Rickenbacker 360

Features covered well below. I had a 330 and got rid of it because the neck was just a little bit too clunky. This neck is different and easier to play. I like the body style better too.

I has that nice jangle but it also has a really neat fifth knob that has two purposes. First on the neck pickup it is a master volume, so you can alternate between elads and rhythm with a twist of the knob. the same knob is also a tone blend when set on the middle toggle setting, neat. It has a lot of great sounds, most versatile guitar i own in that regard.The tone knobs are not traditional for gibson players, and their placement makes them less easy to use live than a tele for volume swells ( the volume controls are the two bottom ones, farthest away from your pinky).

Finish is excellent and rivals my G&L Bluesboy in that regard.The fingerboard is narrow but requires a little more precision. When i switch back to the Bluesboy though, I am a better player. OK for most leads I play. ( I am no shredder.).

Wonderful American made instrument that will appreciate,. Their quality has always been good so there is no " golden period" of manufacturing. Therefore the value will hold.
Action is easy to adjust. Don't people know that? Intonation was dead on.

It is light and easy to hold.It is very well balanced. the strings are not hard to change at all, I just bend the ends up and they catch in the tailpiece. they suggest you change one string at a time, but I like to clean the guitar at the same time. As I'm using those new fangled teflon strings, I change a lot less often and need to get at the dust. It looks good too. When you pick it up you are amazed that it weighs so little. As i get older that is a factor. It stays in tune, it is a pleasure to own. And as has been said, it sounds like nothing else out there. I think I have the only one in this town and that is cool too.

No idea.

I own a fender tele, a G&L Bluesboy and other guitars. this guitar is not my primary one. It is however the one that i write a lot with, and enjoy listening too. It has an almost tele sound but fuller I'd say. The G&L is the only guitar that I use with it. between them I have a wonderful variety of tones. Plug it into an Allen Old Flame amp and there are no excuses for sounding bad. Well worth the price of admission. As i said I had a 330 and found it hard to play. But you know what? I missed the tone too much. Saw an add , did a horsetrade and I'm back in the saddle. I'd like to try a 12 string one day too.

It's a 360 from 2004 in a light blue finish which looks rather sweet. I got this one from EBay from the USA secondhand but unblemished. To be honest I bid on it after a few too many beers at #750 & expected to be outbid. I wasn't, so had to pay $100 shipping & $200 import duty for it!! Came with a nice silver case & an old-fashioned Rickenbacker strap.
This one has "vintage" pickups, so they look like toaster tops rather than the individual pole-pieces of my 360-12.
Controls??They seem in the wrong place to me.....I'd prefer the Gibson set-up....being used to that, these confuse me. Despite having a manual to tell me what the 5th tone knob does I still can't figure it out!
Heaven knows what woods it's made of, I guess a look at the Rickenbacker site will tell you.

Well it sounds like a Rickenbacker...maybe not as limiting as you might think. I play pop/rock/ blues and I can get most sounds from it. If it were my only guitar I'd need to adapt my style, but as it is it's fun to have around & it will do most things.
I use a Gibson Goldtone GA15R & a Peavey Classic 30 which suit it well.
Bright sounds?? You bet! Also the ultimate rhythm guitar.
Versatile?? For me, yes. But then you won't be buying this for heavy rock or metal, so I guess it's not THAT versatile.
Mind you, a Ramirez Classical won't play heavy metal & you would be foolish to criticize it for that!!

Given that it was bought used it was set up fine with no visible flaws. Better than new Gibsons in my opinion!

It all seems very solid, well made & finished & reliable. I NEVER gig without a back-up.....strings can break, connections short...guitars fall off stands.....

Never dealt with Rickenbacker. Nice website though!

Lots of other guitars & amps. Gig mostly with MusicMan. Would not use this as my only guitar but it's fun to have around

March2005 Fireglo Ric 360/6 Kick ass guitar except for on the book match grain on the back you can clearly see worm trails. Not a huge deal but considering I ordered it online and couldn't see what I was getting before I bought it, I thought that kind of weak.
But overall a good 360. Bridge pickup was blown when I got it. Came with rectangular Ric case, tools, poster manuals. Good smell.

