Rickenbacker 620: One Year Review!

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@joemasse4568 2 года назад

I’ve had a 620 since graduation year 1981 , it’s a very good guitar and iconic looks , I have Gibson fender guitars, and I love the ones I have and they all sound great , my 620 is the best guitar for clean rhythm playing telecasters come closest to that sound, 620 is a underrated great guitar!

@louislemon2425 2 года назад

I also have had my Rickenbacker for 1 year now as well, and found Toaster pickups sound good with Dunlop JDF2 classic fuzz face. Great video!!

@ARWest-bp4yb 11 месяцев назад

I ordered my '02 620 with toasters and it's been my #1 ever since! I mostly play Surf music but it can do just about anything, it might make you do it a little differently but that's ok. Great review Jack, thanks!👍👍

@moustachio334 2 года назад

Perfect REM tone. The 620 is my favorite body Rock sells. I was curious how the p/u’s sounded especially toasters and I have to say that they sound fantastic. There’s a high end that’s so pleasant yet cutting at the same time. Then there’s the clean tone, I don’t think I’ve heard a better clean tone. Thanks for the video and insights.

@brianmorton6956 Год назад

The 620 model is my all-time favorite Rickenbacker. I got my first one in 1982! These days I own four of them. A 1977, a 1980 twelve string, a 2002 in Burgundy, and a vintage 625, as The story goes was once loaned to Led Zeppelin for a gig in 1969. The early models, back in the 1960s, continuing till 1982, had the vintage Kluson tuners. I prefer those!

@iVenge Месяц назад

My 620 was made in 1980, and it plays as good as my Gibson SG, but with the Rickenbacker sound. Rickenbackers are really well made, and a lot of people don’t acknowledge that. I took my 330 out of the case after about 15 years, and it still held both its tuning and intonation.

@william7964 Год назад

I actually bought Rick620 (same colour as this one) after Jacks initial video of the Rick620. Yes its a great guitar. I spent quite a bit of time after I purchased it comparing the sound to my Strat / Les Paul. I would say Rick620 sound is closest to a LP P90. One thing I've not heard mentioned online... the Rick620 has amazing natural sustain and acoustic resonance. I think this is due to the construction of the through neck and also that its made from maple wood.

@rwhit79L 2 года назад

I really like that whole setup. Sounds great!!!

@straffentest1708 2 года назад

I've had my 330 now for just over a year and is it a guitar I'd ever sell? I'd say not bloody likely. I 'm long past the honeymoon stage and mine gets played almost daily. You've done some good uploads about your lovely 620 there Jack as-I'm sure many here will agree-too many demos don't really demonstrate what a Rick is really capable of ,but yours do show that they're more than for just Beatles/Petty/REM kind of stuff and I've found it more versatile than I thought it was going to be as well. Here in the UK there are many players who would love a Rick (you should have seen the envious looks I was getting when I went to pick mine up) but they're a lot more expensive this side of the Atlantic which puts a lot of players off. Still, if I turn up to the local jam night at the pub I know I'll be the only one there with one. You know what? It's just gone 1am here and I think I'm going to play mine for a bit right now!

@Scotttyist 4 месяца назад

Good song at the end. I was gonna dip out of the vid at that point but I'm glad I hung around. Great sixties vibe you've got. Nice one.

@JackFossett 4 месяца назад

Thanks for listening!

@RedArrow73 28 дней назад

Woods: Gibson: Mahogany, Flame Maple on LP tops Fender: Alder or Swamp Ash Bodies, Maple topped Maple or Rosewood or Pao Ferro topped Necks Rickenbacker: Eastern Hard Rock Maple, accented with Walnut. Some models made from Walnut.

