Rickenbacker 325 V59 - 2001
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- Опубліковано 7 бер 2018
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In this video I give my thoughts on the iconic Rickenbacker 325 V59. This Rickenbacker 325 is the same spec as John Lennon's famous guitar played the early days of The Beatles right up until their famous first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964.
Thank you to Found Sound in Melbourne for the loan of this wonderful guitar! www.foundsound.com.au
John Fogarty's Rickenbacker story can be seen here:
reverb.com/au/news/john-foger...
Too bad that some people think of Rickenbackers as mere "Beatle banjos"- they're great for harder rock, and blues and funk too, and they play nice with pedals and effects. Also, their tone controls can produce some actually interesting tone variations with the pickups in combination.
Kevin Parker has shown us that
They're just sooo expensive
Marty Wilson Piper ftw.
It’s true.i was playing the 325 along to Beatles tunes and then thought about songs that you normally wouldn’t associate with the rick and so in a quest to sort of do my own version of “riffs you shouldn’t play with a Rickenbacker 325” i proceeded to play Led Zeppelin’s whole lotta love and Black Sabbath’s paranoid and it rocked. Since then, In order to restore the natural order of things and balance it out, i have played the Beatles’ all my loving and it won’t be long on a les paul.
@@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020 John Fogerty played a 325 on the first couple of Creedence Clearwater Revival albums.
I wish Ric would reproduce some of the original 325's again. Id buy one in a heart beat.
They were playing 6-8 hours a night, not 3-4. I've heard it in several interviews. It was like a musical boot camp. Great video. : )
I own a V59 as well. I remember going into a music store in New York in the early 90's knowing that I was going to walk out with one. The salesman at the store brought out one in black and the other in Natural. I had a hard time choosing which one I wanted to own, and so being that the original color was natural, I ended up buying that one. I still own it today with the original hang tags and case. It is a special piece of wood to me. Also, just to let the techies know, It only comes with one Truss Rod.
Great job presenting this amazing guitar. It sounds so good in your hands. Most players know nothing about the 325. They assume it’s not a very good guitar. You cleared that up today! Great presentation!
Always been my favorite guitar since the 60's!!!
Got a 12 string 360 about 25 years ago a work of art.
A friend of mine got a new one maybe 6 years ago, and I was disappointed. It won't stay in tune, it's hard to tune. and hard to play. It's for sale last I heard. I'd love to play an older one to see how they used to be, because I've heard from people who loved them.
@@onusgumboot5565 My 1998 360/12 is a work of art AND stays in tune very well. But I am also using high-end flat-wounds.
Great sounding guitar! There’s really nothing quite like that short scale Rick tone. From the first few chords you played the years just fell away and I was back in the early 60s again hearing the Beatles first EMI recordings.
My first electric guitar was a Rickenbacker 320 from 1964. I got it at a pawn shop on Main St. in Los Angeles in 1968 for $300 and I still have it. It sounds just like John's but has the "R" tailpiece instead of the Bigsby and is fireglow red.
John did not retire his original 325 Capri. In many concert photos when he had his new 325 Miami you can see his original in the background as a back up guitar. And he often played it on his solo albums, including Double Fantasy.
This is the best video I have seen covering this guitar. Well done!
Johns actual guitar is in that picture of the jazz guitarist the serial numbers where matched and confirmed courtesy of the Beatles gear book
What's that guys name again?
I have the 12-string version of the JL reissue. Have owned since 1992. Mine has a slightly longer neck than the guitar in this video.
Thank you for the nice video and info about the Lennon
Guitar. This Icon Guitar made music history. I could never
afford one, but it is nice to dream about.
I have a 325c64 Miami, I don't play it much but it's still amazing to look at. Took me years to find one and afford it. Great video on a great guitar.
Thanks Clinton you're very lucky to own a lovely Ric like that! All the best Matt.
I Love playing the Rickenbacker, it's a Great playing guitar! I Love mine!
