Rickenbacker 381/12V69 Review

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Overall Rating 4.8/5

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Features 5/5

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Quality 2.25/5

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Reliability / Value 5/5

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Rickenbacker 381/12V69 Specs

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  • Body Shape: LPS  
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  • Number of Strings: 12  
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  • Body Type: Semi-Hollowbody  
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  • Scale Length: 24-3/4"  
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  • Body Construction: Double cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Maple  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Triangle  
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  • Number of Frets: 21  
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  • Nut Width: 1.63"  
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  • Tuners: Vintage Style  
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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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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Single Coil  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Single Coil  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Vintage Single Coil Toaster Top™ Pickups with stereo and Mono output, "R" Tailpiece.

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Rickenbacker's 381/12V69 is well worth your time and money, because it will give you great playing experience. It's both comfortable to play, and sounds great. You should have no doubts that this guitar will perform great 'cause it will. A job well done.

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 381/12V69 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 381/12V69 you will be more than happy with it.

Ready to play out of the box, Rickenbacker's 381/12V69 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 381/12V69 does.

381/12V69 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!