A few pics of Tom Petty's Solid Body 360...
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A few pics of Tom Petty's Solid Body 360...
A few pics of Tom Petty's Solid Body 360 got posted to the RIC facebook group...
It is on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
I think this just predates the Tom Petty LE in 1990.
Anyone know more about it?
It is on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
I think this just predates the Tom Petty LE in 1990.
Anyone know more about it?
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Re: A few pics of Tom Petty's Solid Body 360...
It's heavy.
Re: A few pics of Tom Petty's Solid Body 360...
I heard it has a balsa wood body...
I have NO idea what to do with those skinny stringed things... I'm just a bass player...
Re: A few pics of Tom Petty's Solid Body 360...
Do you mean solidtop (no soundhole) vs. solid body?
Looks like it has a control cavity like a regular 360 would.
Looks like it has a control cavity like a regular 360 would.
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Re: A few pics of Tom Petty's Solid Body 360...
There is an old thread here that discusses this guitar,
It is the one Tom is holding on the cover of FULL MOON FEVER.
Looking at some other pics I found on line - it has a single jackplate.
The exhibit describes it as a "Prototype"
It is the one Tom is holding on the cover of FULL MOON FEVER.
Looking at some other pics I found on line - it has a single jackplate.
The exhibit describes it as a "Prototype"
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Re: A few pics of Tom Petty's Solid Body 360...
Prototype how is that a prototype? It's just a 21 fret 360 without a sound hole.
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Re: A few pics of Tom Petty's Solid Body 360...
It also has binding on the neck, dot inlays and a slightly wider neck (at least to my eye).... None of which are standard on a 360 WB.scotty wrote:Prototype how is that a prototype? It's just a 21 fret 360 without a sound hole.
The "is it solid vrs is it a standard 360 without a slash sound hole" could only be discovered if you looked under the control plate. It was made by Dick Burke - he would be able to answer - or John Hall.
It think its prototype status is that it was a first try at what became the Tom Petty LE. Or perhaps not... It is just what is written on the card in the display "Tom Petty Electric Guitar - Prototype Rickenbacker"
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Re: A few pics of Tom Petty's Solid Body 360...
A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from.
That is still a 360 no matter what you slap on it.LOL
That is still a 360 no matter what you slap on it.LOL
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Whatever it is - my eyes just can't get used to looking at this without a soundhole. It's like a tiger with no stripes.
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Re: A few pics of Tom Petty's Solid Body 360...
Maybe with 24 frets the missing sound hole would be less of an issue. I like the bound neck w/ dot inlays!
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Re: A few pics of Tom Petty's Solid Body 360...
It is not a solid top. It is solid. It's a solidbody.
And I always loved that coat with the little Saturns on it.
And I always loved that coat with the little Saturns on it.
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Re: A few pics of Tom Petty's Solid Body 360...
I love the alliteration Kenny.. Sounds like the Chorus in a 70s pop song!kennyhowes wrote:It is not a solid top. It is solid. It's a solidbody.
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Re: A few pics of Tom Petty's Solid Body 360...
Tom mentioned this guitar in an interview I can't seem to find anywhere. It is a solid bodied instrument through and through. This guitar appears to be from that same run of custom guitars made for Tom and Mike in 1989, along with the Campbell 350 and the 660/12 Petty signature model.
From photographic evidence, He played it on a few songs on his 1989 tour, but I'm not surprised he rarely played it...it has to weigh a ton!
It came as no surprise to me that Petty began using the Rose Morris 1993/12 in 2008, as this guitar (slightly) resembles just that!
From photographic evidence, He played it on a few songs on his 1989 tour, but I'm not surprised he rarely played it...it has to weigh a ton!
It came as no surprise to me that Petty began using the Rose Morris 1993/12 in 2008, as this guitar (slightly) resembles just that!
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Re: A few pics of Tom Petty's Solid Body 360...
This is the same reason that Petty rarely used his JG 362 doubleneck - except in the studio.JakeK wrote: From photographic evidence, He played it on a few songs on his 1989 tour, but I'm not surprised he rarely played it...it has to weigh a ton!
Some cool pics on the RIC Facebook group of Campbell playing the 67 615 into 350 conversion in Montreal last week. Tom was playing his 2012 1993 12 string.
As I recall there is some mention of the Solid Body 360 in the Tony Bacon Book.
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