Love the shell that was my first electric guitar same model but I had the new pick ups that I never got that sound out of it plus I’m 6 foot five very hard for me to play
I Love RICkenbacker! I've got a Ric 350v63 in Jetglo, & have a Ric 381/12v69 in Fireglo on order! Been waiting for 16 months for the 381 so far. Anticipation is a wonderful thing! ThankYou very much for this posting; I appreciate it! John Lennon fan, Masterton, NewZealand. P.S. I plug into a Vox AC15. Cheers!
Quite wonderful.....don't give it back. I'm sure you've heard the story of how Lennon changed from the Kaufmann vibrato system to the Bigsby on the counter at Hessy's Music in Liverpool. Afterward, the low E string nearly came off the edge of the fretboard in the upper frets. Looks like Rickenbacker corrected that slight fault. (Another famous guitar with that problem was Clapton's "Blackie")Fab episode, Matt.
Haha I wish I could keep it:) I actually didn't know that story about the low E - maybe that's why he played those banjo chords so he didn't need to fret the low E. It's a killer guitar and such a pleasure to spend some time with:)
Not quite true. John's 325 was fine with the bowtie bridge when it was fitted. When Dimarino restored it in 72 he made the pickguard slightly too large and it butted up to the pickups, moving the bowtie bridge over a few millimetres making the low E almost sit off the fretboard. If you see closeup photos of John prior to the Ed Sullivan show you can see the strings well spaced and the gap between the pickguard and the pickups. Compare that to the post restoration and it's pretty obvious.
Great little video!
I can't get enough versatile demos of these guitars...
I have a 360/12 that I dig alot.. just got it a month ago.. so like it
I love my Rickenbacker 325.
And I really love your video
Really much information
Really nice tone. Unlike any other guitar- can't explain in words.
Great little underrated guitars. I've got the c63 version and it's a beast. The picture of Toots you showed is from a trade show and John's guitar is the one behind him at the end of his elbow. It left the factory with two knobs and they couldn't shift it. They recalled it, rewired it with four knobs and sent it to Germany where John eventually bought it. You can hear him use it on Double Fantasy. I'm pretty sure it was John's second 325 that got damaged near the headstock. Rickenbacker gave John his second 325 as it was the current model, replacing his battered four year old model.
It was his first one that he broke the headstock on, thats part of the reason he retired it
@@zenon459 I did a bit of digging it was johns Rickenbacker c64 as its called nowadays it's known as his second Rickenbacker
He retired it permanently
After it was repaired due to some tuning issues something like that
He favored his first Rickenbacker so he probably used it in double fantasy after getting it restored to it's original mapleglo
But I believe it was made of alder
@@TheLogFella the guitar in question is in times square. He got it sanded back down to it's natural alder, and replaced the pickguard. It went on display. Also i'm pretty sure he used both on double fantasy but i could be wrong. I read up alot on stuff so i have a bank of beatles knowledge
Thanks for the history behind this guitar!
Great presentation Matt, but just two minor corrections. The '58 was professionally sprayed with a smooth high gloss finish, photos from that time clearly show that. They also show scuffs around the edges almost immediately afterwards. The brush marks were most likely later attempts by John doing touch ups, you might expect better from a guy that went to art college!
Also, the '58 was never damaged, the '64 325 was a rush order by F.C. Hall as a replacement after seeing its rough condition upon first meeting the Beatles in NYC. It was shipped to Miami just in time for their second appearance on Ed Sullivan.
Citing: Beatles Gear-The Ultimate Edition & Rickenbacker Guitars- Out of the Frying Pan into the Fireglo. Both are amazing references for us gear nerds!😄
Interesting thanks for the corrections - I need to buy that Ric book!
Latest information... The guitar now resides at the Rock and Roll Hall Of fame in Cleveland OH, along with his 1964 325.
Oh cool thanks for updating me... man I'd love to see that guitar in the flesh! Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts! Matt.
Great video! I learned some new interesting stuff thanks to you.
Although I have to point out that the 325C58 is the exact copy of Lennon's first Rickenbacker, not the V59. The C58 stands for "copy" or "clone" - of the 1958 325 model which is the one Lennon had.
Same thing with his second 1964 'Rick' you talked about.
The exact copy of that one is the 325C64, but there's a V63 too.
The biggest difference between the V an C series is that the V series has hotter, more modern sounding pickups. But any 325 model will still sound like a 325!
