All user reviews for the Rickenbacker 360

Made in USA
Bought on eBay is a 1998 model in very good condition.
Channel varnish
2 stereo microphones
24 frets

UTILIZATION

The handle is particularly well-rounded and ultimately enjoyable.
Easy to play, although it is not a Les Paul but you get used.

Easy access in acute but does not venture more Loint the 15th box.


You do not cheat with Rick!

SOUNDS

Its very special. Recognizable, remarkable both crystalline but also a bit dirty.
Very garage, punk, who, beatles, English.
I think it is a guitar rhythm more than solos.

OVERALL OPINION

I have 2 years from my thirty guitars is one that fascinates me the most with its sound, its shape, its look.

This is a bit of a Jaguar équivalement (in terms of car ...) racy, rare, british, class.

But the musicians do not keep in lead guitar (Lennon, Pete Townsend, Paul Weller ...) strange right?

This is a Rickenbacker 360 electric 6-string, semi-hollow guitar in midnight blue, the standard two-pickup version. It has been upgraded to vintage-style "toaster top" Rickenbacker pickups. It came with very useful straplocks and a very heavy Rickenbacker case.


I bought this guitar second-hand. I won't say how much I paid for it, because I got a very impressive deal, especially given the pickup upgrades. Suffice to say this guitar goes for about $2400 when it's new.

Until I got this guitar, I was unable to achieve one of the "holy grails" of electric-guitar tone I've been hunting for years -- the bassy yet cutting, hi-fi, sustaining "power pop" tone on Taste of Joy's Trigger Fables, my favourite album of all time. It wasn't a Telecaster (not enough bass) and it wasn't a Gretsch (not enough sustain). When I ran the Rickenbacker 360 through a slightly overdriven amp, that's when it dawned on me that this was one of those classic tones (The Byrds, Tom Petty, The Beatles...) you simply could not get with any other guitar. The pickup upgrades installed by the previous owner must have had an impact, because I've played other Rickenbackers at music stores before, and none of them had the precisely right sound this one had. It is now one of my mainstay guitars and I used it liberally on my last record. The guitar is even loud enough acoustically that I've been using it a great deal as a comfortable acoustic guitar for transcribing cover songs with.

Another reviewer in here has blasted the Rickenbacker's design. Unlike him, I don't believe it's a "fundamental flaw", but it's worth mentioning. The Rickenbacker's neck is higher than the body, and the strings are quite far from the pickups. If you like playing with your right hand's little finger planted on the top, this guitar will probably bug you. I believe that this design has something to do with the unique sound of Rickenbackers, but it does come with a price: It's nearly impossible to bend the strings on the Rickenbacker 360, and you have to get used to having that much space underneath your strings. However, this does *not* necessarily translated into high action on the left hand; my 360 plays just fine on the left hand -- and the famously narrow Rickenbacker neck isn't a problem on the 360 6-string.

I also find the sound controls somewhat fiddly. Not only is there a "Ric-O-Sound" output jack (which is only wired to the bridge, so along with the regular jack it allows you to send pickup signals to different amps), but it also has a fifth (!) knob control, which apparently slowly fades out the neck pickup. What I don't get is how that's different from either using the pickup selector switch to go to the bridge only, or to go into dual-pickup mode and then use the volume knob to control how much the neck pickup is in the mix! I couldn't find the difference, and since the volume knob gives me so much more control, I just always leave the fifth knob at full, which basically means it's just another thing in the way, another thing that could be set wrong when playing. And yes, if you turn the fifth knob down all the way and flip the pickup selector switch to neck, your guitar will go silent.

While we're on the subject of the control knobs, the neck and bridge control knobs are backwards from the classic Gibson layout (ie. tone knobs closer to the player, volume knobs farther). Really not that player-friendly; no other guitar design I know of does this. Luckily, the Rickenbacker isn't a jazzy guitar and I almost always leave the tone controls at full anyway.

I'd also have to nitpick at the case provided. It's a monster, extremely heavy, with two storage compartments inside, and it's also very long. I suppose extra protection is good for a guitar investment this high, but I almost feel like if you're going to have such a heavy case, might as well go with a heavy-duty flight case.

