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-Correct me if I'm wrong, But I seem to remember seeing a Rick with a
tremelo once in awhile.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
-- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...> wrote:
> --- In , Twangler <twangler@p...>
wrote:
> [...]
> > The construction of the Rick itself presents a few drawbacks. The
> > raised bridge makes it harder to double pick and what not but the
> > biggest problem is the neck is narrower than a fender so having
those
> > strings closer together can increase the probability for flubs.
> > Finally, and most obviously, no whammy bar.
>
> Hey Spanky! Is the Rick's bridge any more higher than a
> Jaguar/Jazzmaster? I've never played one. What is the scale length
on
> yours?
>
> Thanks!
> BN
They made some, but it's hard enough to keep a Rick in tune without
warbling the strings all around.
I'm not sure how their tremelo units work but semi hollow body Ricks
use a floating bridge. I'd imagine applying a tremelo to that design is
not easy to do. I've never played a Gretch so I'm not sure how their's
are made.
Spanky
On Aug 4, 2005, at 9:13 PM, Jeff wrote:
> -Correct me if I'm wrong, But I seem to remember seeing a Rick with a
> tremelo once in awhile.
> Â Â Jeff(bigtikidude)
>
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> -- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...> wrote:
> > --- In , Twangler <twangler@p...>
> wrote:
> > [...]
> > > The construction of the Rick itself presents a few drawbacks. The
> > > raised bridge makes it harder to double pick and what not but the
> > > biggest problem is the neck is narrower than a fender so having
> those
> > > strings closer together can increase the probability for flubs.
> > > Finally, and most obviously, no whammy bar.
> >
> > Hey Spanky! Is the Rick's bridge any more higher than a
> > Jaguar/Jazzmaster? I've never played one. What is the scale length
> on
> > yours?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > BN
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Spanky. When you say the Rick's are semi-hollow do you mean it in the
ES-335 sense? The creator of the guitar calls it a solid body guitar
with two hollow holes. Is there a big heavy block of wood in the body
of the guitar?
--- In , Twangler <twangler@p...> wrote:
> They made some, but it's hard enough to keep a Rick in tune without
> warbling the strings all around.
>
> I'm not sure how their tremelo units work but semi hollow body Ricks
> use a floating bridge. I'd imagine applying a tremelo to that design is
> not easy to do. I've never played a Gretch so I'm not sure how their's
> are made.
>
> Spanky
> On Aug 4, 2005, at 9:13 PM, Jeff wrote:
>
> > -Correct me if I'm wrong, But I seem to remember seeing a Rick with a
> > tremelo once in awhile.
> > Â Â Jeff(bigtikidude)
> >
> >
> >
> > -- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...>
wrote:
> > > --- In , Twangler <twangler@p...>
> > wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > The construction of the Rick itself presents a few drawbacks. The
> > > > raised bridge makes it harder to double pick and what not but the
> > > > biggest problem is the neck is narrower than a fender so having
> > those
> > > > strings closer together can increase the probability for flubs.
> > > > Finally, and most obviously, no whammy bar.
> > >
> > > Hey Spanky! Is the Rick's bridge any more higher than a
> > > Jaguar/Jazzmaster? I've never played one. What is the scale length
> > on
> > > yours?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > BN
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The Mosrite Ventures XII's have a whammy.
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Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Can Rickenbacker do the job?(tremelelo
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They made some, but it's hard enough to keep a Rick in tune without
warbling the strings all around.
I'm not sure how their tremelo units work but semi hollow body Ricks
use a floating bridge. I'd imagine applying a tremelo to that design is
not easy to do. I've never played a Gretch so I'm not sure how their's
are made.
Spanky
On Aug 4, 2005, at 9:13 PM, Jeff wrote:
> -Correct me if I'm wrong, But I seem to remember seeing a Rick with a
> tremelo once in awhile.
> Jeff(bigtikidude)
>
>
>
> -- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...> wrote:
> > --- In , Twangler <twangler@p...>
> wrote:
> > [...]
> > > The construction of the Rick itself presents a few drawbacks. The
> > > raised bridge makes it harder to double pick and what not but the
> > > biggest problem is the neck is narrower than a fender so having
> those
> > > strings closer together can increase the probability for flubs.
