There isn't the slightest reason for Rickenbacker International Corp to change what they're doing as long as their main market is made up of adoring fans who will vigorously attack any suggestion of significant changes in the specs that did not receive the Divine Blessing of John Hall (check out the official Rick Forum sometime.), and wait patiently for years for a chance to buy one of their instruments at full MSRP. They sit in their cases, steadily gaining collector value, and when it's time to sell they are sold to another person in pretty much the same category.
Many of them are apparently being bought (at list or even higher) by people who literally don't care about the practical factors of playability and easy adjustment - because they hardly play 'em at all, and when they do it's badly. Now, I'm not saying that is typical of everyone that plays a Rick (especially the 4003 basses), but it certainly would go a long way towards explaining why there won't be any significant changes made to the vast majority of models. Yeah the others seem maybe "friendlier" and "looser," because my technique can be a bit sloppier and a bit more relaxed, but the Rics are still too rewarding (and they're both very well made). I still have no trouble with the Ric and I can swap back and forth between it and my others. It was difficult for me to transition to OTHER guitars (they seemed slow and clunky) or to play my friends' Strats and Teles in the early '70s, and I never "got" those guitars until I bought my own Strats and Teles and others and lived with them. I've still got it (and added a 381V12 some years ago-one of the most beautiful guitars I've ever seen). I believe that is a desirable technique in jazz and classical style, and the Ric demands committment.
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The point is, I learned precise placement and how to arch/curl my fingers. I have large hands and long fingers (have had since i was a gawky kid)-nothing unnatural, my glove size is 11, like my shoes size is 11-11 1/2 (I believe most of us have matching hands and feet sizes, btw), and I learned to play on a 330 (starting from when I was 14) and progressed to playing fairly complex jazz chords on it. As far as I'm concerned, Rickenbacker can take their pompous attitiude and go screw themselves. If the Beatles and The Byrds hadn't played them, I bet Rickenbacker would have faded into obscurity long ago. Minor bridge adjustments (action, intonation) are usually a time-consuming headache intonation screws are usually almost impossible to access, and the 12-string headstock design makes simple restringing a pain in the ass. The repairman wound up using an aftermarket, non-original replacement truss rod (which when installed worked flawlessly).Īs a player, I personally hate Rickenbacker guitars: extremely well made, but terrible designs and playability- especially the 12-string models. at Rickenbacker was extremely arrogant and dismissive- and, needless to say, completely unhelpful. In one such incident, a repairman I know explained his experience trying to get a replacement for a broken truss rod. While I have personally never dealt with the folks at Rickenbacker, I have countless times heard this same sentiment.
It leads me to ask - are all Rickenbackers equipped with 'vintage spec' necks, or do they have modernised models a-la a Gibson Standard or Fender American Standard? Do they have a custom shop? I mean, i'd love to own a Rickenbacker, but based on the one's i've played so far I think it's a brand i'll have to love from a distance. Now - I have no issue swapping between modern Strat profiles, baseball bat-necked Teles/LPs, the shorter scale of most Gibsons, or the bulk of a Gretsch hollowbody, or even the skinnier necks on a Tele thinline - but I can't just play a Rickenbacker - I really need to concentrate on my technique and approach to suit the string spacing.
Maybe it's the size of my hands, but I find them too skinny at the nut, and the strings seem to be really crowded all the way up the fretboard. The sound, the look, endorsed by many of my peers - I just love them.īut, I know if I ever owned one it's a marriage destined to hit the rocks as they have the neck of a banjo and far too much finish on them. I don't think there's any guitar I want more on this earth than a Rickenbacker 330 in midnight blue or fireglo.
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