NGD - Rickenbacker 620 Mapleglo

Dokterrock · Post by **Dokterrock** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:34 pm

I have been GASing hard for one of these for a while. Played as many different models I could get my hands on and the 620 was the winner. Musician's Friend had it used in mint condition plus a deal on used gear last weekend, so I got a pretty nice price for it.

Set up was pretty alright out of the box. Neck could use a little bit of straightening on the treble side and just the high e string needs to be intonated

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 12:08 am

Lovely stuff!

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:47 am

over the course of the last three years i have really started to like rickys. Nice score!

Dokterrock · Post by **Dokterrock** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 6:01 am

Thanks! Ran it through its paces tonight at rehearsal... sounds GOOD. Might have a real keeper on my hands here.

speedfish · Post by **speedfish** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:01 am

Congrats!

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:09 am

Looks very classy! But...

Dokterrock wrote: Neck could use a little bit of straightening on the treble side

What exactly does that mean?

George · Post by **George** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:11 am

They have two truss rods

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:35 am

Nice find!

I like how the exposure makes it look like nylon strings.

Chris Fleming · Post by **Chris Fleming** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 1:20 pm

Nice... Looks like a very elegant design. Might be worth emulating in a build I'm thinking?

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:58 am

Dokterrock wrote:Thanks! Ran it through its paces tonight at rehearsal... sounds GOOD. Might have a real keeper on my hands here.

Well done!

Mine is under the bed in Los Angeles, but I love to pull out and bang out some Weller/The Jam when visiting home. It really is a weird feeling guitar though, when coming from a year's worth of playing Fenderish stuff. So small, so heavy, and with strings spanning the body up high like a gondola it's asking you for a proper fight. Of course, them high-gains are a wonderfully angry pair to slam an amp with.

Post by **dots** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 6:58 pm

now that is a looker.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:40 pm

Awesome guitar! It reminds me of Ron Nasty's Rickenbacker 615.

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:21 pm

ultratwin wrote:
Dokterrock wrote:Thanks! Ran it through its paces tonight at rehearsal... sounds GOOD. Might have a real keeper on my hands here.
Well done!

Mine is under the bed in Los Angeles, but I love to pull out and bang out some Weller/The Jam when visiting home. It really is a weird feeling guitar though, when coming from a year's worth of playing Fenderish stuff. So small, so heavy, and with strings spanning the body up high like a gondola it's asking you for a proper fight. Of course, them high-gains are a wonderfully angry pair to slam an amp with.

I'm glad it's not just me that feels liked this, and it's this that was putting me off it for a while but I think I'll give it a proper go this weekend and see if I can rekindle my 620 love.

Dokterrock · Post by **Dokterrock** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:23 am

BobArsecake wrote: I'm glad it's not just me that feels liked this, and it's this that was putting me off it for a while but I think I'll give it a proper go this weekend and see if I can rekindle my 620 love.

So far to me it feels like the difference between Rickenbackers and other brands is a bit overstated. Maybe it's just my smallish hands, but the 620 feels really comfortable and slick, like a quality instrument should. That could still be the honeymoon phase talking though.

George · Post by **George** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:46 am

it looks wonderful and i'm glad you got a good one

there's a thread on here where i came crashing down to earth after buying a 620/12 - my dream guitar but it was absolute pony. blemishes, bad setup and a pickup was broken, and that's before you get to the tiny nut width (probably lovely on a 6). i still love the look of it though and wish i could have been happy with it.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:06 pm

Dokterrock wrote:
BobArsecake wrote: I'm glad it's not just me that feels liked this, and it's this that was putting me off it for a while but I think I'll give it a proper go this weekend and see if I can rekindle my 620 love.
So far to me it feels like the difference between Rickenbackers and other brands is a bit overstated. Maybe it's just my smallish hands, but the 620 feels really comfortable and slick, like a quality instrument should. That could still be the honeymoon phase talking though.

Could be, though the 620 has seemed in my hands to be an ergonomic contradiction of sorts, with both its small dimensions and a rack of painfully sharp body edges all the way 'round, just as Shiina Ringo back in the day could comfortably play one with it banging against her knee (though Duesenbergs soon followed).

Creepy Gibusu video for reference and old time's sake.

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