Tough to master any Ric, but the 360 is all across the boards. But once you get used to its nuances - you will love it.
I think I was fortunate that the bridge pickup was blown when I got it, cause I wouldn't have gotten to know the great full dark tones of the neck pickup. This is the body of the 360 tone. Mixing the 2 pickups is really useful and allows you to have a myriad of tones on the spot- from wooden bounding tones, to thick cutting slabs of attack, to 'ric'kly, Johnny Marr golden pinprickes. You can make it sound like its raining thin golden coins in full voiced chords, or you can make it growl, and make the floor pounce with heavy boom. Its very very versitile. But it is not a lead guitar. Its a lead if you play double/tripple stops with your solos, but its not a bender, or a space solo guitar. I'd say the 360 is half acoustic guitar/Les Paul. Great for ryhthm work, and singers.

The setup from Ric was shit, but easy to fix. All the tools are included, so made setup easy.
Pickups pissed me off more than anything, but easy to rip out, setup, rewire. etc.
Bookmatch was questionable. I have worked with wood a great deal so to me the grain was course, off-knotted, and unclean, especially on thr back with wormtrails. Bridge needed resetting, but nothing restringing it didn't fix.
I didn't see any flaws other than the bridge pickup not working, and the grain not being perfect or special.

I got this beast for playing live as a backup to my strat, and of course found myself playing it more than the strat. Its easy to get sick of a Fender tone, no matter which incarnation of Fender it is. They do all sound the same. A ric doesn't hit that 'Overly repeated' stop in your harmonic memory, so it grabs listeners attention- making even non musicians think- 'What is that sound? Thats really cool.' So I found myself setting the strat aside for backup.
Hardware is top dollar, ric doesn't play games with hardware. Even though its tough to string and the floating bridge is weird, all the hardware is really top grade.
Strap buttons work fine- even with the Schaller strap lock without having to replace the OEM ones.
Its s dependable guitar unless you break a string, and I had a 'G' go out of tune on me during a song randomly. Must have been user error.
I would probably use it at a gig without a backup. Depending on what the set was.

Well my ric situation was pretty messed up at first, I'd have to say - ordered it online, which sucked, cause you can't see it/play it first. All good except bridge pickup didn't work so I swapped its replacements pickup. After that works great. Ric sucked about it but the dealer was really cool.

Been playing for 13 years off and on, and more seriously for the last years, especially since I found some really good players to play with. I have an American Strat with David Gilmour EMG's on it, that really rocks. I am playing them both through a Line6 Flextone III (which may suck, but I spilt a beer on it last gig, and it STILL works.) I have a Vox AC30CC2x en route, and after playing the Rick through one, with use it as my clean, and the line6 for distortion (its far superiour for distortion than clean).
Stolen or lost? Small town and I know everyone so I would find it. But I would buy it again after much chagrin.
Love about it? The flavor. Its like really good cuisine- has lots of flavor and fills you up just right.
Hate about it? That adjective should not exist when discussing anything musical.

2005 Rick 360 Midnight blue, standard features, standard pickups

It sounds ok.

WARNING! I was sooo disappointed when i received this guitar today that i just have to let others know. the sound is ok, better than my les paul but not stellar (Played through a Peavey Classic 30). what really disappointed me was the quality of the guitar. For 1K, you'd expect that a guitar would be handcrafted at least in a way that would look well put together. i don't know if all ricks are handcrafted at any point but this guitar definitely looked like 'a second' even though I didn't buy a blem or second quality instruement. It looked so cheaply made from the plastic pick guard to the toggle switch which felt so cheap and light.

What was most disappointing is the finish. You can see the glue from the frets under the laquer and on mine, the glue on the first fret is oozing over and then they laquered over it so it looks so cheap and sloppy. There were also white marks all over the sides of the neck which i managed to scrape away with a pick. But the glue under the laquer cannot be 'scraped' away and frankly looks very shoddily made.

My dad saw the guitar and picked it up and asked if it was a toy. It is very light and cheap feeling.

Don't know how this is live beacuse i have to return it because i cannot justify spending 1K on a guitar whose craftmanship looks like it costs about $200.

never contacted them.

if you want a rickenbacker and have tons of money and like to throw it around, i guess you'd have one for your collection. but if you are looking for a quality made, highly crafted guitar worth it's money, i would look elsewhere.

maybe i'm too used to the quality of taylors and martins (which cost about the same 1-2K) and even my mid-grade epiphone les paul which cost half the rick reveals a better quality of craftmanship.

I don't know. May for 1K i'm expecting too much, but I don't think so. 1K for goodness sake! I just want a guitar that is nicely made and sounds great.

what a disappointment.

