It’s nice seeing people use Rick-o-sound correctly. Hopefully, it can used as an educational video for that purpose. Congrats on the 620….sounds and looks awesome.
I bought mine new just over 20 yrs ago and it’s still wonderful. Same color, but slightly different in that it has the small inlays (not full width) and chrome topped knobs. I’ve thought about making a few mods, but probably never will. No need. It’s great as is. Thanks for the video. Enjoy!
Lucus is in love .... I remember that feeling well, I bought my 1 st one in 72 ( jetglo 330, 67) ...so I know that thrill , enjoy the hell out of it, we only live once!
I’m currently on my forth Rick!! My first is a 360/12-63..a 660/12 Tom Petty..a 620 like yours in JetGlo..and finally a 660/6 in FireGlo..they are costly..and I prefer the 660 models the best as the have the wider nut 1” and three quarter..that’s a huge nut width!! They also have the toaster pickups where as the 620 has the hotter single coils..that was not mentioned.. enjoy yours!! Nice video!!
Hey Lucas, congrats on your new 620! I ordered mine in 2002 with toasters and it's been my number 1 ever since. They have such great sound and playability and are yet so often overlooked.👍👍
Thank you sir! Now I want one even more. Problem is I got a 335 Gibi last December :( I'll have to wait until 12/2024 and then my friend, the hunt will begin. Great demo btw
I've had my 620 (Fireglo) for a couple years. It has the classic Ric jangle but it can shred when I need it to as well. I also have a 620/12 (Jetglo) and it absolutely NAILS the Beatles, Byrds, Tom Petty, etc. sounds. Ric-o-Sound on the 620/12 is especially exciting to play. I use a Vox AC15 for the neck, a Fender Deluxe Reverb for the bridge, compressor pedals on both, and it sounds like an ORCHESTRA!
I really enjoyed your video, straight forward and to the point. I’ve been considering a 660 12 and wondered about the 620 6 which I think would be good with the narrower nut, but might be a bit tight with 12 strings. I have a Carl Wilson 12 that I’ve had for years that sounds amazing but is a little narrow fretboard.
If you have medium to large hands, definitely go for the 660/12 over the 620/12. The 660/12 makes it much easier to finger standard chord shapes. The 620/12 requires modification of fingering to play some chords, especially down near the nut. The 660/12 also has the classic Toaster pickups which produce the classic Rickenbacker jangle and chime which most of us know and love.
Hello Lucas, what a lovely guitar you have there. The 620 and the 660 are superb instruments. Those with larger hands would be better to go for the 660 but the 620 is great in its six string guise. The Hi Gain pickups are nice but you may consider swapping them out for Toasters at some point if you want to achieve the classic RIC sound. And a little tip, you can string any six string RIC up with Nashville Tuning and you will end up with an instrument that can produce sounds very close to a 12 string Rickenbacker. Using Ric-O-Sound will certainly enhance the sound. However, running the mono output into a stereo amp with compression and a chorus pedal (or an amp like a Roland JC-120) will result in plenty of that flavoursome jangle and chime we all know and love. Wish I had known that before I sold my 330/6 several decades ago. Oh Well, I will get that 12 string RIC one day. Cheers from the Land Down Under.
Thanks for the thorough & well-presented review!. Beautiful guitar! Could you please tell me if it's easy to bend strings (e.g. when playing blues solos)?
You can play rock on it! But Metal I can't answer as I don't ever play that style of music generally speaking. But if a strat can do metal in the right hands...then this one surely can! The sound is not similar to a single coil on a strat, this has more of a p90 sound so think more low end and mids and a little less highs.
@@Lucas_ArredondoWow! Thank you for the quick answer that's so interesting. In terms of rock and metal I'm speaking more about Deep Purple, Rainbow and maybe sabbath. I like single coils but the noise can get a little crazy so this Rickenbacker could be interesting. Have a great day!
Imho, you can play rock and metal on any solid body RIC guitar. The single coil Hi Gains def. the way to go there. The RIC sound is different to an SSS Stratocaster. The RIC pickups produce more of a darker mellow tone compared to the glassier tones of an SSS Stratocaster. The Bridge pickup on the RIC produces a much janglier sound than the one on a Strat. I've owned both at the same time and they both had strengths and weaknesses. But in fairness to the Stratocaster, it is a much more versatile guitar than the RIC imho.
Go to the guitar store have multiple staff take time bringing out all their guitars to try and then go get one you never even saw in person from reverb and a guy who did nothing to help you select the guitar. Not very classy.
There really was no easy way around it. Rickenbacker doesn't allow a lot of stores to have their guitars out for people to try out. Then what do you do if you like the sound of the guitar they brought out but it has an unacceptable amount of cosmetic issues? I wasn't going to drop a lot of money on a new guitar that was not in any condition to be labeled new. I had every intention of purchasing the guitar from the store I went to, but if i'm not satisfied with what they have then I have no obligation to make a purchase. On top of that, they made it clear to me that if they were to order it for me online then I would have to wait almost a year for it to show and they did not make those kinds of reservations.