One more thing: Rickenbackers are some of the rarest big-name guitars in stores. On average every music store I've visited would only have one or two in stock, usually used, and the 360 is even rare (the pointy-horned, less expensive 330 is more common). Consequently, it can also be hard finding a good Rickenbacker because the choices are so few -- most RIckenbackers I've tried at music stores have something wrong with them, such as a malfunctioning pickup, worn-out strings or physical damage. And I've been told by multiple sources that ordering a new Rickenbacker can take months. The only thing I can advise is to be patient: It was about four years in between my first picking up a Rickenbacker and finally finding one second-hand, and the wait was worth it, both for the price I got and the quality of the instrument I ended up with.

Wonderful. No flaws. The finish is beautifully applied (be careful -- online photos often show the midnight blue finish as almost black. It is actually more of a metallic blue, similar to the blue burst on Taylor T5s). The previous owner also kept it quite well, with no buckle rash, chips, or real damage of any kind, and I intend to keep it that way. The posh Rickenbacker hardware, unique "stacked" pickguard, bridge tailpiece and headstock all convey a European chic that makes it stand out visually, just like a Gretsch archtop.

Rickenbacker guitars are pretty quirky. They have some design features which can be a little dubious, and not all guitar players will be inclined to make a Rickenbacker his only guitar. However, they have one of the classic pop/rock sounds that you simply won't get anywhere else. Rickenbacker advertisements say that they "burn through the mix", and I'd have to say they're not exaggerating. That uniquely cutting, yet full and bassy sound that almost sounds like a cello is what I'd consider the greatest rhythm sound in that area between clean and overdrive, and if you ever play leads that don't come from the bluesy mode (again, string-bending is nigh impossible on this guitar), you'll also get a great, very melodic, very commanding tone. The fullness of this tone is great for playing little but sounding like a lot, or if you're playing parts that sit between rhythm and lead. It's a classic sound, and it belongs solely to Rickenbackers.

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Made in the United States, fully polished round end, half cash, two microphones (one serious, one acute) volume and tone for each pickup, plus a button balance between the two microphones. Finally, a pickup selector to play with two or only one of them.

It has a mono output, and a stereo output which can connect a Y cable (stereo on one side and two mono cables from each other), and each microphone is found on one of the cables .

Should not the wrong hole when the branch because if you plug the cable into the stereo out mono ... all of a sudden you lose the serious ... it's just super scary time to understand why the microphone work anymore * LOL



UTILIZATION

the guitar is not heavy, the handle is super nice. The fine does not bother me as playing the mandolin I prefer the sleeves end my palm of his hand encompasses much, I prefer not to have big innings, I find them uncomfortable, but when I have no choice, I do with .

access to acute and is easy to get the sound .. ben should just play, and remember to plug it.

I tested the 330 in a store and I almost fell off my chair when he heard the sound. I shot a big price blues, and finally I said that IF! One day I will have a Rickenbacker, no matter how long it takes! It's not a cheap guitar, but by being sponsored by the family is friends for a Birthday gift, it can get very cheap, especially if you have many generous participants

I decided to take the 360 ​​first because it is more beautiful, the body, the handle ... finishes are much prettier, and then mainly because this one is stereo, and I counted on to use this feature so unique.

I hesitated a moment with the 620, which is stereo, but the tone of the body half body convinced me.


SOUNDS

This guitar is suitable for many styles of music. Although I do not play metal ... I tried with heavy distortion, but ... I do not like heavy distortion:-P

the sound is very clear, nothing to do with a Fender, it's a particular timbre. You can adjust the treble very clear and very deep bass.

Moreover, when I put the bass back, I feel that my guitar amp to hard to digest ... or of interest to have a stereo output, and power plug in the micro low on ... a bass amp )

Well since I also play bass, it's not a problem for the amp:-P

stereo output can also do a lot of combinations, such as placing a specific effect on a single microphone, such as a reverb on the treble, leaving the serious mate, or vice versa, and other effects as what you have.

I do not push too much treble, I like his bluesy warm, but it depends on what I play, this guitar offers so many possibilities that it would be a shame to lock on a specific mode.

It sounds as if it is not connected, because its body is hollow, it sounds acoustic. Some will not like, but I think it's great. It's a pretty nice, it's not as strong as a good acoustic guitar with a good body, but it's still good enough to repeat without amp.


OVERALL OPINION

I played on other models before, but either I do not find it "very comfortable" or the sound let me dream ...

I also had the guitars really rotten with a broken body and ropes to 1cm above the handle that you could not get given the state of the fund, real galleys, but if you want to play and we it ... we do with ... but at least we have "made the fingers" ...

but there is a time for everything ...