Victor L good one thanks for clarifying- good to know:) Matt
TONE No problem!
I've been a subscriber of your channel for a long time.
Love your vids. Keep 'em up!
Thanks for the kind words cheers Matt.
There were actually quite a few other notable differences between the V59 and the C58/Lennon's Original. Most importantly, V59, despite being called a "59", actually followed 60's 325 building protocol: A 2 inch thick maple body, maple neck, and lacquered rosewood fretboard. Lennon's original, along with the c58, were quite different as they used a 2.5 inch thick alder body, alder neck, and an unfinished rosewood fretboard. The thicker construction of the body, along with the wood choice of alder over maple, give the guitar a slightly darker and hollower sound. Cosmetically, the c58 has a few differences from the v59 as well aside from the vibrato system which you noted, the c58 has a slightly different shaped bridge (which Lennon swapped out for the Bigsby Bowtie) , has slightly different positioning of the control knobs, uses different shape tuning machines (open back clovers vs closed back oval buttons), and has an elongated jack plate.
Victor L C means Capri
What would 60's British Pop be without Rickenbacker?
Sounds awesome....my all time favorite color and model...gorgeous...and yes...a rick is not a Rick , for me, unless it has the toaster tops!
AMEN! Twice the Schillings, but a Million GBP's better!!
Very cool! I’ve played a couple 325s and also found ‘em easy to get on with. I have a black 350 from ~2004, which has the same body and 3 toaster pickups but with the longer scale neck. Rickies in general sound fantastic into a cookin’ amp.
That 350 sounds like a sweet guitar - I love toasters:) Have a good weekend David. Matt.
Nice tone. I love the gold and black.
You've ever been told you look like Joe Perry ? And actually Joe got so many guitars that he as a the Beatles fan naturally plays some Rickenbackers at home, I believe.
Great video and great story! thanks so much
I had a 325 back in the 70's, but mine did not have the tremolo bar and it had the "R" tailpiece. I was 25 at the time and the factory I worked in closed and everyone lost their job. Unfortunately for me, I also had a wife and 2 small kids so I had to sell it to pay the rent and buy groceries. It would be worth a small fortune today.
Very cool! Actually if yours had an R tailpiece, you had a 320 since it didn't have tremolo.
Maybe you can get one again!
@@chriss3838 You may be right as I bought it when I was in high school around 1970. It had the short scale neck. I'd love to find one.
Great review and great playing my friend
Nice vid man. And a mesmeric shirt, if I may say.
Thanks great video.and the history of Lennon’s guitar
It's a great and unique guitar!!! Thanks for the informations!!! Pretty guitar!!!
Whenever some people play rickenbacker they play the Beatles
They are beautiful and I have wanted one since I was 13 and really got into the Beatles and John Lennon. BUT...They are far out of my price range. 4 grand? I paid 6 for my car that I am paying on. It is sad that I will never get to own one, except a knock off. But I really don't want to spend 2-300$ on one that I'm going to have problems with. I wish I had a better economic situation to afford one.
I am with you on that....to own one of these Lennon
Guitars would be precious, but the price is beyond me.
Signature Guitars are not in my interests anymore, these
days. Take care!
If I had the proper tools and more know how, I'd build one myself. I did build a version of a combo 1000 / Symfonia Grand. It is a bolt on neck with a Harmony tail piece and bridge. I got a high gain Rickenbacker pickup in it. Lol. Yeah, only Rickenbacker thing I could afford. A pickup. But it does play ok though. Im getting Grover tuners for it soon.
