I remember working on 362/12 guitars in Summer of 1974 at the Rickenbacker factory in Santa Ana, California. The instruments I worked on were Mapleglo with highly figured/birdseye maple. I did final fine sanding before buffing. I wrote my initials, âKTâ in the pots cavity. ~ Kim Turtenwald
I get the "cool factor" of a 12/6 but... ANYTHING over a 4080? Man, you cray! The 4080 is the definitive doubleneck - esp from Rickenbacker - with the Gibson 1275 (or whatever the number is) next, and THEN this one, I suppose, if you're a collector - and if you're a specifically Rickenbacker collector, the 4080 would *still* come first for me. But dang this was interesting.
Actually, while I think it would be *utterly* cool to have, I think it would be utterly *stupid* to play it unless you had specific reasons to do so - when Rush uses it it's the epitome of cool, but you pretty much *have* to be Geddy Lee (and playing Xanadu or A Passage to Bangkok) to fit the requirements, and it turns out that not many people are Geddy Lee, although a few more play Xanadu and/or A Passage to Bangkok.
(Incidentally, I've been to Bangkok and found it rather underwhelming compared to the image I had in my head from the song.)
I remember working on 362/12 guitars in Summer of 1974 at the Rickenbacker factory in Santa Ana, California. The instruments I worked on were Mapleglo with highly figured/birdseye maple. I did final fine sanding before buffing. I wrote my initials, âKTâ in the pots cavity. ~ Kim Turtenwald
I get the "cool factor" of a 12/6 but... ANYTHING over a 4080? Man, you cray! The 4080 is the definitive doubleneck - esp from Rickenbacker - with the Gibson 1275 (or whatever the number is) next, and THEN this one, I suppose, if you're a collector - and if you're a specifically Rickenbacker collector, the 4080 would *still* come first for me. But dang this was interesting.
I think the 4080 is ugly and stupid. There, I said it! That said, I am writing up a piece on it and I promise to be more objective than that lol.
HEY NOW!
Actually, while I think it would be *utterly* cool to have, I think it would be utterly *stupid* to play it unless you had specific reasons to do so - when Rush uses it it's the epitome of cool, but you pretty much *have* to be Geddy Lee (and playing Xanadu or A Passage to Bangkok) to fit the requirements, and it turns out that not many people are Geddy Lee, although a few more play Xanadu and/or A Passage to Bangkok.
(Incidentally, I've been to Bangkok and found it rather underwhelming compared to the image I had in my head from the song.)