Ain’t nothing like the sound of the Rickenbaker - what are your favourites?

[Zuma]

One of the musics most memorable melodic and nostalgic sounds - let’s celebrate it:


King of the hill - Roger McGuinn

What are some of your favourites?

 

[Electronic_Renaissance]

Correct, nothing like that sound. I have one myself. Always loved the look of them since I saw the old Beatles footage. Through a Vox AC30 is sublime.

John Lennon was a gun guitar player, very underrated on his Rickenbacker. They sure aren't a one trick pony.

 

[Mesc]

I have a 2012 Gibson 61 Sg reissue myself... beautiful guitar. My second guitar is a Tony Iommi sig Epiphone which holds its own, great pick ups.

 

[Electronic_Renaissance]

I have a 2012 Gibson 61 Sg reissue myself... beautiful guitar. My second guitar is a Tony Iommi sig Epiphone which holds its own, great pick ups.

Nice. As popular as they are I just don't like the weight of a Les Paul. Plus for me they always feel like they pull to one side due to the uneven weight, especially when sitting down. Great guitars though.

SG's are much lighter and easier to handle. That's why Angus chose them I believe.

I've got a Gibson semi hollow and that is easy to handle.

On a side note Paul Mccartney prefers his hollow Hofner to his Rickenbacker bass due to the weight. He mentions it in that Get Back doco.

Don't forget Rickenbackers basses, those things are beasts.

 

[two blue tiger]

Can't go past this. At about 2:15 Mcguinn plays his solo.

 

[Electronic_Renaissance]

A couple more:

Wait till it kicks in, about 40 seconds. No mistaking that sound.

 

[Zuma]

One of my faves

 

[Zuma]

Can't go past this. At about 2:15 Mcguinn plays his solo.

Brilliant. The absolute figurehead for the instrument Roger

 

[the_interloper]

Brilliant. The absolute figurehead for the instrument Roger

That's this guy for me, everyone is different of course

 

[Zuma]

That's this guy for me, everyone is different of course

Loved this thanks for sharing

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

Fred Turner on his Rickenbacker 4000 Bass with Bachman Turner Overdrive. Great sound.

 

[the_interloper]

Kim Scott from The Mark of Cain loves the Rickenbacker, his brother on guitar plays a Rickenbacker too. Nothing flashy about these guys, straight ahead sort of punk rock I guess (or maybe they're just hard rock, whatever, they're awesome)

And yes this is where my Bigfooty name comes from!

 

[Spearman]

REM and Petty have Ricks all over their songs, always an excellent alternative to an acoustic rhythm texture.
How about they early Beatles. I don't know if Lennon used anything else before Rubber Soul.

 

[two blue tiger]

Peter Buck shows his skills in a great rendition of REM's Country Feedback.

Solo begins at 6.30 in.

 

[No eye deer]

Kim Scott from The Mark of Cain loves the Rickenbacker, his brother on guitar plays a Rickenbacker too. Nothing flashy about these guys, straight ahead sort of punk rock I guess (or maybe they're just hard rock, whatever, they're awesome)

And yes this is where my Bigfooty name comes from!

Love 'em!
Ill At Ease is a classic album.
Used to watch them live, back in the 90s.

 

[backtozero]

Or any other Motorhead song really. Lemmy had a unique style in that he played the bass like a guitar - strumming multiple strings and using power chords.

 

[backtozero]

Geddy Lee.

 

[Spearman]

I think we're missing someone........

some Ricky porn



and of course maybe the greatest bass riff of all time

 

[Spearman]

Here's another geezer who liked Ricks...

 

[IAMDASH]

Jim Moginie from Midnight Oil often played a Rickenbacker...

 

[Electronic_Renaissance]

This has to be a Rickenbacker, that sound, what else could it be? Especially the arpeggios as the chorus kicks in and towards the end. Per Gessle is/was a big user of Rickenbackers, they feature on a heap of Roxette songs. RIP Marie

 

[Twoslabs]

Paul Gray one of my faves

1977

Then Sydney with The Damned in 2019, in this video the bass overpowers everything else, geez he can rock a Rick

 

[Gough]

King of the Hill is a total banger, my contribution.

 

[Gough]

Let's face it, anything Byrds. My brother and I saw Hillman at the Fringe one year and it was all Gram fans there, when he did Christina's Tine the place went nuts.

 

[Plugger35]