Family Traditions with the Rickenbacker 330 Acoustic Guitar tagged: , , , , ,

Family Traditions with the Rickenbacker 330 Acoustic Guitar

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Growing up to the sweet sounds of country and rockabilly music are some of my fondest memories. My family played a lot of these styles of music and the hollow body guitar my Dad used the most was his Rickenbacker 330. For a bigger guitar, the Rick 330 handles quite well and doesn’t get to hard for the old shoulders to handle. My Dad was a smaller guy and he had no trouble at all playing on this guitar for extended music sessions.

The Rickenbacker company is famous for these styles of guitars and has been making them for decades. There are a few other choices in guitar companies such as Gibson, Gretsch and Epiphone when it comes to quality semi-hollow body guitars, but Rickenbacker, in my opinion, has truly mastered the art of creating this style of guitar.

The 330 is a full sized body with maple back, sides and top. The tone created from this design is nice and bright and is very large, as most hollow bodies are. The 22 fret maple neck is lined with a rosewood fretboard and has a design that incorporates two truss rods that aid in keeping the extra long scale neck nice and strong. The very high output single coil pickups also aid in the large and bright tone of the 330 but also have a nice vintage flavor to them.

The whole look of the Rickenbacker 330 is very retro, from the 50s style Rickenbacker logo to the old school sunburst paint design. One thing that isn’t old school is how well you can maneuver around the modern style tapered neck. No more sore wrists and fingers with this baby.

Ever since the first time I was allowed to play on my Dad’s Rickenbacker acoustic guitar, I have been sold on the company and this style of guitar. I have owned one for over a decade now myself and it has served me well both tonally and reliably. The guitar is a dream to play on and gorgeous to look at.