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by Jonny
Mon Jan 18, 2021 6:04 pm
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Rickenbacker guitars - your experience(s)
Replies: 37
Views: 5896

Re: Rickenbacker guitars - your experience(s)

A little late to this party. My experience? I've owned a couple of 330',s excellent guitars for rhythm didn't really do it for me for lead - most likely the fingerboard lacquer. Had a Greco copy (that was possibly better) and a 360/12 V64 which needed a neck reset so I sent it back, shame as it loo...
by Jonny
Thu Jan 14, 2021 3:45 pm
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Reverend does a Strat copy
Replies: 17
Views: 2763

Re: Reverend does a Strat copy

It really looks like "Just Another Strat". I should have prefaced that by saying that I don't feel the need for what a Stratocaster does, and I'm quite tired of seeing them and the variants of the shape, so there is a certain bias in my comments. The majority of the Reverend range looks di...
by Jonny
Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:28 pm
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Epiphone Casino or Casino Coupe
Replies: 12
Views: 2307

Re: Epiphone Casino or Casino Coupe

20200612_055915.jpg I've got a 61 re-issue Casino. It was made in China. It's really good. Hope that helps. This is a good thing to keep in mind. While of the reissues, the Japanese and then Korean made instruments are often fantastic guitars, the Chinese made models are very good and remarkable ba...
by Jonny
Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:16 pm
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Epiphone Casino or Casino Coupe
Replies: 12
Views: 2307

Re: Epiphone Casino or Casino Coupe

Quite keen on one of these, in the future. Of course I will spend time with YT and Google etc but I wonder if anyone has any experience or views on one over the other. I just watched Jack Fossett's comparison on YT and I would be hard pressed to pick the difference most of the time. Maybe it will c...
by Jonny
Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:51 pm
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Rickenfaker revival
Replies: 6
Views: 1675

Re: Rickenfaker revival

May I be an awful dissenter? I hate it. They've gone the simple route: P-Bass style body, P-Bass style pickup, expected pointy headstock. They could've made a really fun Mockenbacker but instead went for cheap and easy. It's a cool idea that could be taken way further, but I feel this was designed i...
by Jonny
Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:44 pm
Forum: Show us yer gear
Topic: NAD x 2
Replies: 59
Views: 11324

Re: NAD x 2

I'm curious about the cabs and speakers you're using? Any ideas or plans as to what will work best for the two new amps? At this stage the Marshall & Laney sound best running through the Rimu 2x12, the ODS sounds great through the Boss Likely that the ODS will become my main 'plug in and play' ...
by Jonny
Wed Jan 13, 2021 2:29 pm
Forum: Show us yer gear
Topic: NAD x 2
Replies: 59
Views: 11324

Re: NAD x 2

Mini Forklift wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 1:23 pm The haul is complete. At least for now anyway
I'm curious about the cabs and speakers you're using? Any ideas or plans as to what will work best for the two new amps?
by Jonny
Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:38 pm
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Rickenbacker guitars - your experience(s)
Replies: 37
Views: 5896

Re: Rickenbacker guitars - your experience(s)

I don’t want to get into “best years” arguments...but in my experience the 90’s saw a lot of good Ricks come from the factory. I have no idea as to why that might be. And Ricks are consistent on the whole. Agree The 89 I own is pretty special. So much to like about it. 89...close enough :wave: Whel...
by Jonny
Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:24 pm
Forum: Show us yer gear
Topic: NGD: Bittersweet reunion
Replies: 110
Views: 20268

Re: NGD: Bittersweet reunion

StrummersOfThunder wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:30 pm I've been ri-curious since a young age.
It wasn't till Grant introduced me to the tactile pleasures of a medium tall frets that I became fully ric-sexual.
Anyone else have an e-ric-tion?
S P L O O O S H !
by Jonny
Wed Jan 06, 2021 3:18 pm
Forum: Show us yer gear
Topic: NGD: Bittersweet reunion
Replies: 110
Views: 20268

Re: NGD: Bittersweet reunion

All I'll say is this: It's a shame that the guitar came back to you in an unexpected condition, however, you did get it back. You've got more than the bones of a guitar that you really connect with, and maybe this is a chance to bring it back together in a way that you hadn't considered before. Not ...
by Jonny
Wed Jan 06, 2021 1:44 pm
Forum: Show us yer gear
Topic: NAD x 2
Replies: 59
Views: 11324

Re: NAD x 2

Should have the Marshall tomorrow, it's an all original hand wired 1973 Super Lead. Early '73 was the last year before Marshall switched to using PCB's. Comes with the original dust cover https://i.imgur.com/550XOrKl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/L09LQtKl.jpg The second one left Japan yesterday so should...
by Jonny
Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:32 pm
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Rickenbacker guitars - your experience(s)
Replies: 37
Views: 5896

Re: Rickenbacker guitars - your experience(s)

Hi-Gains are more of a hot Rock'n'Roll single coil, and in my opinion they are unlike anything else. Ricks with HiGains are brilliant guitars for overdriven sounds and if you want the vintage Jangle you really want the Rick Toaster pickups The 5th knob on a Rick is a poorly implemented blend thing ...
by Jonny
Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:45 am
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Rickenbacker guitars - your experience(s)
Replies: 37
Views: 5896

Re: Rickenbacker guitars - your experience(s)

If it helps, this one is at least a thousand dollars more expensive than any equivalent Rickenbacker on TradeMe in the last couple of years. This^ If you want what seems to be a brand spanking 360, then fair play, but I think the last Ric I followed on TM was a 330 that didn't sell, and it was goin...
by Jonny
Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:05 am
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Rickenbacker guitars - your experience(s)
Replies: 37
Views: 5896

Re: Rickenbacker guitars - your experience(s)

I have a 2014 Ricky 330 that I picked up a couple of years ago. Certainly they have a different feel from the Fender and Gibson world, but I don't find it difficult to play at all. My other regular guitars are a Tele and a Jag and I don't feel anything odd about the transition from one to the other....
by Jonny
Sat Jan 02, 2021 9:24 am
Forum: Show us yer gear
Topic: Jonny's NAD
Replies: 19
Views: 4154

Re: Jonny's NAD

Wow, that's very cool! Thanks for sharing, although admittedly I pretty much don't understand a word. Electronics discussions and circuit diagrams have never really been my strong point. :rofl: