No, I don't like The Beatles...

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Re: No, I don't like The Beatles...

Post by BoringPostcards » Thu Mar 30, 2023 5:46 am

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It's not the end of the world (as we know it)
Cheeky bugger :P
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Re: No, I don't like The Beatles...

Post by sal paradise » Thu Mar 30, 2023 5:49 am

The king of comedy.
I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion?

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Re: No, I don't like The Beatles...

Post by JSett » Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:06 am

sal paradise wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 5:49 am
The king of comedy.
I know, right? It's amazing that I manage to hold down a job and spend so much time talking about guitars what with my residency at The Apollo to deal with ::)
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Re: No, I don't like The Beatles...

Post by Larry Mal » Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:10 am

JSett wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 1:33 am


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All that bare wood and plastic and total lack of shielding there are reminding me why I traded my Ric on. There aren't even braided wires from the pickups.

Not to badmouth your guitar, my environment was very noisy, and traded the guitar for a nice, quiet Gibson L-00.
Back in those days, everyone knew that if you were talking about Destiny's Child, you were talking about Beyonce, LaTavia, LeToya, and Larry.

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Re: No, I don't like The Beatles...

Post by fuzzjunkie » Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:11 am

JSett wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:06 am
sal paradise wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 5:49 am
The king of comedy.
I know, right? It's amazing that I manage to hold down a job and spend so much time talking about guitars what with my residency at The Apollo to deal with ::)
Have you ever accidentally started to tattoo a guitar you’ve been daydreaming about on someone before realizing that you were supposed to be etching a chain smoking bunny on their flesh instead?

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Re: No, I don't like The Beatles...

Post by Jonesie » Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:14 am

fuzzjunkie wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:11 am
JSett wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:06 am
sal paradise wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 5:49 am
The king of comedy.
I know, right? It's amazing that I manage to hold down a job and spend so much time talking about guitars what with my residency at The Apollo to deal with ::)
Have you ever accidentally started to tattoo a guitar you’ve been daydreaming about on someone before realizing that you were supposed to be etching a chain smoking bunny on their flesh instead?
Fuck, if I go to the UK I'm now getting a chain smoking bunny with a Ric tattoo.

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Re: No, I don't like The Beatles...

Post by JSett » Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:17 am

Point of note:

Rickenbacker forums/FB groups are a weird place. The mere suggestion of modifying a 'precious' Ric gets them clutching pearls like a 50's housewife.

Unless you're modifying to early specs (ie: Beatles specs)...then they're all for it. What a bunch of dorks.
Silly Rabbit, don't you know scooped mids are for kids?

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Re: No, I don't like The Beatles...

Post by JSett » Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:20 am

Larry Mal wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:10 am
All that bare wood and plastic and total lack of shielding there are reminding me why I traded my Ric on. There aren't even braided wires from the pickups.

Not to badmouth your guitar, my environment was very noisy, and traded the guitar for a nice, quiet Gibson L-00.
I was surprised by that as well, very sparse on the noise reduction. This is why I'm thinking about HB1's as I play a lot of noisy venues.
fuzzjunkie wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:11 am
Have you ever accidentally started to tattoo a guitar you’ve been daydreaming about on someone before realizing that you were supposed to be etching a chain smoking bunny on their flesh instead?
I haven't, but my mind does often drift onto guitars on particularly long and boring sessions like blacking out tribal tattoos (yes, some people still get that shit!)
Jonesie wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:14 am
Fuck, if I go to the UK I'm now getting a chain smoking bunny with a Ric tattoo.
It would be an honour :D :D
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Re: No, I don't like The Beatles...

Post by Jonesie » Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:24 am

JSett wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:20 am
Larry Mal wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:10 am
All that bare wood and plastic and total lack of shielding there are reminding me why I traded my Ric on. There aren't even braided wires from the pickups.

Not to badmouth your guitar, my environment was very noisy, and traded the guitar for a nice, quiet Gibson L-00.
I was surprised by that as well, very sparse on the noise reduction. This is why I'm thinking about HB1's as I play a lot of noisy venues.
fuzzjunkie wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:11 am
Have you ever accidentally started to tattoo a guitar you’ve been daydreaming about on someone before realizing that you were supposed to be etching a chain smoking bunny on their flesh instead?
I haven't, but my mind does often drift onto guitars on particularly long and boring sessions like blacking out tribal tattoos (yes, some people still get that shit!)
Jonesie wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:14 am
Fuck, if I go to the UK I'm now getting a chain smoking bunny with a Ric tattoo.
It would be an honour :D :D
I'm probably going to Edinburgh in the next year or so to go to a friend's wedding. Let's see if I can negotiate a few extra days to travel your country to head down to see you. My wife wanted to head to London anyways. Seems like it's a hike out to you, but I'll see if we could swing it...

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Re: No, I don't like The Beatles...

Post by JSett » Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:47 am

Jonesie wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:24 am
I'm probably going to Edinburgh in the next year or so to go to a friend's wedding. Let's see if I can negotiate a few extra days to travel your country to head down to see you. My wife wanted to head to London anyways. Seems like it's a hike out to you, but I'll see if we could swing it...
We're actually not too bad from London. If you're using trains it's just one line out from central London Waterloo Station and takes about 45 minutes.
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Re: No, I don't like The Beatles...

Post by andy_tchp » Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:37 pm

JSett wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:17 am
Point of note:

Rickenbacker forums/FB groups are a weird place. The mere suggestion of modifying a 'precious' Ric gets them clutching pearls like a 50's housewife.

Unless you're modifying to early specs (ie: Beatles specs)...then they're all for it. What a bunch of dorks.
Haha, yep. And don't dare mention anything about poor build quality.
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Re: No, I don't like The Beatles...

Post by OffYourFace » Thu Mar 30, 2023 7:33 pm

just for the fck of it, you should wire the neck pickup straight to the jack and see how it sounds. But yeah, mod away.

I have to get a 360 now, I'm too obsessed. Need to sell shit tho

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Re: No, I don't like The Beatles...

Post by Fiddy » Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:45 pm

OffYourFace wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 7:33 pm
just for the fck of it, you should wire the neck pickup straight to the jack and see how it sounds. But yeah, mod away.

I have to get a 360 now, I'm too obsessed. Need to sell shit tho
You seem like a man of culture. A Greco RG-850 is what you want. ;D

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Re: No, I don't like The Beatles...

Post by JSett » Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:14 pm

tribi9 wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:45 pm
A Greco RG-850 is what you want. ;D
I'd love one of these, always been a Greco fan.
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Re: No, I don't like The Beatles...

Post by øøøøøøø » Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:20 am

Larry Mal wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:10 am
JSett wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 1:33 am


Image
All that bare wood and plastic and total lack of shielding there are reminding me why I traded my Ric on. There aren't even braided wires from the pickups.

Not to badmouth your guitar, my environment was very noisy, and traded the guitar for a nice, quiet Gibson L-00.
The gray wire is shielded.

You can see the shield terminate at the pot casings

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