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My wife gave me a RM360/12 in Fireglo for Christmas of 1996. She bought the guitar new at Alpha Music in Virginia Beach VA. The hang tag says RM360/12, the dealer said that's what it is. I even sent a letter to Rickenbacker explaining the guitar and tags in great detail, and they said the same thing ...

Mark;
I finished the 360-12, I can't believe the difference, with high frets all they way to the binding edge, more playing room, better string spacing!! The Behlen nitro laq worked fine, can't even see where the two finishes meet on the binding. polished up wonderfully. I had used some amber stain ...

Mark;
I fitted and glued the nut on my 360 project. I used black micarta like the original. I was tempted to use bone instead, but didn't have a blank with enough height. In reviewing my Rick book by Tony Bacon, I noticed that there were Ricks in the book pics of various vintage with both black and ...

Mark;
I wanted to thank you for the 360 refret tips. I successfully , pulled and replaced the frets, with only 2 tiny chips pulling up during removal, using the solder gun technique. I used the tiny wood chips collected from the old frets and sanding dust to refill via CA glue. After fretboard ...

Mark;
Ive never heard of Cat Lac, who makes it?? Where do you get it??
Paul Bamberg

Thanks MUCH!!!! The cat urethane Ive used in the past is the Ditzler PPG automotive Deltron cat clear urethane for clear coating their Deltron base coat clear coat paint system. Would this work or do you have a known (proven) paint system you recommend. Also do you tint it all?? Having painted many ...

I have a 1989 360 12 string that needs refret. Questions:
1. Is the fretboard radius 9"?
2. Any particular StewMac frets you prefer?
3. I was planning on just refinishing the fretboard only, however since Rick uses conversion varnish, Ill need to strip and refinish entire intstrument with nitro ...