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Encyclopedia > Rickenbacker 330
Rickenbacker 330
Jetglo Rickenbacker 330
Jetglo Rickenbacker 330
Manufacturer Rickenbacker
Period Late 1950's - Present
Construction
Body type Semi-Hollow
Neck joint Set
Scale 24.75"
Woods
Body Maple
Neck Three-ply Maple/Walnut
Fretboard Rosewood with pearloid dot inlays
Hardware
Bridge Adjustable
Pickup(s) 2 Single-coil
Colors available
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. Also available with an additional pickup (Model 340) and as twelve string versions with either 2 or 3 pickups (Model 330/12 and Model 340/12 respectively). Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 318 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (680 × 1280 pixel, file size: 224 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) // This image shows an electric guitar standing in front of a guitar amplifier. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 318 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (680 × 1280 pixel, file size: 224 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) // This image shows an electric guitar standing in front of a guitar amplifier. ... Rickenbacker 330JG Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker (pronounced ) [1]), is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for having invented the first electric guitar during the 1930s. ... For other uses, see Maple (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Walnut (disambiguation). ... Rosewood refers to a number of richly hued timbers, brownish with darker veining. ... Three magnetic pickups on an electric guitar. ... Rickenbacker 330JG Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker (pronounced ) [1]), is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for having invented the first electric guitar during the 1930s. ... // The Rickenbacker 300 series is a series of semi-acoustic guitars manufactured by the Rickenbacker Company. ...


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)

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External links

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