It is Barry McGuire and he does play guitar. Eve of destruction and the New Christie Minstrels. Not the Byrds. They are good friends and have played together some.
Nice to see Barry McGuire get a mention. He championed the 12 string guitar. Well the acoustic 12 string guitar anyway. Perhaps he picked up a RIC 12 every now and again too? LOL
I bought one like this from my neice's boyfriend back in the early 70s. Sold it 10 years later (for about 1/10th of it's value!) because I was the proverbial starving college student Yeah, I've been kicking myself!
Nice guitar. But the best model in the genre to date is the 360/12 C63. It has all the correct bits to produce the classic vintage Rickenbacker 12 string sound of the 1960s.
What they don't (and definitely won't) tell you is that the string spacing on a 360/12 is NARROW. McGuinn (aka McGuire haha) had to use TWO fingers for an E major chord because there isn't any room! I tried one of these and it was just too uncomfortable to play. But I wanted that sound, so I found the top of the line 660/12 (which comes with the vintage toaster pickups and vintage wood case). This 360 comes with hi-gain pickups and a hard plastic case.
I almost literally froth at this guitar. It has a timbre that Gibson's doesn't have, that Fender's don't have, that PRS's don't have, that Ibanez's don't have, its clearly a class of its own. Only if it weren't so damn expensive.
Another thing none of those plurals have: apostrophes.😀 For some reason, I bought a couple of Rics earlier this year, a 12 and a 75th anniversary 6. I find myself suddenly playing a lot of Byrds and Petty. 👍
Hello! fascinating guitar sound wonderful and unique !. I would like to ask you to gauge or measure which string Rickenbacker 360/12 leaves the factory ?.
Dear Mr. McGuire...the neck-through construction is on the 4000 series bass and a few of the solid body guitars. This is a set neck. PS The guitar can play more than two chords.
When I was a kid I wanted one of these. It would have been my only guitar and I soon realized that I should have a 6-string electric first. 12-strings can be rather limiting...no string bends. We bought a used Gretsch Country Gentleman and later a Gibson ES-335. I eventually came across a used ES-335 (12-string) that I played for a number of years as a second guitar till the neck went on the thing. I managed to trade it off and I now have a Schecter 12-string electric. I personally think that Rickenbacker guitars are way over priced like German made Hofner basses. I'm satisfied with the Schecter.
i dont understand ? This rick probably costs 3 grand ...you cant get that jangly sound in cheap guitars - assuming you want to spend 1 ,500 $ on each guitar ....sure you can get some aproximations - but you really want the real deal - so i repeat ....can it handle 6 strings ? Probably....and when you need a 12 string in studio - Shazam ! ....you have one ...arrr , me smart boy
Michael Seymour i mean, i understand the unique sound to it i just don't understand why you'd ever choose 6 over 12 when you have the choice, im sure it would function just fine as a six string since there wouldn't be anywhere near as much tension on the neck as you would with a 12 strings, might take some getting used to though because im pretty sure 12 string necks are a bit wider than 6 string ones. im sure theres some info on some guitar forums
my point is - i can get the best of both worlds for one price - as i wouldnt play 12 enough to warrant getting one - but it would come in handy in the studio is what i mean
oh okay, i didn't realize you weren't a huge 12 string player that makes more sense now. i mean like i said i don't think there would be an issue with having only 6 strings you might have to adjust the neck a bit to make up for the lack of tension, but you might not even have to do that.
The "slim and fast-playing neck," as you call it, does not go through the body. The Rickenbacker 300 series guitars have set necks. Shouldn't you bother to find this stuff out before you make these videos?
these guitars are not worth the money they should be renamed the Ripoffbacker there are loads of great 12 string electric guitars on the market for quarter of the price of a ric and easier to sell when you want to resell
Pretty much none of them come close to producing the sound of a genuine Rickenbacker 12 string guitar. The exceptions would be some very expensive custom hand built replicas, and the late 1980s / early 1990s replicas manufactured by Greco and Tokai - although both of those were strung in the traditional 12 string configuration like the first 360/12 Rickenbacker produced for Suzi Arden in 1963.
That guitar is made in China. It's a chickenbacker . I've bought one. The original Rickenbacker doesn't have that letter R on the bridge. The chinese guitar is more beautiful, it has a thicker arm , so it's better to play than the american guitar. We can definetly say the chinese replica is as good as the american Rickenbacker.