This guitar is made by hand, or a price premium. But given its manufacture, its very special finishing the price is justified. I know luthiers that do electric guitars entirely by hand and the prices are similar.

Now you can win up to 500 euros on the price depending on where you buy it. much cheaper in England, if not .. balances must be in France in the music store and you can have a very pleasant surprise and pay less than 330 new, what I did, but be careful, do not hang out because it can go faster: - P

is what I do it again this choice? Ben saw that I dreamed for 20 years ... YES! and I see no other guitar on the market that can offer me the same service level and sound adjustment, and side look, j'adooooooore.

She provides case and given the size of its body, the case is high ... good for sure that it can not compete with my mandolin case ... So there, one regret: that I can not press a button, it folds completely in size pick, and I put it in my pocket .. but, I ask also the option for my car:-P

Guitar States.
Type hollow body guitar (hearing in cat's eye) with a handle in the Saddle 24 polished frets in Saddle (rosewood neck !!!!).
2 single coil pickups controlled by 2 volume & 2 tone + a balance between the two microphones.
the tailpiece in the shape of R is simply sublime.
This is a guitar that has a mouth.

UTILIZATION

The handle is of incredible finesse, it's a little late (do not have fingers enfls!) But so comfortable with its small frettes.On can rgler the action of the strings very low.
The ACCS is to dernires aisment boxes, one box I reached 24 without effort.
weight is more than adequate but it is not a guitar for small (width of the body).
A particular feature of this guitar is possder 2 output "jack", a normal & the other "Stereo" that is to say the grave of a cot micro, micro acute the another for use with a "jack" 3 voies.Ceci Relva more gadget today.

SOUNDS

The sound is a intermdiaire between the "fender" & Sound "gibson". This guitar has a reputable rhythm guitar, I think that it can do more than that.
I was in a branch Rivera Chubster 40 or in a Marshall JCM 800, the clean sounds are clear (for arpges IDAL) and crunches are fatter than with your strato, even heavy distortion sound.
The microphone is serious velvety trs (blues or jazz).
This guitar has a penchant for rock.

OVERALL OPINION

I possde this guitar for a 10aine of years and this is true that it is less versatile than my stratos 62 possde but a foul and a Personal property to her.
This is a guitar that every guitar player should have in its collection for it is a joy to find her.
The day you play with you will not go unnoticed.
A tip: buy a 360 12-string because you can easily spend 12 6 strings, the reverse is much harder to obtain.

Let's see .. Let's see .... But how about the Duchess?

UTILIZATION

It's a little love hate this guitar, say what his character did.
In fact we have the impression how life ... It must be his cot semi-hollow?
So y 'morning or she is ill or moon and the night you will see
the Holy Grail. was less than that is even qu'vous.

SOUNDS

And ka is said that it does not satturer, with its kind to the jou p'tit clear sound.
So direct is a twin or a vox ac 30. And! ... Bah Bah Bah ....
Both Gibson LP's, Marshall .... for the Twin 360's.
Dry nothing like that .... has no effects pedals. Try if you can ...
A great adventure begins! .
Good large fingers made gaffe, it handles it for bbs scratch, and to find the place ... not always obvious! . The system stro ... yes, blah ... Ben is especially the need to find the little box that goes with it, to make it work! . and it's Tom Petty, or the Byrds.
In short, one of these guitars for legends, who have to look rather play with that .... It begins with the Beatles ... and it ends with M.

OVERALL OPINION

Mine is 1980. But I must tell you that it's not like Gibson or Fender, (plus it's old it's good!).. Nothing to do ... This brand has so much change hands. There have any sries Good.
And other really borked ...
You have to find a good!
PS: It seems to become a fashion that scratch, I'm gonna gods 20 m'faire a package tunes!
if j'la sells .....
Love

- Hand Made in the United States in Santa Ana, California
- 24 frets (yes 2 more than the others)
- Rickenbacker pickups (1 neck, 1 bridge)
- Dual input jack, a stereo and a standard
- A selector in micro volume, 1 tone knob and a selector in micro stereo input to modulate
- A 3-position selector for selection of microphones
- Channel superfine rather small hands maple and varnished please to boot! the marker type are pearl shark teeth.
- The finish is really neat
- The measure is provided flycase bonus
- Double bar set in the handle