> > > Finally, and most obviously, no whammy bar.
> >
> > Hey Spanky! Is the Rick's bridge any more higher than a
> > Jaguar/Jazzmaster? I've never played one. What is the scale length
> on
> > yours?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > BN
>
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The early Rickenbacker's had Kauffman Vibrolas and the later ones
(early 60s) had Accent Vibratos. I think both are inferior to the
Bigsby. My Rickenbacker 330 came stock with a R tailpiece. I did a
lot to that guitar. Aside from adding a Bigsby, I made the pickup
selector cut out more bass(like to originals) and had custom made
roller saddles(what the older ones had, and work better with Bigsby)
put on it. It's still a beast to play.
--- In , "Marty Tippens"
<mctippens@e...> wrote:
> The Mosrite Ventures XII's have a whammy.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Twangler
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> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 9:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Can Rickenbacker do the job?
(tremelelo question)
>
>
> They made some, but it's hard enough to keep a Rick in tune
without
> warbling the strings all around.
>
> I'm not sure how their tremelo units work but semi hollow body
Ricks
> use a floating bridge. I'd imagine applying a tremelo to that
design is
> not easy to do. I've never played a Gretch so I'm not sure how
their's
> are made.
>
> Spanky
> On Aug 4, 2005, at 9:13 PM, Jeff wrote:
>
> > -Correct me if I'm wrong, But I seem to remember seeing a Rick
with a
> > tremelo once in awhile.
> > Jeff(bigtikidude)
> >
> >
> >
> > -- In , "Brian Neal"
<bgneal@g...> wrote:
> > > --- In , Twangler
<twangler@p...>
> > wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > The construction of the Rick itself presents a few
drawbacks. The
> > > > raised bridge makes it harder to double pick and what not
but the
> > > > biggest problem is the neck is narrower than a fender so
having
> > those
> > > > strings closer together can increase the probability for
flubs.
> > > > Finally, and most obviously, no whammy bar.
> > >
> > > Hey Spanky! Is the Rick's bridge any more higher than a
> > > Jaguar/Jazzmaster? I've never played one. What is the scale
length
> > on
> > > yours?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > BN
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I think they call it semi-hollow body because it's a pretty thin body.
I forgot gretch's or at least some of them have a block of wood running
through them. Rick does not. I've always liked Gretch, but like I said
my experience with them is basically nil.
Spanky
On Aug 5, 2005, at 1:09 AM, Jacob Dobner wrote:
> Spanky. When you say the Rick's are semi-hollow do you mean it in the
> ES-335 sense? The creator of the guitar calls it a solid body guitar
> with two hollow holes. Is there a big heavy block of wood in the body
> of the guitar?
>
> --- In , Twangler <twangler@p...> wrote:
> > They made some, but it's hard enough to keep a Rick in tune without
> > warbling the strings all around.
> >
> > I'm not sure how their tremelo units work but semi hollow body Ricks
> > use a floating bridge. I'd imagine applying a tremelo to that
> design is
> > not easy to do. I've never played a Gretch so I'm not sure how
> their's
> > are made.
> >
> > Spanky
> > On Aug 4, 2005, at 9:13 PM, Jeff wrote:
> >
> > > -Correct me if I'm wrong, But I seem to remember seeing a Rick
> with a
> > >Â tremelo once in awhile.
> > >Â Ã ÃÂ Jeff(bigtikidude)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Â -- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...>
> wrote:
> > >Â > --- In , Twangler <twangler@p...>
> > >Â wrote:
> > >Â > [...]
> > >Â > > The construction of the Rick itself presents a few
> drawbacks. The
> > >Â > > raised bridge makes it harder to double pick and what not
> but the
> > >Â > > biggest problem is the neck is narrower than a fender so
> having
> > >Â those
> > >Â > > strings closer together can increase the probability for
> flubs.
> > >Â > > Finally, and most obviously, no whammy bar.
> > >Â >
> > >Â > Hey Spanky! Is the Rick's bridge any more higher than a
> > >Â > Jaguar/Jazzmaster? I've never played one. What is the scale
> length
> > >Â on
> > >Â > yours?
> > >Â >
> > >Â > Thanks!
> > >Â > BN
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