I paid $250 for a knockoff after a few videos showed them off and how they sounded. Honestly it surprised the shit out of me how good it is. Yeah it takes the usual shortcuts you see in most budget guitars and it has shitty pots you find on most $100-$200 guitars that you'll probably want to replace, but the quality of the build itself is quite good. The fretwork is legitimately top notch with no uneven or scratchy frets and has nice rounded edges with a set neck that isn't warped or twisted. But most importantly, it plays well and sounds good. It's close enough sounding to the real thing that you can instantly recognize it. And after watching someone take apart a real 325, I got to say the build quality isn't far off from the real thing, either, and IMO, even better than the real thing in a couple areas (For instance, the real one has rubber grommets under the tailpiece, pickups, pick guard, that all eat into the finish)
Judging it solely on it being a guitar that cost $250, it's fantastic. It looking and sounding like a 325 is a bonus. I'd recommend getting one and changing the pots. Design your own truss rod cover for it since it will give you a blank one. And make sure you get some .11 or .12 strings on it. They won't intonate correctly if you have .9's. It's a short scale neck so you need the heavies. You'll be set
Considering if you want a real one you'll be paying 3 grand and have to wait a year or more for it, $250 to hold you over isn't a bad deal
@@saborwolf ric is losing money by not offering overseas models, mind you theyll probably still be 1 to 2 grand
Marty Wilson-Piper from The Church (another Australian) plays Rickenbacker's exclusively.
Had one years ago, but I found the frets to be a bit too small for me..
Thanks for this review. I've got a question. Is my understanding that the middle position on the pickup selector is all three pickups and the top position is neck and middle correct? I've seen conflicting info on this in the past.
Thta's my understanding of the selector switch - although apparently the original Lennon 325 had the middle pickup disconnected.
Tracy Blair That's true. But there are some speculations that Lennon's Rick didn't work this way.
Look up Glen Lambert's "325 loom" if you are interested in this subject.
Interesting and informative video !
That would sound great with pyramid 13 gauge flat wounds it’s what made there sound that heavy thunk of the strings and that thicker body. I love both models
Curious! I head they don't take heavier gauge strings well. I suppose it's different with flat wounds?
@@caveatemp Avoid Pyramid FWs. They're like clutch cables. Tomastik-Infeld FWs are much better, don't pull on the neck so much, and last forever. Ive had my current Set on my 360/12 for over two years now and they still sound great with daily playing.
Lennon's first Rickenbacker had an alder body, and the second one was maple with a thinner body, perhaps taking into account that rock maple is very heavy. Both guitars are very unique in tone, because they are triple-chamber semi-hollow. After having listened to a comparison between them on UA-cam, I prefer the maple one, the Rickenbacker 325C64. It has more high end, which accentuates the hollowness.
I've got a Ric 325C64 on the way.....can't wait!
I have a Ricky 330 12. Great sounding but neck is too narrow. In the late 60’s I had a 330 6 Rose Morris F hole model. In the early 70’s I sold it for $250 Australian dollars and bought a ‘68 Tele. That Ricky is probably worth thousands today.
Next time you set up 330 go with flat wounds and D Standard tuning. Takes enormous amounts of pressure off the neck and if you capo at 2nd it's easier to maneuver around because the neck is a bit wider up there!
Rickenbackers were named after the WWI flying ACE. There may be connection there to later air flight rock lore.
Flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker is a cousin of Adolph Rickenback, co founder of Electro. That was the company name before it was renamed as Rickenbacher (original spelling). The guitars are not named after Eddie. Well documented how the company got it's name and why they kept it.
@joellebrodeur1015 so much for internet music lore.
Hi there, tell me, how the heck do you intone the bow-tie sattle. That thing looks like is a permanent casting.
Hey your right there's no adjustment on th unit itself - you've just got to slip it around on the guitar to find the right place where the intonation is in. Matt.
@@TONEonline "INTONATE" the E's by moving it around, and the remaining 4 get what's left!
Didn't John Forgaty switch out one of his pickups for a PAF humbucker?
In the book of The Birth Of Loud, Chapter 31, F.C. Hall a salesman for Rickenbacker met with the Beatles on Feb 8, 1964 in NYC. Hall promised that John would get a new black Model 325, with 3 pickups and a white pick guard. It was shipped later that month while the Beatles were in Miami. George received a new Rickenbacker 12 string guitar, which he started using. Hall forgot that Paul played left handed and didn’t bring any left handed guitars, Paul ended rejecting Hall’s offer for a free Rickenbacker on Feb 8th. The Feb 8th meeting insured that Lennon and Harrison would use Rickenbackers for years to come. The little Rickenbacker factory in Santa Ana would needed to greatly expanded.
