The Rickenbacker thread
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+1, fuzzjunkie..great story.
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The necks don’t really get wider, which some people read as “narrow nut” (Although some12 strings can feel tiny). I like the smaller frets.Larry Mal wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2019 7:23 pmImmediately upon getting a Ric I measured the nut, and found mine to have the same nut width as my AVRI Fenders. The neck stayed pretty narrow as it traveled to the body, still, it was nothing like what I had heard. I found a Ric to be a joy to play.
I couldn't get the R tailpiece off there fast enough.
The R tailpiece isn’t great. Trick: You can tape the strings in with painters tape (especially on 12 strings) when restringing. I also keep some dental floss around to pull the ball end back into the slot if it unseats while stringing (my 330 has a couple of crappy string slots).
I also don’t think they’re especially expensive (330, 360s are usually on par with American offsets used, even cheaper), it’s just that there are no entry level models.
I’d be curious about how the toasters sound. The current ones supposedly are closer to the vintage ones; the ones in my 370 are basically (exactly?) hi gains with different covers.
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Beautiful guitars, but the neck not getting appreciably wider thing is a dealbreaker for me. I’ve played a few with chunkier necks that I could probably get used to, but yeah.
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About the R tailpiece: I use a capo to keep the strings in place while I wind them up: put the ball-end in the slot, then hold the string in place with a capo placed on the fifth fret, then wind the string. Remove capo, start again. I do something similar when I'm changing strings on bigsby equipped guitars.
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Those are good tips! Thanks!cestlamort wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 8:24 am
The R tailpiece isn’t great. Trick: You can tape the strings in with painters tape (especially on 12 strings) when restringing. I also keep some dental floss around to pull the ball end back into the slot if it unseats while stringing (my 330 has a couple of crappy string slots).
I also don’t think they’re especially expensive (330, 360s are usually on par with American offsets used, even cheaper), it’s just that there are no entry level models.
I’d be curious about how the toasters sound. The current ones supposedly are closer to the vintage ones; the ones in my 370 are basically (exactly?) hi gains with different covers.
I definitely want to get a pair of those Creamery toasters for my 330. I think the '63s are more what I am after. The prices aren't bad at all and are cheaper than new Rick ones. I believe that will be the first thing I change.
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I just put the string in the slot, pull it, and hold it with the thumb of my opposite hand while fishing it through the tuner with the other. I never got the gripe about restringing it, or Bigsbys for that matter. I've had both and it takes maybe an extra 30 seconds in total, big deal.
The thing that irritated me about the 'R' was that the string spacing doesn't match the bridge. It's just one of those things that's always annoyed me, and they never changed it. The trapeze lines up perfectly.
The thing that irritated me about the 'R' was that the string spacing doesn't match the bridge. It's just one of those things that's always annoyed me, and they never changed it. The trapeze lines up perfectly.
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I ended up just hauling the R tailpiece off there and bought a trapeze tailpiece from Winfield Vintage here.
Between that, the Mastery bridge that locks to the body, and locking tuners, I had a guitar that was as easy to change strings with as can possibly be.
How I brought myself to trade that I don't know, but I really prefer the L-00 so I guess I made the right call.
Between that, the Mastery bridge that locks to the body, and locking tuners, I had a guitar that was as easy to change strings with as can possibly be.
How I brought myself to trade that I don't know, but I really prefer the L-00 so I guess I made the right call.
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I love the look of the R tailpiece...but I had a Winfield and it definitely was easier.
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I owned a Jetglo 620, bought it new from Long and McQuade. Geeat guitar satupidily sold or traded it, i dont even remember..
Strings I change, one by one. No issues at all there, tho I have taken off the bridge too. It does get a little tricky..
Strings I change, one by one. No issues at all there, tho I have taken off the bridge too. It does get a little tricky..
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Here's my old Jetglo 660, sort of a spruced-up 620 with vintagey appointments (no 'R' tailpiece to wrestle with!) and a wider neck. As others have said, the Mastery fitted to it really brought a lot of life out of the guitar. Utterly fantastic instrument, and the only one I've ever regretted letting go of.
As Zhivago said, those toasters really nail that sound, but I found that with a bit of pickup height experimentation I could coax a decent variety of tones, even get some tele-esque sounds, out of it.
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As Zhivago said, those toasters really nail that sound, but I found that with a bit of pickup height experimentation I could coax a decent variety of tones, even get some tele-esque sounds, out of it.
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Good day, sunshine!
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i can't change the R tailpiece on my 360: my wife's name starts with an R, she would complain.