Members xrleroyx Posted January 11, 2012 Members Share Posted January 11, 2012 Looking for that Rickenbacker sound and feel, but can't fork over the cash to get another one. I'm thinking there are a lot of other people who feel similar. Anyone know of any cool alternatives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted January 11, 2012 Moderators Share Posted January 11, 2012 Italia Rimini 6 [video=youtube;33BGi4gHGk8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33BGi4gHGk8&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted January 11, 2012 Members Share Posted January 11, 2012 [video=youtube;mMJky5IUr9c] $599 here http://www.musiciansbuy.com/godin-richmond-dorchester.html [video=youtube;VpdKg3Q-86c] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NinjaModder Posted January 11, 2012 Members Share Posted January 11, 2012 Douglas Ceti or an Agile Harm? These would be the cheapest alternatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted January 11, 2012 Members Share Posted January 11, 2012 Schecter Stargazer Agile Harm with p/u upgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members craigny Posted January 11, 2012 Members Share Posted January 11, 2012 Well this has a Schecter hasRic'y shape but is solid w/full hb's this Schecter looks like it will give you the Ric tone and feel, and is pretty cool looking if I do say so myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fendson Posted January 11, 2012 Members Share Posted January 11, 2012 Not saying that they aren't out there, but I have personally never played a guitar that was similar to a Ric. They have the neck thru feel and laquered fret board thing going on. It seems that the Ric is one guitar that hasn't really been cloned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted January 11, 2012 Members Share Posted January 11, 2012 Sure, it won't sound anything like a Ric but it looks nice next to one: I really can't imagine having anything but a 350SH if I wanted anything Rick-y. It's also super expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help!I'maRock! Posted January 11, 2012 Members Share Posted January 11, 2012 if you stop at sound, then get a Danelectro. the DC-59 and 56-U2 really sound great and can get close to the Ric sound for cheap. feel is a completely different story. i've never played another guitar that feels like my Ric 330. most manufacturers won't make a guitar with such a narrow fretboard. and when they do, it's usually attached to a laminate body. i do think that much of the Ric feel comes from the carved body and solid back (not top, Ric attaches the back to the guitar). it just has a different response than a laminate, like a Gibson ES-330. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted January 11, 2012 Members Share Posted January 11, 2012 I think with a standard (i.e. SC) telecaster and the appropriate amp/reverb you can actually get fairly close. Is there anything a tele WON'T do??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitar Heel Posted January 11, 2012 Members Share Posted January 11, 2012 Italia Rimini 6 DO WANT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gorebuc Posted January 11, 2012 Members Share Posted January 11, 2012 Telecaster will get you close; some of the earliest REM recordings were actually at Tele, as was most of the Smiths' first album. A '69 Thinline gets even closer, I think, thanks to the carved hollow body. However, I did play a Ric 330 over Christmas break...its sound is somewhere between the twang of my Tele and the growl of my Riviera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gorebuc Posted January 11, 2012 Members Share Posted January 11, 2012 Sure, it won't sound anything like a Ric but it looks nice next to one: I really can't imagine having anything but a 350SH if I wanted anything Rick-y. It's also super expensive. I'd play with either or both of those....or all three... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mlabbee Posted January 11, 2012 Members Share Posted January 11, 2012 Telecaster will get you close; some of the earliest REM recordings were actually at Tele, as was most of the Smiths' first album. A '69 Thinline gets even closer, I think, thanks to the carved hollow body. However, I did play a Ric 330 over Christmas break...its sound is somewhere between the twang of my Tele and the growl of my Riviera. This is true - I have a Squier VM Thinline Tele (the one with the 24.75" scale length) and a Rick 620 and there is a tremendous amount of overlap in their tones. The Tele can go further into ice-pick land and the Ric is a little fuller sounding (even though it has lower output - go figure), but I find them almost interchangeable for what I'm doing these days, which is mostly a lot of jangly pop like REM and the Lemonheads. You should check out the Squier - I'm constantly amazed at that guitar - great value and a very fun guitar to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Rossness Posted January 12, 2012 Members Share Posted January 12, 2012 wasn't there an old copy called a Rockinbetter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted January 12, 2012 Moderators Share Posted January 12, 2012 wasn't there an old copy called a Rockinbetter? Rockinbetter was a Tokai-gakki clone and Greco did some bang on the nail copies too, but now fetching Ric prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matt rhoades Posted January 12, 2012 Members Share Posted January 12, 2012 That richmond looks like a great buy. Might have to check one of those out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xrleroyx Posted January 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 12, 2012 Rockinbetter was a Tokai-gakki clone and Greco did some bang on the nail copies too, but now fetching Ric prices AHHH WANT My GAS for Rics just increased. Thanks for all the ideas guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members d_dave_c Posted January 12, 2012 Members Share Posted January 12, 2012 Those Grecos look sweet. Don't see a lot of the copies with 5 knobs. What sound are you going after? Instead of a new guitar, maybe look at a Janglebox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonnie_Neutron Posted March 23, 2012 Members Share Posted March 23, 2012 I use a Burns Double Six (which has a much friendlier fret board width than a Rick) with a Janglebox, it dose all the McGuinn and Byrds, Harrison, early Townshend stuff etc with ease. Have a listen here to Chimes of Freedom (Byrds) played on an Ibanez solid 12, it will give you some idea of just what this box is capable of.http://www.janglebox.com/jangle_clips.htm EnjoyCheersJ_N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonnie_Neutron Posted March 23, 2012 Members Share Posted March 23, 2012 If you're looking for a 6 string Rick copy then try and find a Tokai RG43 (with a glued neck, some were bolt on), I had one for years and I now have 3 Ricks and the Tokai was as good if not better and it had toaster pickups that were around 7.2k Ohms, the modern Rick P/U's are much hotter unless you spend the cash and upgrade to the scatter wound reissue Toasters. If you are looking for an old Rick 1960's sound then you need to use Tape Wound strings, not the Rick Compressed wound or ground strings it must be Tape wound, and with low output pickups. CheersJ_N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slushpup96 Posted March 23, 2012 Members Share Posted March 23, 2012 If there's one thing Rickenbacker hates, it's Rickenbacker copies. They force ebay sellers trying to sell old Greco copies or whatever to take them down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cats-o-caster Posted March 23, 2012 Members Share Posted March 23, 2012 Ibo maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonnie_Neutron Posted March 23, 2012 Members Share Posted March 23, 2012 If there's one thing Rickenbacker hates, it's Rickenbacker copies. They force ebay sellers trying to sell old Greco copies or whatever to take them down. Try looking on the Rickenbacker Forum, John Hall is totally paranoid about Rick copies and its a lot of the Fanboy members that grass up people who try and sell a Tokai, Greco and the original Rick copy Shaftsbury and there is a make (from Canada I think) Dillion and others and most are good guitars but the Rick Forum spies are everywhere and it's hard to sell one without interference from Rickenbacker. I own 3 Rickenbacker guitars (2 going up for sale soon) and because I don't live in the USA I can't buy Rick spares from any US dealer as Rickenbacker will only let them sell to the domestic USA market, anyone caught selling outside the US will have their dealership taken off them... I mean, just how petty and puerile is that. I own Genuine Rickenbacker guitars and can't even buy Rick strings and spares from a US dealer 'cause I live in New Zealand.... pathetic.And if that wasn't enough you can't (or couldn't) mention the word Janglebox in a post or the word Janglebox was deleted from your post, just because Roger McGuinn collaborated with Steve Lasko to get the sound right and Roger now endorses and uses a Janglebox and that got right up John Halls nose.... even more pathetic. OK, Rick whinge over.CheersJ_N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonnie_Neutron Posted March 23, 2012 Members Share Posted March 23, 2012 This was a PM from the man himself, sent to someone on another forum about why he hates people selling Rick copies. Take it for what its worth and make your own mind up about it...... Let me put it in terms closer to home- what if I recorded one of the songsyou wrote and sold it for my profit? Would that be right and would it makeyou happy? And what about the guy that buys that music- especially if heknows I stole it, isn't he thumbing his nose at you? You write songs, I make guitars; you have the absolute exclusive rights toyour creations and I have the exclusive rights to mine. If we didn't havethat right, we wouldn't bother to create. Cheers,John HallChief Executive OfficerRickenbacker Int'l Corp.3895 S. Main StreetSanta Ana, CA. 92707 CheersJ_N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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