Mine is a Fireglo Red (more red than I see usually) 6-string model from the earliest of 90's. Semi hollowbody construction with the standard Rickenbacker pickups. Standard with standard jack and Ric-O-Sound jack which allows you to split the pickups and direct them to two different amps (stereo). Two volume knobs, two tone knobs, a mystery mix knob and a three-way toggle switch for the pickups. Adjustable bridge, floating tailpiece, Shaller tuners. All high quality stuff.

I play alot of alternativey and alty/country type stuff. I find the Rickenbacker very versatile in these areas. Not quite as smooth and creamy as a Les Paul...not quite as bright and piercing as a Strat. The Rickenbacker does plucky, chimey, growl chime very well. It's own sound as many have already stated. It's unique sound fills in all the empty spaces in between the hollowbody and solidbody.

The action fit and finish on this guitar is wonderful. Rickenbacker knows how to pay attention to detail and have made almost every part of this guitar, unique. It's a work of art with it's laminated fretboard, R-tailpiece and sensually curved body. My only concern would be the cost of a re-fret when that time comes. Who the heck is gonna do it?

I've had the guitar for over 10 years and has never had any problems. I would use this guitar without a backup...if it wasn't a secondary guitar to begin with. I probably play this guitar for 1/3 of my songs. A small bit of chipping on the laminated fretboard, so I'll have to drop a point.

A great guitar to hold and play. The neck is very comfortable (my hands are medium sized). I figure that some giant ape of a guy might find the neck a bit thin.
For that Rickenbacker sound, there's only one...Rickenbacker. Although it may not be the strongest classic lead instrument, it can be very versatile. Makes any amp sound more alive and blends very well with effects pedals and other instruments.

3rd week of 2005 Rickenbacker 360 fireglo made in Usa, 24 frets, semihollow maple body,maple and rosewood neck , high gain single coil pick -ups , R-style tailpiece, Schaller tuners,2 tone and 2 volume controls,plus a fifth control knob that blends tonal features of the 2 pick -ups.
Original hardshell case,polish cloth, tools an manual included.

One of the reasons I bought the rick 360 is the awesome,unique sound,crisp,bright,ringing and percolating from every note you play.
This guitar has got a whole arsenal of sounds in it.I use it with an all tubes Fender Hot Rod Deluxe amp and it`s simply stunning. I mainly play classic rock ,and blues-rock, I have got a very good Epiphone Les Paul Standard (perfect neck,one of the best necks i Played in my life..) and a wondeful Epiphone Casino (still love it very much) and a good Telecaster copy,but the Rick is entirely another planet:every pick-up is very clean and definite ,you can really hear every single note you play ,the bass notes are deep and warm ,sometimes the sound is so expanded that it looks like the reverb control on the amp is full on 7 ,while is still on 1 !!!
I find the fifht tone -control very useful ,it adds something to the tonal palette.
The action was pretty good straight out of the case,even if i prefer lower bass strings after the 12Th fret.Think I`ll lower them a bit .
The distorted and saturated sound is very warm and beautiful as well,sustained notes are really easy to get with a bit of distorsion,but surely this isn`t the right guitar for metal or extreme hard rock,though I Played some Zeppelin stuff with it and it sounded great.
I noticed the typical hum of single coil pick -ups,but that`s nothing new.

Wonderful finish on my fireglo,wondeful smell as well,the wood is absolutely top-quality .You could use the guitar as a mirror,it shines.
The pick up selector was buzzing a bit between changings( I easily fixed the problem by removing the pickguard and tightening the contacts )something you don`t expect on a guitar of this level built with such care..
One of the screws of the nameplate is so much tight that it ruined the plastic of the nameplate itself ,fortunately it`s almost invisible if you don`t look very carefully close-up.
Minor flaws anyway,the 360 looks absolutely fabolous.

It`s just 10 days I own the guitar,but It seems very solid and well built,I` already played a gig with it ,I carried a backup not for the Rick,just in case of string-breakings.
Finish and hardware look built to last.

I e-mailed Ric site about confusing information on the manual and official site about the recommended strings-gauge.
I got A quick and useful answer,they admitted there was a misprint on the official manual.

