Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Classic Albums: Damn The Torpedoes, The Rickenbacker 12-string 

Came here to make that same comment. 💯

He's a professional,eh?

"Guitartist"

@@Aaron-ze1io?

@kurtisbased183 look closer I combined the names 😆

Yes He Is and It's a Shame. He's GREAT!! LOVE WATCHING HIM PLAY.

His band sold 70 million records. Score board.

LOL way to go, lets' justify!! I'm gonna use it too. How does it explain 6 strats and 4 Teles though?

@@toolbros 😅

I loved it when he said that. I always feel like it's hard to explain to friends and family why I have so many guitars. This does it beautifully.

@@toolbros Well, I guess you can never have too many,,eh..??

That's What I Say TOO. Mike Campbell RULES!!

Amen to that!! That Rick has got a beautiful jangly, twinky, clinky, chimey way of getting its signals across to us!! It's mostly all in those Split-bar vintage, orig. "toaster"(as they're appelated) single-coil pickups!! They have a proprietary sound all their own, 'specially sitting on maple!! I've had the pleasure of owning 3 Rick 12-strings...my orig, which I still own, FireGlo, a MapleGlo 360/12 like Petty plays on The Waiting..which I sadly had to sell to pay bills.., and a 1988 reissue of Geo. Harrison's doublebound 360/12, which preceded Mr Campbell's famous axe. Wasn't too pleased with that one, though gorgeous. Sold it for what I paid, luckily.. Own a mid-70's Rick 4001 bass in FireGlo, love it..plays beautifully, sounds deep & punchy, like they should. Rickenbacker guitars are unique, a Law into themselves, pros & cons notwithstanding.

Absolutely!! Learned something today by stumbling onto this video!! Wowwee,wow!!

Don't Do Me Like That! The bedt

Your Absolutely Right!! He's a GREAT GUITAR PLAYER. I Just LOVE To Watch Him Play His Guitars. He Clearly KNOWS HIS STUFF!! I Could Watch Him Play All Night!! It's Such a SHAME HE'S SO UNDERRATED!!

"under appreciated"?? Lol.. you're a clown, Chet.

..So very true indeed! Had pleasure of seeing him, Tom, and the Hrtbrkrs three times, each time touring to support an album. One Helluva a guitarist..and all those cool vintage guitars they own!! He surely got himself a gem of a Rick 12-string there..a FireGlo 620/12 is the designation..

Agreed. It is probably what Rickenbacker 12 strings do best...provide a colorful, sparkling, sweet background upon which the vocalist can shine. Truly beautiful instruments.

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..Same here..used to do it in a cover band..did best we could, even with the blond, MapleGlo Rick 12 I used..just didn't come across! We tried.

Absolutely. That's What I Think Too. It's a Damm Shame.

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Amen to the above as well, Mr Mike Campbell!! Gainesville Fla should be real proud to have begotten two wonderful musicians!!

@@samburkes7552 to say the least ! Legends ! Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦 !

He’s very active on Instagram if you want to tell him that.

You and me both!! Got my 360/12 FireGlo..my first guitar..in 1967. We went to the factory, met Mr F.C.Hall, he steered us to a dealer in Orange, next to Santa Ana, met the proprietor, back to the plant/factory, picked out my guitar, new as an be, Dad paid for it with a credit card...rest is history!!..And I've hung on to it!! SN: GD2101, Apr '67!!

SolamenteVees only a Ric has that.

@@joellebrodeur1015 Yep..totally concur there!!

Yeah you forgot also that it was the next guitar off the production line after Harrisons. Probably best that the guy never found out.

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Yes, kinda like being Pete Best.

TELL ME ABOUT IT ................................. THAT GUY WAS ME.

Look at this way. If it hadn't been sold to him, it wouldn't have been used on the classic album nor featured on it's cover (and would be worth a whole lot less today.)

ABSOLUTELY

Iovine, producer, had a small role towards contributing to that early sound, tho hard to deal with in sessions..

That is so very, very true!! They're unique..laws into themselves!!

Yessir, agree there wholeheartedly!! The 620/12s are not that sought after, but they sure do sound great!! it's those chrome bar/toaster pickups, wiring, and the units sitting on dense maple! ! What a mind-blowing sound!!

They had no idea if that record was gonna be a smash or not. Nobody ever does when they set out to make a record or do any creative endeavour. Easy to look back now and be nonchalant after most of those songs are still on the radio to this day. Anything showbjz related is a crapshoot really. They were also not doing a lot of overdubs. Just playing straight through printing right to the multitrack through that Neve 8028 at Sound City that Dave Grohl now has.