@dlewtweentorla1210 2 года назад

Think this video will be very much appreciated by those interested in Rickenbacker Guitars as there isn't a whole lot of unbiased reviews out there. Those reviews that are out there tend to compare model to model and year to year. This is a nice explanation of a R as a whole, needed as not a lot of them out there to get hands on to play and listen to. Have thought about the six string Rick (oops, did it) off and on for many years. Have had a couple of different 12 strings over the decades and have a 360/12 now and Love it when playing a 12 string. One day may break down and grab one, thanks to you and this video may have moved it on the GAS list a bit closer to the top (LOL). Take care my friend always appreciate your well thought out vids. Cheers

@noi5emaker 2 года назад

I use my Rick for jazz (see the video on my channel ;-) ) Anytime I picked up a Rick, I just KNEW it was my tone. I finally got a 360 as a gift from my wife about 9 years ago. I still absolutely LOVE it! I thought it might be the only Rick I would ever have, so went for the traditional hollow body in the traditional fireglo finish. I don't jangle or play Byrds/Beatles etc, but do find it really versatile. Blues/rock/prog (yup, I said it!)/alternative. Everything I need it for, it does.

@fooll 2 года назад

I picked up a 79' 620 in the early 80's that has been my favorite. I also have the 660/12 which just blows me away and last a 360/6 which I bought just because and I use that as my Telecaster sound. I don't want to do any changes to my 79' so I'll be looking for another 620/6 and will modify with the toasters unless I find a 660/6. I also have a assortment of Gretsch's and a SG... Great review but I already knew they are worth it.... LOL

@paulhandley3246 2 года назад

I bought a 620 a few months ago. I’d had one in my sights for a long time but your vids pushed me over the edge (you saw it on the FB Rick page). I think your assessment is right on the money. I have guitars I use more because they’re more versatile or maybe just more conventional, but nothing sounds and feels like a Rick; ‘woody’ or even a bit primitive but absolutely charming is about right. Toasters are going on at some point I think. Nice chops btw. 👍

@dominicbuggie1785 2 года назад

I've got 4 "rics" a 620 maplglo and 3 others, all individual, unique and totally desirable, I love them all and don't play any of them half as much as I should

@caveatemp Год назад

I have a 620, a 330, AND that same Hofner Club- my favorite! You are a man who appreciates good instruments!

@humorustrout. 24 дня назад

Do you find lots of overlap with the 330 and 620?

@caveatemp 24 дня назад

@@humorustrout. Sure. I used to have the exact same pickups in both. I have since swapped the 330 with toasters. I think the scale difference has a lot to do with perceived differences in sound. Shorter scale feels different playing so it makes sense the sound would be different.

@richardlynch5632 2 года назад

It's NEVER the tools... It's the craftsman 😉😎👍❤🖖

@JackFossett 2 года назад

But seriously, you can frame a house WAY faster with a nail gun.

@richardlynch5632 2 года назад

@@JackFossett Yes...but will it blow over in a windstorm...?

@JackFossett 2 года назад

Depends on the nails!

@richardlynch5632 2 года назад

@@JackFossett And the craftsman 🤣😎👍❤🖖

@mikeb5372 2 года назад

Show me a craftsman that uses junk tools and I'll show you a guy that can't make a living doing it

@williammaxstadt795 3 месяца назад

Great video and great song! Love Rickenbacker guitars. Song reminds me of that Jeff Buckley/Chris Whitley kind of feel. Oh, and your wife is awesome and definitely a keeper if she bought you that asan anniversary gift!

@JackFossett 3 месяца назад

Celebrating our 15th anniversary next week and just had our 7th child!

@josephcorcoran8714 10 месяцев назад

I was surprised how much variety of sounds I could get even out if my Ric 330. I love it. I’m going g to get a 620 next.

