Hi!

Welcome aboard Corey.

welcome... and there's a "hello my name is" thread in the general section

Welcome, very happy to have you here :) That's a gorgeous Taylor 714ce you've got. Great review!

Hey,

that Taylor guitar looks nice indeed. Welcome to the board.

you have an awful lot of rics for a guy who plays a line 6 spider... aren't you required to get a vintage vox ac50 or blackface twin/pro/super reverb once you buy your 2nd ric? I thought that was like a rule, really.

I forget my Seinfeld, If you're George's dad does that mean you wear a Bro or a Manzier?

I dunno about the ac30 and a ric though, its a little thick. AC50 is more of the british ric mate... or maybe a hiwatt. Not that I don't love all my 30s to death, but they wanna be ridden hard and hung up wet so to speak.

Don't know about anybody else, but I'm jealous of those rickys. Wouldn't mind one of those myself. Are they fairly modern?

New blood, eh? Pleasure to have you here, Corey!

Do you happen to have other acoustics besides the ol' workhorse?

I love the SOUND of a ric but have never enjoyed playing one. They are undoubtedly well-made guitars, but they don't feel right in my hand so I never bought one. Not jealous at all, but you can be jealous if you wanna be. Try ric in person before you get TOO jelaous though, Duke. They are a unique isntrument, and that can be good or bad depending on what you like. They're the original neck-thru design and that's a cool thing for sure...

You will not feel much difference between a vintage ric and a new one, they have been very consistent through the years. The only thing they have changes is the pickups. The new single coils don't sound like the old toaster-tops and their mini-humbuckers that look like toasters are their own thing entirely. They started messing with the secret pickup formula in the late 70s and have never quite recaptured the old sound, though I understand Lollar's ric toaster-top reproduction are a pretty accurate drop-in replacement. Not being a ric guy I can only repeat what ric-loving friends tell me about the Lollars. But as for the construction and playability ric never changes. I've had a new ric right next to a road-worn mid 60s one, they weren't even the same model but they played the same... however the new one had a hotter output and a much more midrangey and compressed response thru the same amp at the same settings and just generally sounded more modern (not ina bad way, but I preferred the old pickups, pure early-period John Lennon). For a ric-equivalent british invasion 6 string sound I go with gretsches usually (I miss my duo jet, argh why did I sell that guitar). By the way, nice Falcon, Corey! I am really envious of that one. If I could afford to let the guitar collection grow to ridiculous proportions I would own one of those and a sparkle-jet for sure. What era is your Falcon from?

On ric 12 strings. Whenever I've done for-hire 12 string playing I would just borrow a Fender electric XII from a buddy of mine who has a decent reissue. A ric sounds a bit cooler, but the Fender plays just like a strat with extra strings, so its like putting on a comfortable pair of slippers! I actually dn't know many studio cats at any level who use an actual ric for 12 string parts. Almost everyone goes fender or fender-style, and a lot of these folks can afford a vintage 60s ric 12 like George Harrison's.

How's that Falcon working for you Corey? Did it appear at your ouse yet? If so I need to add a '59 ES-345 mono to my 'have it' list!

What kind of Takamine do you have?