F.C. Hall was actually the president of Rickenbacker, and upon meeting the Beatles in NYC the saw that John's '58 was in such rough shape he called the factory to have a new one made for their second appearance on Ed Sullivan the following week. Normally the finishing process alone took a week but they managed to get it to Miami just in time.
Citing: Beatles Gear-The Ultimate Edition & Rickenbacker Guitars- Out of the Frying Pan into the Fireglo.
what is the thickness of the body?
30 years ago. I paid $900.00 for a guitar like this one. Had it for 1 year. It got stolen. Baltimore city, md.
2:30 I forgot that Paul played piano sometimes in the early days
Cool
What's the one with the extra knob ? .
Pickup blend
Creo que es el modelo de guitarra más famoso del mundo
Por ser utilizada por John Lennon del grupo más famoso del mundo
Grupo y guitarra marcaron un hito
La guitarra más famosa del músico más famoso del grupo más famoso
He tenido varias de esas todas las acabo vendiendo, es imposible tocar con ese juguete, pero siempre hay alguien que la quiere para colgarla en la pared,creo que es la guitarra mas decorativa que existe, pero poca gente toca con eso.
Kevin Parker plays a 67’ Rickenbacker 335, not a 325!
what kind of strings do you use,,,,,what guage?
For short scale guitars, Rickenbacker recommend 12-16-24W-32-42-54. For all 12 strings, 10-13-20-26-34-42
Tomastik-Infeld Flat Wound 10s on my 360/12.
Hey that guitar sounds just like that Beatle dude's Rickenbacker...whats his name? Jack Winston Oh-NO!! something... His replacement Miami didn't have the same round tone.
Oh yeah.... Ric... Gibson... Gretsch... best guitar ever.
Like John Fogerty,and Susanna hoffs345
Wow that is really short scale
I have a hofner sir Paul mccartney violin bass
You can buy, a copy. From china. $445.00, or less. Looks very close to a original. I am waiting for mine to arrive. Today a rick, will cost $3000 to 4000 us dollars. But in 1989, $900.00 i know... years gone by...i miss my old rick...
Caveat Emptor. Those Chickenbackers are shit.
This'll be my midlife crisis guitar. Probably cos I won't be able to afford one by then
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Guitaaaaaaar :D
What is difference between 325V59 and 325V63?
The 325 V59 is the one in this video, black with gold scratchpad and truss rod cover and small metal volume and tone knobs. It's based on John's original guitar which was Mapleglo and he later had painted black. The 325 V64 is based on the second one he got in Florida and I think it's referred to as his Miami Rick. That came in factory black with a different tremolo. I think there's also a 325 V58! This is based on the John's original Rick as he bought it and is Mapleglo with the original tremelo set up and TV style volume and tone knobs.
So there's a 325 V58 (as John bought it off the shelf), a 325 V59 (after John modded it) and a 325 V63 based on the blend new one he got in Florida 1964
Ron DeMarino not Don.
5:48 kevin parker plays a 67 rick 335, not a 325
equipboard.com/pros/kevin-parker/rickenbacker-325-capri-black
He owns both and plays the 325 sometimes
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@@TONEonline could you provide a video of him playing a 325?
Lennon never played and open A chord but a barr chord on i wanna hold you hand.
Demarino fucked up Lennon's '58 325 Capri. "Restoring" is being generous. It had a clear coat finish over the natural maple in it's original state before the coach paint. Demarino used a disgusting stain over the entire guitar and it was shoddy at best.
Close up images show the original maple finish in between the pickups and the bridge. The result is a much darker color than how it should have been and you can see the spots he never touched. I gather he truly never uninstalled the pickups and hardware on that alone.
I would have been livid if it were my instrument. He half assed the job and effectively ruined John's guitar.
Beatle Fan!
O_O
Thru a vox a.c. 15 or 30. No effect. Play hard
HEARING A BAD RATTLING BUZZ IN THERE . MAYBE EVEN ON MORE THAN ONE STING. TRUSS ROD ADJUSTMENT TIME.
It was better before it was painted black.
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Sounds like a copy, I know it isn't but the electronics and hardware on these things does not justify the horrendous price. Living off the endorsements of bands that used them in the 1960s.