@keithcarter9396 11 месяцев назад

Jack I love your Rick, I wish I had one. Maybe my wife will sport me one for an anniversary, I wish I lived around the corner from you, I am sure we would have fun nerding about guitars and amps. I enjoy your channel, keep posting, I look forward to the next topic. Keith

@zekmoe Год назад

I have four of them and think they are wonderful. I don’t have a tele but have a 350v63, 360, 360/12 and a 4001CS

@seananderson6269 Год назад

Fantastic sounding neck pick up at 8:20, also I think this guitar is pretty & cute looking

@eamonstafford2056 10 месяцев назад

I have a 660/6 amber fireglo and it does exactly what you are saying here. Many thanks for your review Jack. Take care

@JackFossett 10 месяцев назад

Right on! I essentially turned this one into a 660 - or relatively close at least.

@eamonstafford2056 10 месяцев назад

@@JackFossett sounds great. You did a good job. Keep rockin'

@charleslambiase5670 6 дней назад

Hey Jack how are you I keep looking at these videos but nevertheless my end of it is not the guitar my end of it is the bass in particular the 4005 modified to. A fretless that I play... Equipped with yes Gemini's Toaster Pick up especially for base with the Form magnets for Paul pieces on the bottom as opposed to the 6.... A known war for playing my gifts in basis for the styles that I play as well as Solo but people have of Lately been telling me they Love my. Rick sounds... I do run an inch stereo and at fifth nob is the ticket..... I'd like to hear You do some more? What you're Rick and backer and how are you feelings these days towards it.. I've been playing Forever.. And I have also proved that Rick and backers in the base world are not one trick ponies and I believe Paul mccartney as well. Thank you Jack❤

@Arthur_My_Dear Год назад

I’ve just watched your other video of the guitar before you modded it and although I prefer the looks now, I thought the sound was much better when you first bought it

@polnoeceloe 10 месяцев назад

This is a great guitar, any Rickenbacker looks like a piece of art on its own, and it has a nice natural sound, I love listening to it. If someone wants a stronger pickup signal, they could probably put a stronger dual pickup on this guitar. But I've never seen anyone do this. They just put that guitar aside and pick up another one. I find this pointless, I don't see a problem making this a permanent guitar by putting a more powerful pickup on the bridge here. And for example, the neck pickup can be left original. Then you can get an interesting mixture, why not?

@ThePenitentSquirrel 2 года назад

For the assist, 2:54 the break angle ... nice guitar although not the easiest to find and try out

@JackFossett 2 года назад

"The thing" is much more accurate, and an inadvertent Fantastic Four reference.

@barrieglenn8353 Год назад

Played one at a gig once, Best neck I have ever played

@Shred_The_Weapon Год назад

Back when I was a teenager, I wanted a Rick for no better reason than that it was a weapon of choice for the Beatles, the Byrds, The Who, Genesis, the Jam, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and REM. I didn’t ever think about whether or not I wanted one for itself. I used to daydream about getting one and plugging it into a Marshall Stack. How come? Because it wasn’t frequently associated with hard rock sounds. Trying that once or twice when I was in my later teens seemed OK for a little while, but I realized it did not appear that I could make good on it. As I have commented before, real Marshall products have always been more expensive than they are worth. Then, there is the idea that people only want Rickenbacker because of those aforementioned artists and others like them. In both cases, iconography is more important than practicality.

@ManchesterBlackSheep Год назад

Depends what sound you want. If you want that beautiful jangle, nothing comes close. Paul Weller, when in the Jam, used to use it to great effect with a Marshall stack BTW.

@Shred_The_Weapon Год назад

Thanks, @@ManchesterBlackSheep. Recently, a question has come to mind. Are those toaster pick ups in the Rickenbacker product line anything like P90s? If not, how much of that they appear to have a hotter output than Stratocaster pickups?

@benallmark9671 2 года назад

I think I have the same kinda taste in guitars as you. Give or take , glad to hear you like this one. Do you own any Gretsch guitars ?

@JackFossett 2 года назад

I do! A 6120 and I also have several Gretsch acoustics

@AdhitiaSofyan Год назад

Hi. Just got my 620. I wanted to put 11 gauge on it but the seller didn't recommend it, he says the "R" bridge is fragile it would break. Can u confirm this? Thanks!

