My Rickenbacker recipe of the day

[CS]

Talking of which, a mate came over last week to try my LP as he had never played one and developed rather an obsession. He didnt like it. Too heavy. So I handed him the 360. Afterwards he tells his wife that she could sell her Washburn acoustics and buy a Rickenbacker. She wasnt convinced that it was in her interests to do so.

Oh and he really liked the ES125...

What’s wrong with her?? Unless 5the Washburns are Brazilian rosewood parlour size from the 30s, this sounds like a great plan!!

Ric GAS intensifying...


Oh, and....hands off the 125!!!!

Well, you were offered one.

[CS]

The 600 models are cool, but pretty small guitars . I'm over 6 ft and it felt like a kids guitar. (a friend laughed that a 620 I had looked like Prince's Rickenbacker). The 610 is the non deluxe version of a 620 (no binding, dots).

They really are small. I'm not even a big guy and when I saw one in person for the first time I was surprised by how small it is.

I will use this thread to talk about my 480 since it's a Rick, a 6-string and an offset. This is a 70s-80s guitar and let me tell you those pickups are HOT. 12k in the neck, 14k in the bridge. It is a 100% Maple guitar and that combination produces a very angry sound, it has the best "both pickups" sound of any guitar I own and sounds nothing like what you'd expect from a Rickenbacker.

Nice, very Kasabian.

[zhivago]

Well, you were offered one.

I'm coming to collect next time!!

[CS]