of Liverpool My Ricky 4003 bass is absolute heaven since we met I have discarded all my other 5 basses

Comments: Hi, I love your sight. I didn't realize that there were so many Rickenbacker fanatics!! I Love It!!!!!! Thanks

Comments: Great Site! Love the Beatles information.

Comments: This is probably the best part of all my gear.

Comments: Great website. Greetings from Cologne/Germany

Comments: I love your web page. I had John Entwislte sign my ric bass at a local gig he did near Philadelphia about 2 years ago. It plays great.

Comments: I formed the first Brian Jones Fan Club in 1995, known as The Brian Jones Appreciation Society.

Comments: This page is cool.

Comments: w/ 2 toggles, 4 Vols. (1 each for main 3 pickups & 1 for acoustic pickup installed under bridge) No presence or tone dials -ie: original 'BYRD' wiring My Ric-12 was custom-built, run thru the line by F.C.Hall himself. NO other 12 sounds like a Ric! Especially since a Ric is the only 12 that's strung the RIGHT way! Note: for more info and photo, go to "What Goes On."

Comments: Great site,better than the official Ric site in my opinion.I belong to a Church subscription page called Seance,seems as there's a ton of Rickage amongst our membership.I guess that can blamed upon Church guitarist Marty Willson-Piper.I was frst bitten by McGuinn(who has since autographed my 330)and Fogerty,later Petty and Weller,Petey Buck,Mitch Easter,MWP,loads of fringe guys...Masuak,Fred Sonic Smith...that instrument just does it for me...there's nothing like a Ric!Sound or vision! Here's the URL of that fateful night Jim McGuinn did the deed... http://homestead.juno.com/mapslegends/files/pictures.htm http://www.angelfire.com/celeb/mitcheaster

Comments: Just discovered Ricks after 25 years playing other major brands. Always knew they were good, just didn't realise how good. Now I am definitely a Ric person.

Comments: Finally! An intelligent site on my beloved instruments. Informative, classy with tons of info. Thanks much!

Comments: Keep up the good work on this site, it's really 'fab'!

Comments: Just an update to declare my total love and devotion to my 660/12FG with the vintage toaster re-issues. What a nice guitar it is. Thanks, Peter, for an interesting and fun website.

Comments: I don't own any Rick's but I sure do like them!

Comments: This site is great! It's cool to "hang out" with other Rick fans!

Comments: great material. super format

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Comments: I have never been more enthusiastic of any other guitar than of Roger's signature model ! Long live the jingle jangle sound.