My DREAM Guitar - Rickenbacker 330/12: MATTE BLACK 4K (Unboxing & Review) 

This is not just a guitar....is a jewelry that when is played and heard,fills your ears and heart of pleasure!!

i personally prefer the shiney finish, but i love that enthusiasm for the matt finish ^^

I did not realize you only had 10 subscribers until a few minutes in. The editing and production value was really good. You have a new subscriber for sure!

Video gives me a 2009 vibe. Miss when youtubers put this level of dedication and effort into videos before posting them. Thank you for this great review, always wanted to buy one of these.

Interesting to see where GWR studios is now

Don’t forget Johnny Marr used it in the Smiths

"It's True" was class man, guitar sounds just like the records.

Love my 330/12, it's almost 30 years old - so glad I still have it.

"The latches were really easy to open." That's it then I'll take two...

This video was extremely well produced. The quality of the audio and video was top notch. Moreover, the structure of the content was superbly arranged. Not too long. Not too short. Adequately informative. Kudos!

Excellent video, the quality and editing is noticeable

It's got that undeniably crisp, jangly tone. What a great guitar! Great video, as well!

The fact that this was your only upload. I thought you were a guitar collector. suprised me. Please upload covers!

You took the words right out of my mouth. "Ive always wanted one, but every time I try one in a shop, the neck feels odd". I talked to the guitar assistant in the shop and he told me they come with 10's and the neck relief is a tad higher than it can be. I am used to 9's but I just felt the neck shape was strange too as well as narrow. They just look gorgeous.

That matte finish is great. Always loved how Rickenbacker set up their 12-string headstock.

Yo, really high quality video for such a small channel. Voices were super clean & cuts also dope. You‘re own composition reminded me a lot of Radiohead during OKC so very good aswell. What I would suggest is getting some tones from legit Amps as well. I really dig the direct input into the software on one-hand because I record a lot of stuff like that as well and not many people do that, so keep doing that... but some tones of a Tube Amp would just add more context imo.

wow this is gorgeous guitar and it sounds amazing. congrats on managing to get it!

Well done that was an excellent review /overview I love the Matt black it’s beautiful... nicely played great sound .. I’m subscribing now 👍👍👍👍

Great job also i thought it was awesome you added in the songs and you playing with them makes the experience even better great guitar by the way

My heart skipped a beat when you opened that case! 🤩

you should really make more videos. you could fool me into thinking you had a few hundred thousand with how well this video was done.

Awesomely beautiful.... The matt finish looks cool. Have fun with your new guitar!

Good job on the riffs! Welcome to the family! I own a 360 64 reissue 12 string and yes the neck is very narrow. I've heard they have widen the neck on the newer models. Ill never part with her, she was given to me for a Christmas present by my wife. I have had to "modify" some chord fingering but with the finger changes some advantages have been realized as well. But it was sure funny to watch some of band mates try to play it when they wanted to try it out.

Hey mate, great commentary & well presented & researched. Love the matte finish , good choice. I'm filling the piggy bank now & saving for my own, cheers.

Great content man! You deserve more views and subs!

Nice guitar. You re-ignited my fervor for 12-strings. I borrowed a Ric 330-12 for a gig, played Feel A Whole Lot Better, crossed that off my bucket list. A new guitar always produces a new original song.

Hi great guitar I have the 330 fireglo and I love it. I was in a Beatles cover band in the 80s as George Harrison suits and all. Back then I used the 360 Rickenbacker 12 like George used but I had to sell it in the 90s. I finally decided to get another RIC and this time I went for the 330 12 it's just a cool looking and sounding guitar.

I got the SAME guitar, same finish and I’m in your boat. I love the matte black. I’m a massive smiths fan and I was so happy to get one, finally. Flipped it to left handed

Thank you so much for this highly informative video! Now I can go ahead and purchase one.

Thanks very much for this. A very well made video, with a killer guitar. I love that sound.