YES HE DOES. HE'S SUCH A COOL GUY. I LOVE TO WATCH HIM PLAY GUITAR. HE'S "SUPER GREAT"!!!

ABSOLUTELY

You double-aught betcha!!

Same here as well..they sound wonderful thru older tube Fenders, Voxes, Matchless Amps(earlier ones, Sampson era), etc..

Agreed..when I heard/saw what I did, jaw dropped..yelled out, " Oh man, alright! ! Neato!! Dig it!" Learned a few things other than what i learned by ear with this tune!! Thanks Mike!!

I gifted my brother the same 1993Plus model. I have a video on my channel. It’s a treasure.

I remember 94.1 when it was rock. Lived in NJ but could pick it up.

Absolutely true, indeed!! My '67 Rick 360/12 sounds better than it did first time I plugged into an old Gibson tube amp..Needs new strings really badly. Such a major pain to re-string one of those..but well worth it!!

@@samburkes7552 I hated the R tailpiece on my 360/12. Ended up selling it and getting 660/12s after with trapeze tailpiece. Easier to deal with.

Not that it’s a competition but look up “yes awaken 1977 live” and obviously Roger mcguinn too

Of course, he is playing the guitar parts for Here Comes My Girl...

..Yep..

Right on..I'll be 72 next month in March..couldn't agree more! Big fan of these guys' earlier material..

1800NoFault He certainly helped a great deal! Of course, they all "made" each other, I guess.

YES HE ABSOLUTELY DID. HE'S A GREAT GUITAR PLAYER. LOVE TO WATCH HIM PLAY. VERY FASCINATING!!

@@lukemeacham1282 Most Exactly..Shame how Howie Epstein met his demise..Least,they got back their orig. bassist, Ron Blair.

This is ever so true..Mine new, in 1967, was $525 w/ gray/silver naugahyde case, how they were pkgd. then.

..Had to sell a MapleGlo one I had..like Petty's and early Jim McGuinn's, csuse of financial downturn. .Wish I had her back..Mfd: Dec '67, a real good one!

yes he has been missed...sad...

Indeed. It tears me up every time I think about it.

So hard to believe.

Yes, he is badly, sadly missed. I'm sure Mike Campbell is wading harshly thru his grief for his long-time friend, bandmate, musical soulmate, etc..Rough deal to get on through past..

Well, they've been best buds for many years, coming out of Gainesville Fla, and all those yrs working, writing, producing, together..

Mike Campbell RULES!! HE CLEARLY KNOWS HIS STUFF!! LOVE TO WATCH HIM PLAY. HE'S "FANTASTIC"!!! ABSOLUTELY

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Man , the cat can wear whatever he wants...he's one of the best Gainesville could put out to us!! He & Tom both!!

Mike Campbell is Totally AWESOME!!

Actually, Campbell used a 6-string on that solo in the studio. Petty used his blonde, MapleGlo Rick 12. The vid. shows Mike with this guitar tho..a bit of Rick promo ..

@@samburkes7552 oh...was it a six string Ric that Mike used or his Broadcaster on the solo?

+Chris Simpson What's the difference between this "620-12" and a 660-12.

+james geiger The 620-12 (nowadays) has Rickenbacker high gain pickups and dual input jacks. The 660-12 has Toaster pickups and a checkered binding with one input.

Chris Simpson thank you, I was wondering exactly what model # it was.

A few years ago, this guitar's "twin" was up for auction on ebay. Identical guitar, the very next serial #. The seller said that the two of them were prototypes made by Rickenbacker for that year's NAMM show. It looked like it had been stored in a damp basement, lots of rust and pitting, but it wasn't falling apart or anything.

You're right, it was a prototype and supposedly shown at the NAMM show, didn't get any orders and was sold out of Rickenbacker's "seconds" shop. That's one reason it doesn't have an "R" tailpiece. I went with Mike out to Covina or Azusa to go see about this guitar. I believe the seller bought it from Rickenbacker's factory store. It was in perfect condition. When Tom saw it for the first time, he said "wow, an oldie goldie never been soldie". Mike has a great ear for guitars and amps.

That's a 620/12.

The voice at the beginning of the song is Mike Campbell's wife. He happen to record her at their home and they used it on the record . : "It's just the normal noises in here."

Okay! Thank you I have always wondered about that!!!!!

..So very true!! Theyre not for just sny guitarist. One had to meld into its idiosyncrasies..

To Sam B idiosyncrasies is a good description...... you can’t just treat it like a regular guitar. I try to emulate these sort of sounds. Lots of cascading notes overlapping each other. The Byrd’s tambourine man or turn turn turn.