I`ve been playing guitar for 25 years, the last 12 years semi-professionally(about 50-60 gigs a year..) ,also play lots of solo acoustic gigs.
If it was stolen I`d be mad and start saving again to buy another one.
I love almost everything about it,the gorgeous breath-taking looks,the sound and versatility,the absolute quality and craftsmanship ,the tradition of this instrument.
I`m a relatively new Rick user so I can`t find anything really bad in it so far ,I bought it knowing exactly what kind of guitar is ,which sounds it can provide ,and what`s not to be done or played with it.
I played lots of guitars during the years,Fenders, Gibsons, Guilds, even vintage Gretsches and this is totally uncomparable, no other guitar sounds like a Rick,this was important in my choice,to have something unique.
I still love Gibsons a lot ,but everybody seems to play Fenders and Gibsons,everybody sounds the same,everywhere....it`s so boring..
I`m glad to have a different guitar with a truly different sound,and a different look as well.

One last advice I `d like to give to europeans like me ( I live in Italy): you can save a lot of money on these instruments buying them in the States. In Europe and particularly in Italy Rickenbackers are incredibly expensive and not very easy to find in the stores(I just found ONE 360 out of all the stores in Rome ,the city I am from, and it was mapleglo( not my favourite finish..) ,and it was sold for 1750 EUROS!!!!!) so they have to order the model you want ,and it takes forever,and it`s really too expensive ( they told me a fireglo costs around 1800 Euros).
I bought my Rick surfing the net ,found a good guitar store in USA,got a very good price, good shipping rates and didn`t pay that much for customs duties,and I ended up spending half the money (included shipping and customs duties) I would have spent in an italian music -store,and the guitar was at my door 3 days after paying the american store!!!!

This is an all-American (much of it the old-fashinioned by-hand way)Rickenbacker 360 six-string version, born in September 2004, and features a high gloss (mirror-like) Maplego finish, semi-hollow body, two high-power single-coil pickups with three-way selector and five controls (separate volume and tone controls for each PUP, and a fifth blend control), Schaller non-locking tuners, micro-adjustable bridge, 24 frets, maple body and neck with African rosewood fingerboard, deluxe hard case with the usual case candy. Stereo and mono jacks, twin truss rod adjustable neck.

I mainly play blues, classic and folky rock, and contemporary Christian with some country. I do not play metal or shred, but I don't mind cranking things up and playing loud. Generally I use few effects (although I have the normal array of toys for when I need one) and prefer clean with some reverb and tremolo -- or nothing at all. I play through a slightly modified Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Limited Edition, with an Reverend All-tone 1250 speaker, and sometimes use a 30-year-old Marshall 1960 4x12 cabinet as an aux speaker cab.

This guitar has incredible tonal range, from the classic Ric "jangle" (think Byrds, Tom Petty, etc.) to straight ahead blues and rock tones (The Who comes to mind). My experience based on 35 years of playing, is that the tone controls on most guitars -- Fenders and Gibsons -- are worthless. Anything less than full up treble on the tone sounds like crap ... but not on this Ric. I have dialed in very convincing, woody, acoustic tones on this -- rich deep, smooth. The controls are very sensitive and provide a full palette of tones and sounds. The fifth control is the icing on the cake, and allows for some interesting tonal variations in addition to the standard choice -- I still haven't gotten a handle on everything it can do, but it is amazing. I sold a Tele to help buy this, but kept a Strat as a second guitar. After playing this, I have no use for the Strat and will sell that as well. This does not sound like a Strat, but it gives me everything I want for what I play.

Some reviewers say the neck takes some getting used to - (1) it is narrower than most, (2) it has a gloss finish on it, and (3) the frets are closer together (24 of them on this neck). It's not to say they don't like it, but many say they had to adjust. For me, there was no adjustment. It is a lightening fast neck begging your fingers to fly on it, and seems to be made for my smaller hands and shorter fingers. I don't do super hard bends, but I am a blues player. This is not solely a rhythm guitar -- it is a solid instrument and very capable as a lead guitar instrument. I do it all on this -- even jazz leads and some old Nugent licks.

Fit and finish are to die for. The Rickenbacker Web site says they spend more than an hour buffing their guitars to this high-gloss, glassy finish (verses about 15 minutes for most other companys' mass-produced guitars), and I believe it. It truly does show. I have never seen such quality and attention to detail in a guitar as in this Ric. Very solid -- it is built like a tank, but doesn't look it. Rock solid, stays in tune (although stringing it can be fun the first few times, until you get a handle on the tail-piece. Everything on this is top shelf. The body is contoured and rounded (unlike the 330). Much of what Ric does, it does by hand, the old fashioned way.

