Herm
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The zombies also used one.
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hungovermorning
Dr. Caveman.
Watch out, sometimes they're miserable on intonation. They seem kind of three trick guitars (mod, brit pop, power pop). Their basses definitely blow away their guitars for versatility.
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Rickson Gracie
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Theres a whole subculture of Ric enthusiasts out there. I own two: A 350v63 12 string AND 6 string! Theyre addicting. Open chords sound amazing through my Marshall 1974X, AC15...etc.
They are AWESOME rhythm guitars. Not that they cant be used for lead but Id rather play lead on my other guitars.
Very well built too!
Check out http://www.rickresource.com/discus/messages/7/7.html?1120521913
The Rickenbacker CEO is a regular poster there.
They are AWESOME rhythm guitars. Not that they cant be used for lead but Id rather play lead on my other guitars.
Very well built too!
Check out http://www.rickresource.com/discus/messages/7/7.html?1120521913
The Rickenbacker CEO is a regular poster there.
Sirnothingness
Banned
Get a Hondo instead.
noisedude
New member
Just before they hit big over here I was watching the Kaiser Chiefs at a local club and Whitey was using a Ricky ... every time since though he's hand a left-handed DotCardioidpotent said:
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drathbun
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Just to counter the perception that Rics are "less popular" than Fender, Gibson et al... I'd like to point out that Fender and Gibson (and most other guitar manuf) are assembly line operations. They produce thousands of guitars a day. They also have budget lines with factories in Korea, Phillipines, China, Japan, Mexico and Indonesia.
Rickenbacker is a family owned (John Hall and his wife own the company) business which manufactures hand-made guitars at ONE location in California. There are no other factories, no budget lines, and no budget models. They pride themselves on making a top quality instrument and taking the TIME to make it properly. The finish on my 4003fg took three days for RIC to complete.
So the point is, RICs are not plentiful, therefore, you don't see as many of them around. The quality is very high and the price (unbelievably) is competitive with comparative models from other companies. They are top notch instruments. I own a 1981 Ric 320JG and a 2005 4003FG. I also own a 2004 Fender American Deluxe 50th Anniversary Strat and the quality of the RICs is every bit the quality of the top of the line Fender product and yet isn't as expensive. Just try to find one in stock somewhere... now there's the problem!
Rickenbacker is a family owned (John Hall and his wife own the company) business which manufactures hand-made guitars at ONE location in California. There are no other factories, no budget lines, and no budget models. They pride themselves on making a top quality instrument and taking the TIME to make it properly. The finish on my 4003fg took three days for RIC to complete.
So the point is, RICs are not plentiful, therefore, you don't see as many of them around. The quality is very high and the price (unbelievably) is competitive with comparative models from other companies. They are top notch instruments. I own a 1981 Ric 320JG and a 2005 4003FG. I also own a 2004 Fender American Deluxe 50th Anniversary Strat and the quality of the RICs is every bit the quality of the top of the line Fender product and yet isn't as expensive. Just try to find one in stock somewhere... now there's the problem!
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schulteboy
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I don't know whether any big names are playing Rickenbackers these days. I remember that Rickenbacker had a comeback in the 80s. Pete Buck played Rics on REM's early albums and the Smithereens used them with an overdrive-tube amp sound. I think these guitars are often overlooked because most rock players often think that you either buy a strat for the Hendrix/Stevie Ray single coil sound or else you buy a Gibson or other humbucker model for the heavier sounds.