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I found the best way to get a decent gold scratch plate is to spray the underside of a bit of 3mm Perspex or similar. I did use some gold sticky vinyl sheet at one stage but the shade wasn't right.

Bigsby - shouldn't really effect the tone, but there <might> be some issues with tuning at the nut ...

The 360/12 went for $16k USD. His '80s custom-built not-Str*t (the butterscotch one) went for $70k.

Big numbers.

Totally agree, there should be far more 'high-brow' recognition of his work. All kinds of 2nd and 3rd rate modern composers get more exposure on BBC Radio 3 here in the UK. Ensemble Moderne played some of his stuff at a Prom back in '97, but apart from that, the most he gets is a name check. Grr ...

A tricky one to answer without examining the guitar in person. The most crucial aspect of the neck/body join is how the neck connects to the pocket - i.e. between the neck end and the underside of the body 'wings'. The back is essentially a cap and not primarily part of the neck join, although it ...

That's right - FZ's 1966 360/12 FG is up for auction (along with the sundry other guitars, recording/audio equipment and the sundry contents of his house, the latter being snapped up by Lady Gaga).

I never had FZ down as a Ric man, but you live and learn.

Guide of $3-5k USD. Sounds like a bargain ...

Apologies in the delay - our first child was born Thursday morning, so have been on ground crew duty. :D

Attached is a photo of the modifies headstock - I went with silver to pick out the logo, a la the 75th Anniv. Cherry model (one of which I see is on eBay for £2000ish, btw).

I have decided not ...

That's a nice looking axe. I think I may have to put an order in on the cookers... I'm also going to spry the trc. More to follow!

I'm really keen on the cooker knobs but they don't do a fifth mini cooker. Any ideas? I've considered the vintage knobs (I've put those on my 650C) but think the cookers would really put the crown topper on it.

One week in - no issues to report other than I'm in love with this guitar.

I decided to make a gold scratch-plate a la the 75th Anniversary cherry/gold 330 model from 2006. I think it looks rather spiffy. I've also got some Toasters on their way. :D

Not sure what to do about the truss rod cover ...

Lol, well I guess I can look at my 4003 and 650 if I want to admire a Ric paintjob (both very different examples of Fireglo, btw - 650 definitely has more orange in the burst. Love them both though)

24hrs in and the neck has stayed where I put it, and it's barely need tuning since the set-up. I'm ...

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Tommy wrote:About how much was knocked off the price being B-stock? 10%? 20%?

And how about a picture or two?

£1200 down from £1800 = 33% ish. A steal!

Took delivery this afternoon of my 330/12 Walnut. This was bought from a BIG NAME UK outlet as a b-stock guitar at a seriously knocked down price. In short, a gamble. I wasn't sure what to expect.

What I received was a truly stunning instrument with no visible flaws, and perfect electronics. I have ...

Hmm, been playing around in more detail and I have a few issuses/observations.

Volume - no volume 0-2, very subtle volume increase 3-7, hot/dramatic increase 8-10
Tone - dramatic sweep 0-3, very subtle change 4-10

Any ideas why this might be happen would be greatly appreciated - all wiring has ...

Well, the mod is now complete. I had to make some changes as control area is on the wee side on a 650 - no room for a rotary switch I'm afraid.

What I ended up with was fairly conventional in the end - parallel wired HB-1s, A500k CTS pots for volume and treble, a 1nf cap wired in series with a 130k ...

And then, Rickenbacker is actually a TINY company, only something like 60 people work there. So, adding a reissue model that's only going to sell a few (or even a few hundred) will cut into the "bread and butter" model production.

Last I heard, they still have a bit of a backlog, more orders than ...