You don't see many of these in your local music stores, so you might have to order from Musicians Friend (where I bought mine) or Music123, or any of those -- but do it.

The set up out of the box was perfect, as was the action (very low and effortless). It does come with an odd gauge of strings (compressed 10, I think going from 10 to 42). I restrung it with GHS lights (10-46) which work very well with this, and adds a bit more bottom punch to this. By the way, every string is so clear and distinct on this.

This is one solid guitar and built to last. It does come with Schaller strap lock strap buttons, but not the bit that goes on the straps. They seem solid. I kept a Strat as a backup, and am going to sell it. I feel this guitar will do the trick for me. It is well balanced on the strap, and weighs in at about 8 lbs. The hard case is pretty solid and weighs a ton.

No idea -- haven't had any problems. The warranty is worth mentioning. Basically it is five years from the date it was born -- the date is stamped on the warranty card. It must be mailed within 10 days of purchase. I don't expect I'll need wrranty service, but it looks to be a bit cumbersone should you need it.

I've wanted a Ric for almost 40 years, but I guess if you don't see them in your local music store, you tend to buy what is on the wall (Gibsons, Fenders, and the usual). This one lists for around $1,600, but go new through the catalog dealers for about $1100. Be careful on the ebay market -- I see folks selling used (but not vintage) Rics, maybe a few years old, with starting prices of a grand and "buy it now" prices of $1500. My point, email the catalog folks (Musicians Friend, et al) for their current price -- none publish it, so you have to call or email -- and you will see that you can buy one new for the price some guys are selling them used for on ebay.

If it was lost or stolen, I would replace it in a heartbeat. This guitar does it all for me, and I'm just sorry I waited this many years to finally buy one. The feel, tone and sound -- it does it all (except maybe crunch and shred, although it can scream and roar when you want it to) and very well. Man, that Ric tone -- I feel like that young buy I was almost four decades ago when I plugged in a guitar for the first time. That is a great feeling.

Your Standard Rickenbacker 360, built in February 1999 in California and bought in September 1999 in Canada, in the jetglo finish. 24 frets, hollow-body electric, 2 pickups, each pickup has it's own volume and tone knob, with a blend knob thrown in. Came with the standard Rickenbacker hard shell case.

Excellent sounding guitar that stays in tune. I usually use it with the switch in the middle position. With my limited ability I am able to get any sounds I want so as far as I'm concerned, there is a great deal of sound variety.

The guitar came from the factory ready to play. No nicks or scratches in the paint job but in the crag where the neck meets the body, there was some cracked binding...........five years later, it hasn't progressed any further.

So far after 5 years, it has survived everything that has been thrown at it. I certainly have no complaints

Shortly after buying this guitar, I sent an email to the CEO and it was responded to within 24 hours and answered the question in detail. Since the only adjustments made to the guitar since buying it have been strings I have had no need for the warranty.

There was a 10 year gap between wanting a Rickenbacker hollow-body electric and actually buying it. My original preference was for the 325/325V63 but after trying it I wanted a full-scale guitar, and after trying the 360, I fell in love. While waiting to buy the guitar, I played a Fender Telecaster and I can honestly say that I have a definite preference for the Rickenbacker.

I have the standard Ric 360. It was made in the States. It's black. It has high-output single-coils. It has pretty much the same number and sort of features as any other guitar you can buy, except for a funny small knob on the far right which changes your tone in a slightly different way than the other tone knobs. Much has been written about this elsewhere but I don't see the joy of it.

I play noisy rock music. It does surprisingly well. I use an Aphex compression pedal and plug it into my amp. It sounds pretty good loud, but (as every nerd on this review page has written) "different" than a Fender or a Gibson. I suppose the main reason I'm writing this review is to assure potential Ric customers they'll sound "different" too if they get one. It isn't just hype. The difference, however, is pretty subtle and takes getting used to. I hated the way this guitar sounded when I first plugged it it, but over time I've grown to appreicate its unusual snarling. Chords ring out pretty clear on it and it can get REAL trebly if that's what you want. Also, the bass is always clear on this guitar and quite well-defined, which surprised me. It cannot do long, heavy sustains like a Gibson. It is ill-suited to soloing. I imagine I'd be more satisifed if I played quieter music with it, but it looks neat and is the most comfortable of guitars on one's hands. It sounds neat, though, and my roommate tells me "more like an actual stringed instrument" than my other guitars. However, if you don't like the pickups you're out of luck; they're weird and different and not readily replaceable.

