Lennon with 12 String 320

[Folkie]

Nice pics, Jake!

[collin]

Collin is guarding this one with his life! He told me!

...looks that way, but those V12's are awful juicy The darker FG on that 1993 is just boooootiful

Thanks, gents.

Yeah, not for sale....V12 or not!

He handed me the 1998, (which was relic'd (eat that Paul W! )

Actually, not relicked.....it's just plain old "beat up"

[jingle_jangle]

Either way this early pattern short TRC is obviously very rare...

Yes, in fact, they could be considered "one-offs", as the hand shaping often required shortening as well as narrowing, scooping, and all sorts of shenanigans so that the TRC would fit between the slots on the headstock and still display the Rickenbacker script in its entirety.

These days, the headstock shapes are consistent, and although the TRCs are still modded 6 string ones, they're not nearly as extreme.

[Ivan3000]

Collin, your own 1993/12 has a TRC very similar to Lennon's, if I remember right? .

Yep.





Mine is October, 1964---I think by the November batch, they had the pointy TRCs, so mine would have been among the last to get the "stubby" TRC (mine also had a trapeze tailpiece, originally, and R-tailpieces showed up near November '64 as well.) I dig the short TRCs-- kinda cool and different.

Lovin the bound sound hole there.

[collin]

Lovin the bound sound hole there.

Yeah? It's gone now.

It wasn't original, and was lightly fixed to the edges.....I took it off right after getting the guitar (shortly after these pics were taken).

[k43rover]

Lovin the bound sound hole there.

Yeah? It's gone now.

It wasn't original, and was lightly fixed to the edges.....I took it off right after getting the guitar (shortly after these pics were taken).

Sounds like the right call to me Collin...do you have some nice before and after pics for us to drool over?