Rickenbackers are reknowned the world over by the bassists around the globe.
With its unusual shape and beautiful tone, it makes the ideal instrument for any serious musician.
Its a Solid Maple bodied guitar giving it the weight you associate with quality. The Neck is long and slender for ... Read review
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Rickenbackers are reknowned the world over by the bassists around the globe.
With its unusual shape and beautiful tone, it makes the ideal instrument for any serious musician.
Its a Solid Maple bodied guitar giving it the weight you associate with quality. The Neck is long and slender for a bass, making it easy to get nimble fingers up and down quickly.
The Fingerboard is made from finest rosewood giving it a beautiful dark finish. ...adorns main part of the guitar as well as proteting under the strings.
They look really nice in a Dark colour with a light coloured pick guard.
It looks very retro too, being a model originally released in the 60's.
The sound is famous for its ringing sustain and beatiful pitch. It really does send a chill down your spine with a set of thin strings on. The action is beautiful.
I know im going on about this a bit but there ... more
Rickenbackers are reknowned the world over by the bassists around the globe. With its unusual shape and beautiful tone, it makes the ideal instrument for any serious musician. Its a Solid Maple bodied guitar giving it the weight you associate with quality. The Neck is long and slender for a bass, making it easy to get nimble fingers up and down quickly. The Fingerboard is made from finest rosewood giving it a beautiful dark finish. To protect the body, an unusually large pick guard adorns main part of the guitar as well as proteting under the strings. They look really nice in a Dark colour with a light coloured pick guard. It looks very retro too, being a model originally released in the 60's. The sound is famous for its ringing sustain and beatiful pitch. It really does send a chill down your spine with a set of thin strings on. The action is beautiful. I know im going on about this a bit but there is one drawback. It suffers from "Gibson" disease. That is to say that it is very overpriced for what it is (£1,400)You can get custom built guitars for less. You cant beat a Rick though. They truly are great.
Advantages: Just about everything Disadvantages: The iniablity to be satisfied with another bass after playing this.
Rickenbacker began making basses back in the 1950's and since then has been saw as one of the most distinctive looking and sounding electric bass guitars in history. As far as basses go it is the king of sustain aided by through neck construction, making those bottom end notes shake the house.
This bass has been used by the best players throughout time, Paul Mccartney of the Beatles and Rodger Waters of Pink Floyd were early users of the rickenbacker. ... ...the music scene, Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols use dit in the Punk era and it has also been used by bands such as Motorhead and Metallica.
One of the most noticeable features of this bass is the double jack output, which eneables you to get the most of the lower (brighter sounding) pickup and the higher (bassier) pickup.
I have owned this bass for 3 years and would never revert to a different bass again. It is smooth to play and has never failed ...
WMRichardson 12.05.2008
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