Hi unknown person. I too own a double string Rickenbacker with an RRP of $3,500.00 I talked then down a bit. Lovely guitar. My first improvement, yes, improvement, was to have a twelve string bridge fitted. What a pleasure to have each string intoned correctly. Who's the fool at Rickenbacker that specified a six string bridge for a twelve string guitar? I took the guitar to show my Beatle nut friend and was dismayed when I opened the lid. Inside was a mass of guitar strings! The R Tailpiece had fatigued. No problem I thought, I'll just contact the local distributors. I followed protocol and handed back the pieces of the Tailpiece and waited, and waited and waited. I was told that Rickenbacker were slow and indeed they were, in fact it took TWELVE MONTHS for the tailpiece to arrive. I still wanted to use the guitar so I bought a third party tailpiece that was delivered in a few weeks. It's still on guitar, I have the replacement sitting on the desk under the monitor glinting away. I'll probably never fit it. Want to know why? Sure, I'll tell you. The tailpiece is made of diecast metal with a fairly course crystal structure, not really the type of metal to withstand the pressure of twelve strings. Yes it's highly polished, but really rough on the back, clearly not a high quality part. Glad you're enjoying your guitar.

That is a lovely guitar. I think the vintage style knobs are an improvement and look well better. Less busy on the eye than the originals. If Apple made guitars they would have used the vintage style knobs.

The Rickenbacker Guitars have A melodic echo that my ears just enjoy.

Always a fun day to get a new guitar!

That is one gorgeous guitar! Excellent playing too! Now I want one … a friend for my 360/12. Thanks for sharing! Keep on rocking! 🥰

I own 2 Rick's. 620-6 and 330-12. I love them both. Lifelong bucket list purchases.

I nearly bought one once. Had it on approval over a weekend from a now defunct but very well known guitar shop in Kew, south west London. I think they were selling it for one of the 'Right Said Fed' brothers and it had been built specially for him by Rickenbacker, so it was a nice one, played beautifully and was kind of collectable. I loved how it sounded and how it made you play in a different way. But then it came time to tune it.... a nightmare. And that was that. On the Monday morning it went back to Chandlers! For those wit slightly more patience than myself a nice addition to any collection. They ring like a bell.

I'm happy you have your dream guitar. I have a Takamine 12 string and my new 12 string Gretsch's 5422 (Amber (Blonde)). I tried playing a Ric' but after 10 years with my Gretsch Country "Gentleman" Classic, the Ric was much too small ! Also with the "thumbnails" it matches my other Gretsch. Enjoy your new toy (I have mine).

That was wonderful. I've always loved Rickenbacker guitars and basses too. They always create great sounds and their beauty is overwhelming and transcends time. But in the end their prices keep me at bay.

I like the way you presented this video. It focused on the guitar as opposed to other video's that focussed on the ego of the presenter. Until I saw this I was being put off getting one by the shredders.. Being a massive Beatles fan and in that age bracket I didn't want to be told not to get one; thanks I'll carry on adding the strat and 330 to my bucket list..

Beautiful playing, bud. It's True was lovely.

Damn you hit the recommended my guy

You should release a full version of "It's True"

We definitely want to see and hear more!

Great video - feeling the love.

Those all black knobs look awesome with that matte black finish and white pickguard.

Good call with the knobs. They look great with the matte finish. Nice axe.

Nice guitar! 12 strings definitely add a new dimension to a mix, for sure.

Well look at that. I found a third gwr channel... neat

I’m ashamed to say I didn’t even know what a rickenbacker was (though I recognized them of course). Not only have you made me a fan of the guitars, you’ve gained a new subscriber. Awesome stuff dude!

I FINALLY got my Fireglo 330 6 string this week. First guitar I've bought in 5 years. It's just about the only guitar I still wanted but didn't have yet. I absolutely love the sound. If you haven't heard "Lucky" by Radiohead check it out. It's another great 330 song.

I just bought a 4003 bass and love the case with the latches like on your case. I was going to get the matte black color but decided on the Fireglo. 12 string is next.

That sounds absolutely amazing!!!

I put those same all black knobs on my guitar. I found out by going to Fry's that a lot of parts Rickenbacker uses are actually by the old company Philmore, they make a lot of bakelite parts like knobs and stuff. They also make rubber grommets that Ric uses (like between the pickguards and instead of foam on vintage style pickups). I bought the black knobs from Fry's, not through Rickenbacker's boutique, being upcharged.

I love the way you played twist and shout

Worth every penny! It sounds really good and so Rckenbacher unique.

I don't know where I'll get the money to buy one, but I am going to get one. They are beautiful. You have sold me on it

first video of the matte black I see (owning 5 Rickies at current) awesome guitar, good video too! As for neck, my late 60s Gibson ES-335 is 1mm less wide in reality to my 360s! All my Rickies have those black knobs

Thanks for doing such a nice demo of the sound of these incredible guitars!. Most if not all the Rick 12 demo vids I've run across, the players are too lazy to bother with tuning them, have absolutely no feel for playing a 12 string electric, don't care how badly they play, can't figure out what to do with the tone controls, and have terrible audio non production. Thanks for doing it right!, your 330/12 is stunning!.

