Rickenbacker 650D Review

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Overall Rating 4.85

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Features 5

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Quality 2.25

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Reliability / Value 5

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Rickenbacker 650D Specs

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  • Body Shape: LPS  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 24-3/4"  
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  • Body Construction: Neck-thru  
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  • Body Construction: Double cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Walnut  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Joint: Neck-through  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple (Rock)  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Dot  
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  • Number of Frets: 24  
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  • Nut Width: 1.75"  
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  • Tuners: Schaller  
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  • Bridge: Saddle Lock  
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  • Hardware: Chrome  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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This is one of those guitars that gets under your skin very quickly and will probably make you forget your previous favorites! Rickenbacker did an extremely good job with 650D. A phrase "words are not enough to describe it" suits this instrument well.

Feature-wise this guitar is perfect! There is no need to add or remove anything, and that is quite an achievement by Rickenbacker, considering that it's quite hard to please every musician's desire, in order to grade an instrument such as 650D with such a high score when it comes to guitar features. That means that Rickenbacker has constructed more or less a guitar with perfect features, so if you decide to buy 650D you will be more than happy with it.

Ready to play out of the box, Rickenbacker's 650D is easy to set it up even more precise than usual, thanks to great hardware pieces it has built in. Handling and playing this kind of guitar is a pure joy as it stays in tune 90% of the time, regardless of the level of usage. It feels reliable and it really is, as Rickenbacker put great deal of time and effort to produce such a good-looking guitar that is behaving well, as 650D does.

650D is a reliable guitar that will go to hell and back with you, and would want to do it again. It's a magnificent instrument that is reliable on stage as it is in studio. It will stand the beating and still would not lose its charm and ability to perform. Rickenbacker did make the instrument that should be considered the most reliable in its class!