UTILIZATION

- The handle is super convenient, the frets are low not need to press to get a rough agreement
- Access to acute is clean and beautiful despite the 24 frets.
- The body half body is actually an advantage as to its weight
- The sound is clear crisp and clean (especially when played on a Vox AC30 type)
- The box is quite large but well proportioned

SOUNDS

- A vintage rock leaning guitar rather brit version, type the jam, The Who
which, however, had adopted this guitar.
- The ring and slamming sounds good, Schaller, mechanical oil bath are good agreement

OVERALL OPINION

- I use it recently but I explored thoroughly. value for money is clean and beautiful for one of the few still made model "by hand" and the United States. This is a guitar that is rare in France and it is true that the waiting time for orders up to a year low! But the pleasure of listening and just wait to play it!
- A guitar that unlike other low to sell more expensive than you had bought, but who wants to get rid of?

- This guitar is like a fine wine she improves with age, these forms a little round gives him an air current, although it was designed in the 60s.

Rickenbacker 360 .. what a beautiful object, with its rounded contours, the hollow body, the color will delight fireglo him .. This contrasts with the small "binding" white round the back of the body and pickguard blanc.la touch with many kinds rickenbacker triangular inlays etc. .. these are dtails the fact that I chose this MODEL L in rickenbacker, although I hsit between 620.330 and some 350 etc ... finally I found the work of violin making much prettier on the 360.

UTILIZATION

It is a rickenbacker so you have time to adapt .. the handle end and flat frets trs .. but if not add anything .. these guitars are so original (as in the violin, as in his The look ..) and few .. which is a quality I find, I've never seen one in a music store.

SOUNDS

I like the sound of this guitar, it has convinced everyone around me, and his look.

I like the particulirement his easel, it may be too brilalnt a tl but more serious.
the neck pickup provides plenty of possibilities thanks to a little 5th potentiomtre that filters frquences serious.

There's is a dual output jack: a nomal "standard" and one stereo "rick o sound," but I've never used the stereo up to present .. but will be soon, anyway is once again in an original Rickenbacker.

OVERALL OPINION

MODEL of February 1997.

A pice original, unusual on scne.

I wanted to play on rickenbacker, and finally I chose the 360 ​​fireglo because I think it's the coolest.

A Rickenbacker is difficult and sometimes trs long to find one, prices are proportional to the rarity of the instrument, it is a choice spcial, but I'm not.

I have three guitars States, fender, gibson, I only play on the rick for some time.

Made in: U.S.A.
Body Type: Semi Acoustic
No. Frets: 24
Scale Length: 62.9 cm (24 3/4'')
Neck Width at Nut: 41.4 mm (1.63'')
Neck Width at 12th Fret: 49.05 mm (1 .931'')
Crown Radius: 25.4 cm (10'')
Body Wood: Maple
Neck Wood: Maple
Fingerboard Wood: Rosewood
Weight: 3.6 kg (8.0 lbs.)
Overall Length: 101 cm (39 3/4'')
Overall Width: 38.1 cm (15'')
Overall Depth: 38.1 mm (1 1/2'')
Neck Binding: Yes
Fret Marker Style: Triangle
Tailpiece: ''R''
Bridge: 6 Saddle
Neck Type: Set-in
No. of Pickups: 2
Type of Pickups: Hi-gain
Output Type: Mono and Stereo
Machine Heads: Schaller

UTILIZATION

This guitar plays very well. It has more frets than I was used to but I quickly adjusted and actually enjoyed playing some higher leads. The neck is very smooth which makes it a blast to play. When I first got mine the action was off (the high e would buzz sometimes because it was so close to the fretboard). This could have been due to the previous owner but it was easy to fix. I haven't messed around with stereo inputs too much but one time I put one input into a distorted amp and the other into a clean amp. When I switched between the pickups I could instantly add distortion. This was pretty fun to play with but I don't know how practical it would be in a live situation.

SOUNDS

This guitar sounds great through every amp I've played it through. I've tried it through an Orange Tiny Terror, Fender Bassman, Vox AC4TV, Hughes & Kettner 20th anniversary, and a few others. It has beautiful cleans but it can also handle a lot of distortion. As a big Beatles fan, I wanted this guitar for it's legendary jangle sound. It was actually a bit disappointing in that aspect. The high gain pickups aren't nearly as jangly as the old 60's toaster pickups. You can buy a set of toaster pickups from the Rickenbacker website but I ended up liking the tone so much that I kept the stock pickups. This guitar has a wide variety of tones but I like to use it for blues, rock, jazz, soul, and funk.

