Rickenbacker 360

August 17, 2006
Rickenbacker 360
The Rickenbacker 360 is a classic semi-hollow electric guitar that was made famous, in its 12-string incarnation, by George Harrison of the Beatles. Radiohead, The Byrds, The Smiths, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Elliot Smith, and REM have created some of their best-known work using Rickenbacker guitars.
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Why the distortion?

By: Jaakko
I don't understand why this walkthru was done with that thick distortion on all the time. It basically prevented us from hearing what the Guitar sounds like. This is particularily surprising, since the R 360 is most known for its wonderful clean tone, as used by the artists mentioned in the walkthru's introduction text. Also no info about the amp and pedal (if the distortion was made with a pedal) used here was provided. This walkthru was not very informative, because the distortion hid the Guitar's own tone.
Wed, 2007-05-30 04:39

Fuzzy test...

By: Mafra
That's it! I was just about to write the same thing, Jaakko: why all that fuzz? The guitar's actual sound was absolutely undistinguishable. I'd suggest you guys to remake the test, this time starting with the clean tone, and then add some crunchy overdrive.
Fri, 2007-08-31 17:15

The review

By: izodiak
Please make it clean, it is unfair.. IM thinking of buying this guitar, and I would really wish to hear it.. please please please play it one more time, with no distortion/overdrive or reverb, echo or wthatever.. just a nice clean sound, few chord strumming, a bit fingerpicking a solo.. along those lines.. Please, I am begging.
Sat, 2007-11-10 16:29

maybe

By: bholland
we might be able to get one back in. Check the date on the video. It's pretty old and probably needs an update at this point.
Mon, 2007-11-12 16:53

Terrible!

By: Rob

This is a really poor review of the guitar. Play it clean and through a tube amp. You cannot even hear what it sounds like! Also Elliott Smith VERY rarely used a Rickenbacker, and on none of his well-known studio compositions, so I think it's a bit silly to talk about it like it's one of his signature guitars.

Sun, 2007-12-30 12:20

good review

By: julio

i think is pretty fair that the review is with a distortion tone cause if go to youtube u gonna find a lot of videos with a clean tone ,im tired of that type of sound and i finally found a good video with a dirt sound

Fri, 2008-04-25 13:47

good review

By: julio

i think is pretty fair that the review is with a distortion tone cause if go to youtube u gonna find a lot of videos with a clean tone ,im tired of that type of sound and i finally found a good video with a dirt sound

Fri, 2008-04-25 13:47

good review

By: julio

i think is pretty fair that the review is with a distortion tone cause if go to youtube u gonna find a lot of videos with a clean tone ,im tired of that type of sound and i finally found a good video with a dirt sound

Fri, 2008-04-25 13:55

pprice

By: Kurt Cobain

How much does this guitar cost??????

Thu, 2008-07-10 22:17

price

By: Anonymous Coward

how much does this guitar cost

Thu, 2008-07-10 22:18

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