Tim wrote:It's mahogany though, not maple like the Ricky (which is where a lot of the brightness comes from).
But isn't that what MW EQ is for? Or the top boost on an amp? How bright does it really need to be? Hmmmmm. Seems like the v63 Ricky 360 was much less chimey than v65. How much less chime could this have? For that price, I am seriously tempted to add it to my arsenal.
I was just thinking how surprised I am to learn that the electric 12 string was used so much by the Beatles. It was news to me to learn yesterday that the groovy lead in
You Can't Do That was a Ricky 12 string, and then I went out a bought one of those books that Frodo recommended:
The Beatles Hits, and imagine my shock when I discovered that the deliciously cool rhythm guitar track in
And You Bird Can Sing is actually John playing a Ricky 12 string with a capo. I had no idea.
So grabbing some sort of decent electric 12 string is a top priority.
The book is cool, by the way, and will prove useful for many, many days to come. I was a little disappointed with a shortcut taken on the CD which makes it less useful. Each example is played with backing accompaniment on the left and the guitar parts on the right. Then each track is followed by an additional track with a slowed down version of those guitar parts. The problem is, the slowed down version does NOT include the backing accompaniment... so if you want to jam along at a slower speed to practise the part (e.g. by looping the track in iTunes), you cannot do it without first using audio tools to slow down the main audio tracks yourself. Grrrrr. They should have done that for us.
But then again, that is what the
Amazing Slow Downer software is for:
http://www.ronimusic.com/
It is simply a must if you want to learn how to play guitar parts by listening to recordings. I'd recommend you download the demo and try it if you haven't already.