Oh yeah, McGuire. The singer for The Tyrds.
+Iambic Pentameter My favorite music from The Tyrds is Burn, Burn, Burn
no the singer of the nyrds
That's McGuinn, Roger McGuinn. And it's not the Tyrds it's the BYRDS!!!
That's McGuinn, Roger McGuinn. And it's not the Tyrds it's the BYRDS!!!
Daniel Salinas you have no sense of humor
Jim McGuire and Clarence Brown - the genius guitarists of the Fysh.
It's Mcguinn not McGuire LOL!!!!
McGuire is my favorite Ric 12 player :) I think she played in Birds band...
McGuire??? Seriously??? Come on guys!
I didn't know McGuire. Google didn't either.
PasstheCapo is that a combination of Roger McGuinn and Barry McGuire?
@@LivingstonWard😆😆😆
Mark had a very lucrative music career before starting his career as a natural baseball player
This guitar is so good you can mention George Harrison and some dude named McGuire and then play two of the easiest chords known to mankind!
***** Okay, now just hold up. Are you also making fun of the video here or do you actually think I don't know the Byrds?
Because if that's what you think, I have a video that says otherwise.
***** True, they do a good job with the guitar's sound. The fact that they called McGuinn McGuire is pretty sad though.
***** He's making fun of the fact that they called Roger McGuinn "McGuire".
I had no idea Mark McGuire played guitar!
It is Barry McGuire and he does play guitar. Eve of destruction and the New Christie Minstrels. Not the Byrds. They are good friends and have played together some.
those were some sick G major chords bro
Nice to see Barry McGuire get a mention. He championed the 12 string guitar. Well the acoustic 12 string guitar anyway. Perhaps he picked up a RIC 12 every now and again too? LOL
bocker McGuire played one of these! great review
This is the same exact one I have. Excellent in every way. [:-)]
I bought one like this from my neice's boyfriend back in the early 70s. Sold it 10 years later (for about 1/10th of it's value!) because I was the proverbial starving college student
Yeah, I've been kicking myself!
Nice guitar. But the best model in the genre to date is the 360/12 C63. It has all the correct bits to produce the classic vintage Rickenbacker 12 string sound of the 1960s.
What they don't (and definitely won't) tell you is that the string spacing on a 360/12 is NARROW. McGuinn (aka McGuire haha) had to use TWO fingers for an E major chord because there isn't any room! I tried one of these and it was just too uncomfortable to play. But I wanted that sound, so I found the top of the line 660/12 (which comes with the vintage toaster pickups and vintage wood case). This 360 comes with hi-gain pickups and a hard plastic case.
Do they even make the 660/12 any more? I only see a few used ones around but agree that it’s wider fretboard would be easier for many to play.
Easy to widen the string spacing by getting a new nut cut for the guitar.
Mc Guinn and McGuire just a-getting higher in LA, you know where that’s at.
I almost literally froth at this guitar. It has a timbre that Gibson's doesn't have, that Fender's don't have, that PRS's don't have, that Ibanez's don't have, its clearly a class of its own. Only if it weren't so damn expensive.
Another thing none of those plurals have: apostrophes.😀
For some reason, I bought a couple of Rics earlier this year, a 12 and a 75th anniversary 6. I find myself suddenly playing a lot of Byrds and Petty. 👍
People never fail to describe Rickenbackers as "jangly"
Hello! fascinating guitar sound wonderful and unique !. I would like to ask you to gauge or measure which string Rickenbacker 360/12 leaves the factory ?.
be nice if it was demonstrated by someone who could play it.
+james geiger Actually he's a good guitar player. I've seen him in other videos since of watched this. I recon he just wasn't use to a 12 string.
Dear Mr. McGuire...the neck-through construction is on the 4000 series bass and a few of the solid body guitars. This is a set neck. PS The guitar can play more than two chords.
When I was a kid I wanted one of these. It would have been my only guitar and I soon realized that I should have a 6-string electric first. 12-strings can be rather limiting...no string bends. We bought a used Gretsch Country Gentleman and later a Gibson ES-335. I eventually came across a used ES-335 (12-string) that I played for a number of years as a second guitar till the neck went on the thing. I managed to trade it off and I now have a Schecter 12-string electric. I personally think that Rickenbacker guitars are way over priced like German made Hofner basses. I'm satisfied with the Schecter.
