The Fretboard Rickenbacker Club (NSFW)

GavRichList

Posted elsewhere, but some knobhead was playing one at Focus Wales too 

LastMantra

Fledermaus said:

I can now join in on this thread….. Mr F bought me this last week…. 620/12 I’m in love

I'm not really a fan of Ricks but that one looks alright. 

scarry67

I was finding my 2011 330 6 a bit too “plinky” if that’s the correct term and thought about raising the action. Checked it with metal rule: 1mm on bass & treble sides. That’s low! Moved closer to 1.9 and 1.2 as I believe is recommended and it’s much easier to bend treble strings and acoustic sound is louder. How do others here set their action?

Creed_Clicks

More tyre kicking than anything, but what are the main differences between the 610,620 and 660? Binding v no binding and pickups? One of them has a wider neck? They look really small. How do they feel compared to a Mustang, which is small, but easy to play (for me).

Sporky

This was mine.

 

Creed_Clicks

Apparently the 2024 300 series models are 21 frets, if that means anything. And gloss fretboards.

grungebob

I love the looks of the 620,650,660 models but every review I hear of them people are playing the same stuff, jangly chords. 

Are they all plinky jangle and shrill under gain or it it just how they’ve set their amps up? 

I think the middle pickup position sounds glorious. 

Boromedic

Finally joined the club again a while back but hadn't added a pic in here. Whilst it's already had its debut, it's back again!!


Sounds glorious and is my current fave.... It's a great guitar and has been played to death because it's so good. 

Musicwolf

I forgot all about this thread.  I joined the club back in May last year (officially 7th June, as this was a 60th birthday present to myself but I sneaked it out for a gig about a week before).

Sporky

grungebob said:

I love the looks of the 620,650,660 models but every review I hear of them people are playing the same stuff, jangly chords. 

Are they all plinky jangle and shrill under gain or it it just how they’ve set their amps up? 

I think the middle pickup position sounds glorious. 

Mine happily did chugga-chuggas. 

Creed_Clicks

grungebob said:

I love the looks of the 620,650,660 models but every review I hear of them people are playing the same stuff, jangly chords. 

Are they all plinky jangle and shrill under gain or it it just how they’ve set their amps up? 

I think the middle pickup position sounds glorious. 

There’s a guy in a metal band called Baroness who plays a 620 but in a live mix he may as well be playing anything. It can’t really be heard 

skay

Check out Bird In Row.

Not sure what genre to classify them in, but they’re a very heavy French band who use Rickenbackers to make an enormous glorious racket, which I’m sure have no trouble being heard.