Rickenbacker Vintage RB30

[VinnyC]

The other day on offerup i saw a ad for what looked like a vintage amp. I was not sure if it was a guitar amp or a bass amp they had no information at all on the ad and when I inquired the lady said she didn't know anything about it that belonged to her brother. She was asking $40 for it so I figured for 40 bucks I'll go take a look at it when I got there it turned out to be a vintage Rickenbacker rb30 bass amp was not even sure if it worked bought it for $25 got it home plugged it in pots were scratchy, expected that. But it sounds awesome for a small combo practice amp. And it is loud with no distortion. I can't find any info on the web about this amp,

it's pretty heavy for its size. I know I want to restore it put some new tolex on it. Does anybody have any information regarding this amp.

 

[BogeyBass]

Did web serach and found liitle bit of information.

RB30 , RB60 and RB120 came out in 1989 and basically same electronics as the RG series.

Ive seen pictures where the knobs had yellow plastic inserts that matched the yellow logo. Might be RG series. And seen few with the silver knobs like yours.

Basically lasts series of amps Richenbacker made before they stopped making amps when John Hall was around.

There is a registry for Ric amps and i found schematics in pdf at this link
Rickenbacker Amplifiers

Likewise more information about history of Ric amps here
Rickenbacker Amplifiers - TR & R Series

 

[VinnyC]

Thank you for the info much
Appreciated