I bought this guitar used. Everything about it seems correct but I get the impression Rics get bowed more often than other guitars since no one can go paragraph without mention some crucial "neck adjustment" he/his tech/the local wizard/luthier made.

This thing is stronger than it seems but the finish is easily marred and asks a lot of its owner. The manual suggests a special cleaning fluid and a special cloth and rubbing techniques... I think they're asking too much.

I've never dealt with Rickenbacker. Their website is deceivingly in-depth but forces readers to download .PDFs and charges insane prices for accessories, all of which are difficult to find in stores. The 5-year Ric warranty is tyrannical and the company's policies seem paranoid.

I've been playing since I was a boy. I own several guitars but nothing spectacular or particularly noteworthy. I like this instrument well enough, but would consider something else if I lost it. I think as a piece of, like, art, it's quite handsome and feels very good to play, but it lacks the depth I'll look for in the next guitar I buy.

OK, most people who would be reading a review on this kind of guitar have probably seen it already...Mine's Midnight Blue, with 2 hi-gain pickups, polished rosewood fingerboard with 24 relatively small frets on a slim 24 3/4" scale neck. Thinline semihollow design with cool "slash" soundhole, not that prissy "f" style thing you see on other semi-hollows; that's for cellos, not electric guitars...covered tunamatic-ish bridge with classic "R" tailpiece.

It's been said before but I feel in my case it's true-the kind of music I play really cannot be catergorized. The basic sound, though, switches between open string jangle and searing power chord chunk. The 360 can do them both, despite what many Beatle worshipper/wannabes will tell you. I agreed with them until the day I decided to tune down the first string; I was channeling Helmet (if you don't know who they are, check 'em out and then throw away your Chevelle and Staind CDs in protest of them not getting the credit they deserve). Also, I don't use round wound Pyramid strings; they're too dark sounding and hard to bend. Instead I use regular 9's-much easier too bend, and pick slides sound much better (I doubt Paul Weller of the Jam used round wound strings on his 330, since he was a huge user of pick slides). Due to the neck this is admittedly no shred machine, but rhythm players and noise leadmen and women should definitely try this before automatically buying an SG or Les Paul.

I'll admit I can get a hard sound out of it at least partially because of the amp I use-a Crate GX65 (I really need to break down and buy a better amp; I've been looking at an Ashdown Fallen Angel), rather than a Vox or Fender.

And of course, since they're single coil pickups, there is some hum and feedback, but that's OK for me because I'm into bands like Sonic Youth, Nirvana, My Bloody Valentine, the Jesus and Mary Chain-bands that don't/didn't shy away from noise and feedback. I give it 9 only because it could use a bit more bass.

Rickenbacker finishes have an interesting quality-they seem to change color a bit depending on the lighting of the room they're in, without any use on metallic flecks or cheesy holographic tricks. Sometimes in looks Navy Blue, other times it looks more Indigo. Cool.

I got this used, so I have a few personal gripes that are probably not the fault of the maker. It smelled like cigarettes, and for some reason the strings seem to be oriented more towards the bass (left if you were looking at it on a stand) side of the fingerboard. It plays and sounds alright like this, but someday I'll have to get this checked out.

Built like a tank-it made out of maple, a very strong wood. Strap buttons are small but hold realtively well. Admittedly, I've never played live (yet) but I don't think I'd need a backup unless I were to break a string, because it's never crapped out on me.

Never dealt with the company. Sometimes I hear if you have a problem they'll give you they're deepest apologies and even cook you dinner when a representative personally visits your home to fix it, other times I hear they sell in-store warranties offered by salesmen quite well.

I've probably already voided the warranty on my Ric 620 by not sending in the card right away and on my 360 by using non-Rickenbacker strings.

I have two Rics-the aforementioned 620 (I've posted a review on that one too, though I might have been too hasty) and this one. I've gotten rid of all my other guitars because, personally, I believe these sound better. If it were stolen, I'd definitely get another one, but probably in Jetglo or Mapleglo because if I were to get another Midnight Blue one it'd remind me too much of the one I lost. The neck does take some getting used to, but once that's done, the possibilies are nearly endless-I say nearly because if you're looking to play death metal leads, this probably wouldn't be your best choice (get a BC Rich; they're more sonically and visually suited to that vibe).