OVERALL OPINION

This guitar, although expensive, was totally worth it. I don't think I'll ever let this leave my collection of gear. Everything I do with it just sounds fantastic. If I were made of money I would buy another so I could have the toaster pickups or even the 12 string version.

I am a huge fan of U2 and the Beatles. When I saw the concert of U2 at Slain castle and the Edge came out on Mysterious Ways playing a 12 string Rickenbacker it really expanding my interest in this guitar company. I also watched the Live In Boston concert from U2 and noticed he played a black 360, so at that moment I was hooked on getting one. And of course George Harrison and crew were sporting Rickenbackers back in the day and were really the first band to make this company with their iconic guitar look explode onto the scene.

Rickenbacker 360 Electric Guitar Features:

* Deluxed semi-hollowbody construction
* Special contour around the entire body perimeter is incredibly comfortable
* Bound body
* Rosewood fingerboard inlaid with triangular pearloid markers
* Maple neck with dual truss rods
* Single-coil pickups deliver everything from clean tone to biting overdrive
* 3-way selector for each pickup
* Master preset allows tone and volume settings to be set up for instant selection with a toggle
* Stereo output


UTILIZATION

This guitar is one of the most beautiful guitars I had ever scene. The fireglow was just amazing to look at. And for me that is basically where I left it. I really liked the look of the guitar but it felt a little cheap to me. Though it is semi-hollow bodied it just had this feel that it was cheap. However not all of them felt like this, but I have played enough 360 and 330 Ric's that most of them to me felt very cheap. They do have a unique sound which is great but to me it is not an everyday sound for rock music. If you are into effects like the Edge is then this maybe a guitar for you. Or if you are a collector or something. I haven't been able to spend much time with the older Rickenbackers and perhaps there is a different feel to those but the newer ones just don't live up. All be it my favorite bass guitar is an 80's cream/ white Rickenbacker 4003.

One of the unique things about Ric's is the stereo output. They have a regular guitar jack plug and then they have the extra stereo plug for playing into two different amps. Though I never ran it like this.

SOUNDS

The sound is unique and has that iconic voicing to it but for me it isn't an everyday guitar. There pickups are pretty beefy for single coil.

I was using mine with a Marshall JMP and a vintage Marshall 4x12 cab with Celestion blackback speakers. I had several effect unit but I'll stick with the main setup. This sound was pretty good. The pickups seemed to have a higher output then my standard Les Paul pickups. So that was a cool thing that this guitar had going for it.

OVERALL OPINION

I love the iconic look of this guitar. I don't like the sound that it has and I don't like the feel that it has. It has its moments for sure but at the end of the day your probably not going to gel with it if you are into rock and or metal. For pop music or ambient stuff this guitar will sound right for you. I am not sure what they are priced at new. I got mine of the used market for about $1400 which is about right at the time I was looking. I ended up selling it for $1250 for a loss but oh well. They are cool to look at for me but I would much rather play a Strat,Les Paul. or a Charvel.

(Originally written by Inspecteur Van Loke/translated from Audiofanzine FR)
This Rickenbacker 360 is a nice instrument with its rounded shape, its hollow body and its Fireglo finish... The color contrasts with the white binding and pickguard. The finger board has typical Rickenbacker inlays, etc. I chose it because of all these details, although I hesitated between a 620, a 330 and a 350. In the end the looks of the 360 won me over.

UTILIZATION

It's a Rickenbacker so you'll need some time to feel comfortable with it due to the very slim neck with very flat frets... These guitars are so special (conception, sound and look) and rare.

SOUNDS

I like the sound of this guitar, which convinced all my friends. I also like its look.

I like specially the bridge pickup because it sounds as brilliant as a Telecaster but with more lows.

The neck pickup provides many possibilities thanks to a small control that filters low frequencies.

The guitar has two outputs: a normal output (standard) plus a stereo output (Rick-o-sound) that I never use ... Once again a special Rickenbacker feature.

OVERALL OPINION

The guitar was made in February 1997.

It's an original guitar you won't see on many stages.

I wanted a Rickenbacker and I bought this 360 Fireglo because it looks great.

It's difficult to find a Rickenbacker, you really have to search for a long time, and its price is proportional to its rareness, but I'm not disappointed.

I own three US guitars: Fender, Gibson and Rickenbacker... But currently I only play with the Rickenbacker.