Product: Rickenbacker TR-100
Price Paid: USD 120 USED
Submitted
02/23/2007
at
03:34pm
by
Ness
Features
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9
Rickenbacker TR-100 Guitar Amp
Built (I think) in 1979 or 1980.
There is very little info out there regarding these amps.
Picked this up for $120 at a Music-Go-Round in Kenosha WI.
It is solid state 100 watts, has two channels, 5 inputs (2 reverb, 2 distortion, 1 stereo), an external speaker out, and effects loop.
Sound Quality
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10
I was really shocked when I started playing this and found out it was solid state. Clean this amp sounds amazing. Very close to my old Fender Twin I traded away years ago. The reverb is excellent. The distortion channel on the other hand, I don't use. It is very weak sounding.
Buy placing a SD-1 in front of the clean channel, it's sounds amazing. Really handles that and other pedals well (Original Rat, DS-1).
But I prefer the clean/reverb channel. It seems like it was meant for my Rickenbacker 360. I also play an American Strat, Mexican Telecaster, Ibanez Jetking, SX Les Paul P90, and Hofner Colorama P90. Can you tell I like single coils? The only guitar I own with Humbuckers is the Jetking, you can really get fat bluesy sound with it.
Reliability
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7
When I got this amp the chassis was loose, a couple of jacks were loose, and the reverb didn't work. I opened it up, tightened the the jacks, and found that a wire inside the reverb tank had broken off. Soldered it back on, put it back together, and it is now as good as new.
This amp is 27 years old, and I don't know who the previous owners were and how it was treated. It sure seems to be built like a tank.
Customer Support
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3
Good Luck!!
Ric has not made amps in years.
They do have a schematic on their website!
I would love to learn more about these amps.
Overall Rating
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10
I have been playing for 20 years, and have owned many tube and SS amps. This one is definitely an keeper. If it were stolen I would do whatever it took to get it replaced.