I love how you have a valuable instrument and yet you only strum 2 chords. Oh yeah, how do you mistaken Mcguinn for McGuire?
Don't think I ever saw a picture of Barry McGuire with a "Ric" , , , usually he played acoustic . . . LOL
I wonder what it sounds like when you tune it to open C and play it with a slide through a marshall with lots of reverb
Does it djent?
I want! D: My dream Ric is a 370/12!!!
PLEASE...it's Ricken BACK er...not BOCKER....no matter how cool you think it sounds. Call the company...listen to them answer the phone lol
can you play it stringed as a 6 string if you want ?
why wouldn't you just buy a 6 string, and a 12 string since you got 3 grand to blow on a guitar
i dont understand ? This rick probably costs 3 grand ...you cant get that jangly sound in cheap guitars - assuming you want to spend 1 ,500 $ on each guitar ....sure you can get some aproximations - but you really want the real deal - so i repeat ....can it handle 6 strings ? Probably....and when you need a 12 string in studio - Shazam ! ....you have one ...arrr , me smart boy
Michael Seymour i mean, i understand the unique sound to it i just don't understand why you'd ever choose 6 over 12 when you have the choice, im sure it would function just fine as a six string since there wouldn't be anywhere near as much tension on the neck as you would with a 12 strings, might take some getting used to though because im pretty sure 12 string necks are a bit wider than 6 string ones. im sure theres some info on some guitar forums
my point is - i can get the best of both worlds for one price - as i wouldnt play 12 enough to warrant getting one - but it would come in handy in the studio is what i mean
oh okay, i didn't realize you weren't a huge 12 string player that makes more sense now. i mean like i said i don't think there would be an issue with having only 6 strings you might have to adjust the neck a bit to make up for the lack of tension, but you might not even have to do that.
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Rickenbacker, not Rickenbocker. Get it straight. If you want the Byrds or Harrison sound, demand "toaster" pickups...
van wray According to the company, Rickenbacker was named after the famous pilot, Eddie Rickenbacker.
Who cares they are shitty guitars. Weak.
Harrison and McGuire(???)... is that Sgt. Barry McGuire he's referring to??? I didn't know "The Green Berets" was a Rick man also... LOL
whoops... I mixed up the two Barrys... I meant Barry "Eve of Destruction" McGuire.. not Barry "Green Berets" Adler... LOL!!!
Why in the hell did they demo this with someone who can barely play a chord...
dresses to the left
You cant even swap from em to G jesus christ.
That guitar is actually a chickenbaker. It's made in China. But now the good news... it is BETTER THAN THE AMERICAN RICK !
The "slim and fast-playing neck," as you call it, does not go through the body. The Rickenbacker 300 series guitars have set necks. Shouldn't you bother to find this stuff out before you make these videos?
ITS RICKENBACKER NOT RICKENBAHCKER
Your demo guy can only play two chords, and he's muffing the G
Is this an advertisement, or a warning?
"Harrison and McGuire"?!?!? Noel Harrison and Barry McGuire? Roger and Jim are laughing themselves silly.
It would help if the guy could actually play the damn thing! ... but Roger McGuire huh? Haven't had a laugh like that in a long time .... LOL
these guitars are not worth the money they should be renamed the Ripoffbacker there are loads of great 12 string electric guitars on the market for quarter of the price of a ric and easier to sell when you want to resell
Pretty much none of them come close to producing the sound of a genuine Rickenbacker 12 string guitar. The exceptions would be some very expensive custom hand built replicas, and the late 1980s / early 1990s replicas manufactured by Greco and Tokai - although both of those were strung in the traditional 12 string configuration like the first 360/12 Rickenbacker produced for Suzi Arden in 1963.
That guitar is made in China. It's a chickenbacker . I've bought one. The original Rickenbacker doesn't have that letter R on the bridge. The chinese guitar is more beautiful, it has a thicker arm , so it's better to play than the american guitar. We can definetly say the chinese replica is as good as the american Rickenbacker.
Ricken BACK er
You literally could not have given a worse demonstration of the guitar.
davie504 could beat you with the same guitar, and he is a BASSIST
terrible. . Does not showcase this instrument at all. Lame.