The Rickenbacker 620 is a solid-body guitar manufactured by the
Rickenbacker International Corporation (RIC). It is part of the 600 series of guitars which all share the distinctive "cresting wave" styled body. The Rickenbacker 620 features triangular fret markers, a thick rosewood fret board, a maple body with neck-thru construction, maple neck, and the Rickenbacker signature, an 'R' style
floating tailpiece. The 620 also comes standard with a stereo output jack. The guitar's pickups are twin single coil 'Hi-gains'. There is a twelve string version of this guitar available, the Rickenbacker 620/12. The Rickenbacker 620 comes in fireglo, mapleglo, jetglo, and midnight blue finishes from the factory.
The 620 is less popular with big recording artists than its siblings the
330 and
360 360 may refer to:
* 360 (number)
* 360 AD, a year
* 360 BC, a year
* 360 degrees, a circle
Businesses and organizations
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, however some guitarists have consistently used them including
Christopher Owens of
Girls,
Caleb Harper
Spacey Jane are an Australian indie rock band from Fremantle, which formed in 2016. The group consists of Ashton Hardman-Le Cornu (guitar), Caleb Harper (vocals, guitar), Kieran Lama (drums) and, since 2019, Peppa Lane (bass guitar). Their deb ...
of
Spacey Jane, and
Chris Urbanowicz of
Editors.
Mike Campbell of
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. Formed in 1976, the band originally comprised lead singer and rhythm guitarist Tom Petty, lead guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench, drummer S ...
acquired the first 620/12 12-string (made in December 1963, actually called a prototype 625/12) in 1977, and has used it on hits such as
Listen to Her Heart and
Here Comes My Girl.
Features at a Glance
*Body Type Solid
*No. Frets 21
*Scale Length 62.9 cm (24")
*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 94.0 cm (37")
*Overall Width 33.7 cm (13")
*Overall Depth 31.8 mm (1")
*Tailpiece ''R''
*Bridge 6 Saddle
*Output Type Mono and Stereo
*Machine Heads Schaller
Notable players
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Mike Campbell of
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. Formed in 1976, the band originally comprised lead singer and rhythm guitarist Tom Petty, lead guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench, drummer S ...
*
Steven Van Zandt of
Bruce Springsteen
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*
Susanna Hoffs
Susanna Lee Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is an American singer and guitarist, best known as a co-founder of the pop-rock band The Bangles.
Hoffs founded The Bangles (originally called the Bangs) in 1981 with Debbi and Vicki Peterson. They re ...
of
The Bangles
*
Chris Urbanowicz of
Editors
*
Ringo Shiina of
Tokyo Jihen, who also mentions her 620 in the song "
Marunouchi Sadistic
is a song composed and Lyricist, written by Japanese rock singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist Ringo Sheena. It was recorded for her debut album ''Muzai Moratorium'' in 1999.
Background
Ringo Sheena released her debut single "KÅfukuron" i ...
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*
Christopher Owens of
Girls
* Matej Krajnc (
Matt Kaye), Slovenian singer-songwriter, poet, novelist and translator
* Caleb Harper of
Spacey Jane
* Jon Niederbrach of The Untold Fables
* Lauren Gregory of Vervain and Canterel
*
John Dyer Baizley
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of
Baroness
References
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External links
Rickenbacker International Corporation
360/12