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Perhaps due to COVID the photography has been put on hold...?

I'm assisting Martin and Paul Kelly in putting together a comprehensive book on Rickenbacker instruments. The Kelly brothers are located in the UK and have authored the book, Fender the Golden Age -- 1954-1970.
Martin is looking for at least one lefty Rickenbacker "roundtop" 360, 365, 370, 375 to ...

Very sorry to hear of Craig’s passing. I too have had conversations with him through the years on the RRF and he was an enthusiast without doubt. Prayers to his family.

Congratulations, Ron...!

Still in shock.

RIP Pat. Good times at the HOB and at Dave's house....

Cool..!

Maaaan Tony...that's a screamer. Very nice..!

I remember a thread from years ago where John Hall stated that the switches for the Byrd-wired guitars were hand-assembled (at least the one discussed above) and that he recalled about 80 pairs of switches being built from parts at RIC, and he (as a younger guy) was one of the people that helped ...

Without the number on the plate, it's still likely it's from 1975-'79. Nice 320.

kennyhowes wrote:This is the score of the century. Just this week I was commenting to someone about how there are NO surviving Rick acoustics prior to the 1990s.

You think a lightshow, a 4005, or a 360F is a rare bird? No way. This is it.

+1.

Here is a pic of my left-handed 360/12, but it is from 1967.

I got an email today from the publisher, Hal Leonard Books, that they will be needing to reprint the book as stock is getting low. They knew that I wanted to make some minor corrections, but I suggested that we should do a second edition as I had accumulated more photos and that there were two ...

jps wrote:Ken's bass (with Lollar horseshoe pickup)!

Photographed on November 5th, 2005.

I remember playing it (upside down) and thought it sounded great.

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Lollar ?
As Evan said, these are Lollar shoes. I have only seen one, at MARF the 1st, in Winchester, Va. in 2005. The pickup was on a bass owned by Ken Swearingen; The shoes were fairly flexible, leading me to think the black material between the two shin sheets of metal ...