#rickenbacker guitars

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Brian and the Rickenbacker

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New book covers history of the Rickenbacker guitar from the roaring 20s thru the 21st century.

RICKENBACKER: Guitar Pioneers of the Electric Guitar By Martin Kelly and Paul Kelly Published by Firefly Books, October 2023 336 Pages – Hardcover Price: $59.95 ISBN: 9780228104476 When I learnt about this new book on the history of Rickenbacker guitars, I jumped at the chance to review it; back in the 90s I dated a talented rock guitarist who had a stunning 12-string “Ricky” that I would polish…

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courtney love playing her fireglo Rickenbacker 425 , 1990 ₊ ˚ ⊹ ♡

“..I started playing in 1980. My first guitar was made by Hondo, a black-and-white fake Strat that looked like Nancy Wilson's. Then my second guitar was a 1959 [Gibson] Melody Maker. I was really into Rickenbackers when I was starting out, because of the 3/4 neck, but I don't play them as much anymore. And I had a [Fender] Duo Sonic 'cause I saw a picture of Patti Smith playing one.”

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ROCKTOBER #4 - Laura Jane Grace's Rickenbacker 360 (White)

love this guitar of hers in particular! apparently she broke it over a guys head once

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talking abt fictional guitars because i'm having fun. roxie's scolipede bass is like one of my favorite cartoon guitars ever. it's stylized and it looks bonkers but still identifiable + all the mechanical components are basically in the right places. also lefthanded !

the wear and tear on it is so well done, i love that there's scratch marks from her playing the guitar too hard

and oh man i LOVE that it has a version of the rickenbacker logo. it's hard to read but looks like it says "venom girl" ? "venom gym"?

honestly even her sprite art looks good

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Fireglo Family 🔥🔥🔥

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Phrases I never thought I'd say in a million years: "I own a Coronado!"

Phrases I never thought I'd say in a BILLION years: "I own an ANTIGUA Coronado!" 😂

Yep, this 1969 Fender Coronado II is ugly. I won't try and deny it! But to me this guitar so ugly it's actually cute...like that dog in Deadpool & Wolverine.

Growing up in the 80s, no one I know would ever have even given a Coronado a second glance. The only Fender guitars were Strats and Teles. But a few years ago I actually got to play one of these at a friend's house, and realized I'd been missing out on a really great sounding, underrated, and (most importantly) still fairly affordable guitar all these years.

Plus, I got an insane deal on it because it's a bit of a fixer-upper: The frets are so low they are almost painted on, the pickups are installed backwards (arrows should point towards bridge, not neck), there are chips out of the (heavily checked) headstock, the high e string pops out of the nut when you bend it, and the tone knobs are so stiff they barely turn. But that's what world-class luthier friends like @alastair_miller are for! 😉

So I'll have to spend a bit to get it back into shape...but the deal was so good I just couldn't say no!

AND JUST LOOK AT IT! 😍

(Thanks to @tomgibson3783 for arranging the deal!)

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when the old band got a rickenbacker bass

no seriously thats been the reason i get into a band more

exhibit A

to name a few - mhm thats what im talking about

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Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland at Astoria in London, UK on 17 December 1991

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Fanart Dump

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My dad sent me a picture of his pedalboard circa 1984ish, this was from back in the day when pedals weren't equipped with a 9V DC input so he soldered the wires in the battery compartments to a power supply. Anyway, he sold the whole board to a student in the early '90s for $100 to buy some DigiTech multi effect thing. I plugged each one of those pedals into Reverb just to see what they're worth these days and the 1980 MXR Distortion+ is $225, the Ibanez Compressor II is $300, the Ibanez CS-9 Chorus sells for $300, and that 1977 MXR Phase 100 is another $300, the Crybaby is $100. Those five pedals are worth three times as much as my entire pedalboard with twelve pedals. The DigiTech multi effect unit he bought is worthless. Goddamn.