@darkwatersband 2 месяца назад

I’ve seen many of them break in my time tbh best to upgrade it to a 12 string trapeze or R

@LXS-ud6yf 2 месяца назад

How does the 620 compare with a Telecaster as far as being comfortable playing sitting down?

@charleslambiase5670 6 дней назад

The toaster pick ups are silky they're not harsh they have a chemical sound to them they are different....

@charleslambiase5670 6 дней назад

Are you pretty with the hiking pick ups? They are a bit dawker and cost of the hotto wine the higher outfit now on the other spectrum. I have the Rick of backer humbuchers in one of my basis as well spracked up against the bridge and up against dinner for some reason you. Could never get enough of brightness out of him understandable? But thank God I'm compressed row remission of my mining hum bucker on my Gibson EB basses...

@robertmaune8557 Год назад

I too have a 620, and I also switched the pickups for toasters: a Rickenbacker in the neck and Creamery in the bridge. I was thinking of swapping out the R tailpiece for a Winfield one. Did you notice tone changes after the bridge substitution?

@deedubslite 2 года назад

I find myself always grabbing my 620.

@zachhaywood1564 Год назад

Glad someone finally mentioned how the hardcore guitar snobs start frothing at the mouth if you just call it a "Rick."

@davidlove827 4 месяца назад

I want one. To me, it's a full-bodied Tele.

@JackFossett 4 месяца назад

Agreed!

@davidlove827 2 месяца назад

Did you buy it new or used Jack?

@tbeau6663 8 месяцев назад

Love Rickenbackers!

@fancykarlmarx 10 месяцев назад

I think Rickenbackers sound the best in a full mix. Personally wouldn’t choose it for playing a solo show.

@Bertone 2 года назад

sounds great. I have a 330 with stock hi-gains. I find them a bit dark, are the toasters both brighter and clearer?

@JackFossett 2 года назад

I found them to be - I also changed the pots which helped

@graemero5532 2 года назад

I like the look & the tone, but there are other guitar in front of it in the wish list.

@JackFossett 2 года назад

What's number one right now?

@graemero5532 2 года назад

@@JackFossett Number 1 I own is the Custom shop Asat in my profile pic & Number 1 I want is a p90 SG. What's next for you Jack ?

@JackFossett 2 года назад

@@graemero5532 oh very nice! P90 SGs are excellent. Top on my to buy list is probably a classic 50s style sunburst Stratocaster, or possibly an ES-175

@Voltanaut 2 года назад

Ric basses are 10 out of 10, Ric guitars are 8.5 out of 10. Ric basses are virtually perfect, especially the new models with the new bridges, and they can do everything, whereas Ric guitars can do virtually everything, but not everything.

@cropduster001 Год назад

It's about time they changed that crappy bridge on the 4003. The only problem I have is it doesn't allow you to palm mute because of the recessed strings. They seem to be obsessed with keeping up with traditional looks versus functionality. Like the Fender bridge has the strings resting on top of the saddles, the new Ric bass bridge doesn't allow you to palm mute easily.

@user-ui5dr9fw8v Год назад

Personally curiosity about my 2018 made 620. The blend knob controls neck pickup only. The Bass knobs control neck pickup only while treble knobs control bridge pickup only. Is it the thing designed or wrong circuit?

@BeantownToBigD 2 года назад

Nice playing in the outro. Your studio?

@JackFossett 2 года назад

Thank you! That’s my bass player Max’s studio

@deedubslite 2 года назад

I believe Rickenbacker CNC cuts the necks and bodies so I would expect all of the same model of 620's to have the same neck profile.

@JackFossett 2 года назад

Compared to other models is what I meant

@deedubslite 2 года назад

@@JackFossett Now I want to pull out my 360 and 360-12 compare 'em. You may be right. but I LOVE the small bodied 620.

@jimboobism 2 года назад

That’s true but Ric have been known to occasionally change the spec of the CNC cut so there is a bit of variation between different production runs over the years

@void0094 2 года назад

I think these guitars are very cool.

