Rickenbacker 330

Infobox Guitar model|title=Rickenbacker 330


bgcolor=#FFFFFF
manufacturer=Rickenbacker
period=Late 1950's - Present
bodytype=Semi-Hollow
necktype=Set
scale=24.75"
woodbody=Maple
woodneck=Three-ply Maple/Walnut
woodfingerboard=Rosewood with pearloid dot inlays
bridge=Adjustable
pickups=2 Single-coil
colors=Mapleglo (natural), Fireglo (sunburst), Jetglo (black), Midnight Blue

The Rickenbacker 330 is part of Rickenbacker's 300 series of guitars, the series for which Rickenbacker is perhaps best known. The instrument incorporates many features standard on Rickenbacker guitars, including a three-ply maple/walnut neck, a shallow headstock angle, a thick rosewood fretboard finished with clear conversion varnish, and double truss rods. The 330 also features a body with Rickenbacker's "crescent moon" cutaway shape with sharp, unbound edges, and an "R"-shaped trapeze tailpiece. Prior to 2008, this model was also available with an additional pickup (Model 340, 340/12 12 string version). Also offered as a twelve string version (Model 330/12 respectively). During the Rose Morris Rickenbacker export to the UK, this model was avaible as the model 1997, and the 340 was called the 1998. Rather than featuring the standard Rickenbacker slash-shaped soundhole, both guitars featured an f-shaped violin soundhole, which made these guitars instant collector's items.fact|date=August 2008

Features

*No. Frets 24 (originally 21 until 1970)
*Scale Length 62.9 cm (24 3/4")
*Neck Width at Nut 41.4 mm (1.63")
*Neck Width at 12th Fret 49.05 mm (1 .931")
*Crown Radius 25.4 cm (10")
*Weight 3.6 kg (8.0 lbs.)
*Overall Length 100.3 cm (39 1/2")
*Overall Width 38.1 cm (15")
*Overall Depth 38.1 mm (1 1/2")

Notable Players

* Pete Townshend of The Who
* Tom Petty
* Hilton Valentine of The Animals
* Paul Weller of The Jam
* Johnny Marr of The Smiths
* Guy Picciotto of Fugazi
* Thom Yorke of Radiohead
* Brix Smith of The Fall
* Peter Buck of R.E.M.
* Mick Whitnall of Babyshambles
* Keeley Davis of Sparta and Engine Down
* Tom Gabel of Against Me!
*Tom Rowley of Milburn

External links

* [http://www.rickenbacker.com/ Rickenbacker International Corporation]
* [http://www.rickenbacker.com/model.asp?model=330] Joseph Ryan of Makeout Party.John Clarke Blais'e