Showed up today: 2000 Rickenbacker 360-12 in sweet 'Mapleglow'
... you know things are meant to be when the case candy includes ....
Very high-grade workmanship, lighter than expected, coating (thin epoxy?) on the fingerboard to prevent gouging and ease cleaning, Ric-O-Sound thingie - an extra jack tapping the output allows faux stereo / dual-mono signal to two channels of same amp or to two amps, OHSC, bought off Baltimore Craigslist with my oldest bro doing the pick up / pay off honors.
No issues w/ UPS overnight shipping (the secret is don't let them keep it very long), tested, pickups fine, and makes 'that sound'. Gonna need a cleaner amp than my dirty old Gibsons. Considered a SF12 but if I'd bought one, this is the sound I would have been looking for so buying SF12 w/o listening to it mighta meant owning a neat guitar .... and then buying a Rickenbacker. Tuning with the weird peghead is gonna take some effort; will probably fly Guildmark in twice a month ... he's the tuningest 12er I know!
References:
Rickenbacker 360-12 Specifications
2001 eBay model with much better pics
McGuinn model on eBay … one day ... sigh
CJ
Edit: originally in Mug Shots, moved here. J
... you know things are meant to be when the case candy includes ....
Very high-grade workmanship, lighter than expected, coating (thin epoxy?) on the fingerboard to prevent gouging and ease cleaning, Ric-O-Sound thingie - an extra jack tapping the output allows faux stereo / dual-mono signal to two channels of same amp or to two amps, OHSC, bought off Baltimore Craigslist with my oldest bro doing the pick up / pay off honors.
No issues w/ UPS overnight shipping (the secret is don't let them keep it very long), tested, pickups fine, and makes 'that sound'. Gonna need a cleaner amp than my dirty old Gibsons. Considered a SF12 but if I'd bought one, this is the sound I would have been looking for so buying SF12 w/o listening to it mighta meant owning a neat guitar .... and then buying a Rickenbacker. Tuning with the weird peghead is gonna take some effort; will probably fly Guildmark in twice a month ... he's the tuningest 12er I know!
References:
Rickenbacker 360-12 Specifications
2001 eBay model with much better pics
McGuinn model on eBay … one day ... sigh
CJ
Edit: originally in Mug Shots, moved here. J