@brianbogle5050 2 года назад

I'm curious if you changed out the pickups (hi gains for toasters) and the tailpiece. All the 620 that I've seen have hi gains and the R tailpiece. Yours looks more like a 660. I love my Rics! I'm lusting after a 660 since my 381V69 is so heavy. Thanks for the review.

@JackFossett 2 года назад

Yes I did, I talked about it in the video

@brianbogle5050 2 года назад

@@JackFossett My apologies. I don't recall skipping ahead but it could have happened. I will re-watch it now. Thanks!

@Twirlyhead 2 года назад

I am very pleased you love it but had you not liked it would you have dared diss an anniversary pressy from Mrs F 🎸

@JackFossett 2 года назад

I wouldn’t have done the video 😉

@Twirlyhead 2 года назад

@@JackFossett Ha. Was she in the crowd when you used it for that blues gig by any chance ?

@JackFossett 2 года назад

Sadly no

@douglaslangella7782 11 месяцев назад

When you changed the tailpiece did it affect the string height and set up?

@PageandPlant4Life Год назад

Good song man

@thebenefactor6744 2 года назад

I had a 1986 330 and got rid of it eventually because it just didn't bring anything special to the party, that is after I discovered the distinct character that strats, les Paul's, sg's, etc. always seemed to possess. Rics are extremely well made, but bland; at least in my experience. I wish I had the chance to try a 620, but a used lefty 330 at the time seemed like finding a hen's tooth.

@PageandPlant4Life Год назад

I've played 330s in stores and never liked em.. but my 620 I recently got is a different story

@thebenefactor6744 Год назад

@@PageandPlant4Life sincere thanks for the info.

@babyshaker8932 Год назад

Anyone know whats up with the duel input ?

@scottsodyssey2485 Год назад

Just got my 620. What size strings are you using, 10-46? Thank you.

@osci08 Год назад

Hi Jack, beautiful guitar and beautiful music you play, Just wondering if you see this comment, What is the name of song name and artist at the 37 sec mark?

@JackFossett Год назад

Just a jam! Nothing specific

@osci08 Год назад

@@JackFossett very nice indeed

@jimh6763 Год назад

What happened to the,,"R" tail piece?

@guitarswhiskeyandgolf 2 года назад

Hey jack is the finger board that high gloss you see on alot of Rics? That's always been a bit weird

@JackFossett 2 года назад

Yes it is high gloss, although I don't find it feels uncomfortable

@kevinmusso2397 2 года назад

Jack! Are your toasters waxed? I bought a “Rick”. Same model as yours only midnight blue. The pickups are to middle of the road. I wanted Jangle. Just need to know if you got them waxed or not.

@JackFossett 2 года назад

Wax potted! Midnight Blue is the first 620 I ever played, and honestly I still want one in that finish.

@kevinmusso2397 2 года назад

@@JackFossett thank you

@kevinmusso2397 2 года назад

@@JackFossett I know you swapped volume and tone pots. By that, did you mean the 5th pot too? (Neck blender)

@JackFossett 2 года назад

@@kevinmusso2397 no that one I didn’t touch

@karmicselling4252 2 года назад

Jack. I'm sorry. But you cannot play either Byrds or Tom Petty / Heartbreakers stuff with a six string RIC and be legit. The six string RICs do have a lot of jangle but they lack the most important RIC characteristic ... CHIME !!! I do agree, the six string RICs can produce some great dark bluesy tones. I had a 330 for a few years for that simple reason. But I onsold it decades ago. If it had been a 330/12 I would still probably have it. Saying all that, any RIC is more than just a musical instrument. They are really works or Art! Every guitar player should own a RIC at least once in their lifetime. For me six string RICs are like girlfriends that come and go. Twelve string RICs are like wives. You only really want to have one and keep them close until the day you pass on. Cheers from the Land Down Under.