Fun fact, George actually didnt like their tone through the Rick+Vox. They only played Rick because at the beginning they couldn't afford the fenders and gibsons they wanted.
John also played harmonica, and didnt have a guitar at the start, its rumoured after losing a battle of the bands in Liverpool John nicked a guitar off one of the other bands.
No Rick no early Beatle sound...
It wasn't at all that they couldn't afford Fender or Gibson, or that they didn't like their instruments or sound.
The nature of the UK's import duty played a part as did the fact that the guitar wasn't popular, there were no tutors and and it was a matter of playing what you could get. Remember too that both those manufacturers scaled back production of instruments because guitar groups had had their day.
The Beatles changed all that.
Harrison's later disenchantment with his sound was a by product of the pressures suffered by the group that ultimately led to their break up.
The problem with Rickenbacker's is there is no accurate INTONATION or "Pitch accuracy"!
These guitars (like most others) are grossly out of tune even when set up. When you played the B7 and then the C chord. You could hear the B7 a little out of tune and the C was grossly out of tune. The guitar manufactures get away with it for 2 possible reasons. (1) They don't care about pitch accuracy being an issue because very few if any complain about it. (2)
Guitar manufacturers don't know what pitch accuracy is and how to recognize it.
Each chord on the guitar has a certain ring to it and if there is one note in that chord that is either sharp or flat it will destroy the sound of that chord. I had a Rickenbacker 325 V59
and played in a Beatles Tribute band for 10 years and I can state categorically that no Rickenbacker guitar is worth more than $500.00. All you are paying for is the name!
I would also like to say that electric and acoustic guitar don';t have to be perfect either but they should have decent pit accuracy.
Check that C chord you were play and you will discover that there are notes in that chord that are either sharp or flat a half fret! Think about that for a moment. Do you know what that means?. It means that the guitar is UNPLAYABLE! I have had it out with Rickenbacker years ago about this issue of selling expensive unplayable guitars to the public.. There is a beautiful ring when the guitar chord and notes are in tune and a nasty "sour" sound that drives me crazy.
Guitar manufacturers are getting away with producing sub music instruments because most people do not hear the "out of tune" notes or if they do they just put up with it. No matter what kind of bells and whistles you put in a guitar if it does not have accurate pitch with each note then it should be considered "UNPLAYABLE"! The guitars they produce don't actually have to be perfect but they need to be reasonably accurate and I'll explain. All of these mass produced guitars have notes going up and down the fret board that are off by near 1/2 fret in pitch (either sharp or flat) in certain notes of each chord. This should never be allowed!
I've been playing guitars since 1963 and I have only played one guitar that had
"perfect Pitch" and it was a $50.00 Tasco electric guitar. It was a 3/4 scale and a friend (Dave Ney) gave it to me cause he didn't know how to play guitar. It had light gauge strings on it and it sounded terrible and I told him he could keep it. One day it needed a new set of strings on it and I replaced the light with heavy gauge and guess what happened. The guitar was PERFECT from the 1st fret to the 21st fret. Every chord rang like a harp and every combination of notes was a pleasure to listen to. Unfortunately the Agnes flood of 72 destroyed it and I have never seen one for sale anywhere since. It also did not have an adjustable but a fixed bridge with a strange contour.
There is no excuse for Rickenbacker to make electric guitars costing $25 times as much as a Tasco guitar and with $10 dollar pit accuracy.
I've had a 350, a 330, and a 325. These guitars are amongst the best souding I have ever owned and played. The intonation is great and the guitar stays in tune. I can have a jam session with my buddies playing indie or punk, and the guitar will hold its tunning till the next session a week later. Perhaps you are playing with older vintage models?
Your blanket state is untrue. I have 4 rics (3 6's and 1 12) and they tune and intonate very well.
Way too expensive. Great tone by John Lennon. Too small a scale. Many improvements technology wise nowadays. The Ibanez Mikro guitar is smaller scale, modern improvements, costs less. Try one out if you like small scale to play Chuck Berry.
The size is part of the charm
LOL get up on the wrong side of the bed this AM, mate?