Definitely a very magical sound.

I’ve owned 2 of them, sound great, feel light and wonderful but just try and keep them in tune.....good luck!

Love the colors....beautiful guitar!..

Amazing review! You should do more Beatles guitar reviews!

Welcome to the wonderful world of Rickenbacker. (Note the avatar)

This guy really likes the black knobs!

A Ric 12 was also my Dream guitar since first hearing the Byrds in the 1960's. Bought one in 1998 but owning one and living with the narrow fret board from day to day proved basically impossible to play it well. Dunno if they are any wider on newer guitars. So Dream shattered I sold it. I have a 1994 330-6 which is great and for a 12 I ended up modding a Dean Boca 12 string with Rickenbacker Toaster pickups and it sounds fine played through a Janglebox. I also have a Burns Double Six and an Ibanez AR3212 12 string and the Dean is very close to the sound of the Ric. Best of luck with the 330-12.

the matte is a really nice look. really brings it into the 21st century. i have a 1980 ric 450/12, sounds great and i love it for recording, but man, it's not the easiest guitar to play!

Yes your right, the knobs do suit the matte black finish, thank you for doing the video.

I saw Roger McGuinn a few years ago here in Portland. I need to order one of these and $2000 worth of guitar lessons. BTW, i enjoyed listening to you play.

Always loved the Rickenbacker tone on The Byrds’ “Have You Seen Her Face”

I like the sound of this guitar. I am a Rickenbacker and Gretsch Fan!

Your right about it being easy to play I have the 330 6 strings and have only put it down for meals and Im 70 . It' a lefty and Im trying to get a truss rod cover in left handed then I need a wiring diagram for the blender knob Best guitar I ever bought

Great purchase for that price especially. I got a 1980 320 converted to a 325c64 that I purchased in 2011 for $1390.

this was a great video i’m considering this guitar

I really want to hear your "It's true". I belive that song has one of the coolest guitar riffs

Rainbow is a world class shop in a rather ratty end of Tucson. Whenever I am down in Tucson I always take time to visit.

Fantastic sound!

very well made and played

The 60's group The Byrds had a great sound with this 12 string. A neat song of theirs to check out is 'I Feel A Whole Lot Better' etc.

I would love to get one Rickenbacker at some point. The most incredibly 12 string ever.

i hope you make more content keep up the good work

Oh and just to add if you want that original Roger McGuinn sound, look into a JangleBox. I have an original one and the 3rd generation. And it really delivers and you can use it on all of your other guitars!

Congratulations on your new guitar ! I agree that the new black knobs are better. Would like to include Sussana Hofs , as a true Rickenbaker guitar player .

stunning axe brother!

That matte finish is perfect!

Well done video. I don't even play guitar and I enjoyed it.

lovely guitar mate

on my 360, the blender knob is exactly that; it fades between the two pickups. The best way to see this work is to put the selector switch in the middle position. Put your bridge pickup tone knob all the way up. The put your neck tone all the way down. Now, this blender knob fades through the entire tone spectrum of the guitar. It literally fades between the two pups

Congratz man

I got a Rickenbacker 4003 in Jetglo back in February and it's been my dream bass ever since I started playing. Easily the best playing bass I got.

Really nice guitar, I used to have a 360 Jetglo because of REM and I kick myself daily for selling it. Your original song sounded cool too!

if i had the money i would totally buy it thanks to this video.

I have a Fireglow Ricky 330/12, purchased in Australia in 2004. It does produce an awesome sound. Great on Byrds and Beatles numbers of course. Just for fun, try it with a raunchy distortion pedal. I will never get rid of mine. Unfortunately i can’t say the same about the 330/6 Rose Morris Ricky I had in the early 1970s, sold for $250. That model Rick had an “F” hole, made for the UK market in the 60s. (Check out Pete Townsend’s early Who 330/12 Rickenbackers). That “F” hole peculiarity makes it a very pricey collectors item. Oh well, I still have my 330/12

You got the higher power pickups, I have those too I like the toaster pickups they seem to have the original tone but the new ones sound good

Great video

Love this guitar! Congrats

I have a 330 six and a twelve both with toaster pickups my favorite guitars

Totally agree with the black knobs.

Thanks for the awesome review!! And love the music in the background

Beautiful guitar