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I reached out to Thomastik and they said that they are in the process of packaging a set specifically for Rics, but have been held up with printing supply

The single strings have the following article numbers:

P10/P10
P13/P13
JS20/P10
JS25/P13
JS35/JS20
JS44/JS25

I went ahead and ordered a pieced together set from JustStrings.com...kinda expensive, but all Thomastiks I've used last a long long time

I may have ended up with a more compromised 360/12 than I originally thought... It's a '66 with a poorly (but stably) repaired headstock break...I think cleaning it up and redoing some stuff will make it look fine and be just as stable. The issue now, which I didn't realize when I first got it is th...

Does anyone know a current source for sets of TI flats for 12 strings, other than ordering individual strings from juststrings.com?

The photo is strangely deceptive...the bridge pickup polepieces are considerably more spaced out than the neck pickup is

The Creamery's pickups get great reviews...I know some folks that have his Wide Range humbuckers. https://www.creamery-pickups.co.uk/custom-handwound-pickups-from-the-creamery/custom-handwound-replacement-ric-rickenbacker-and-toaster-style-pickups.html#.YVdWaGZKgWo Hopefully I'm getting a set of the...

Thanks so much.

I'm wondering if these HiGains are original to my 1982 360... I haven't seen photos of older HiGains without the center hole in the magnet. It also looks like the face/bobbin top may be Bakelite? Are the button tops typically staggered, height-wise? IMG_5891.jpg IMG_5890.jpg IMG_5889.jpg IMG_5888.jpg

So now I'm wondering if these HiGains are original to my 1982 360...
I haven't seen photos of a HiGain without the center hole in the magnet, and the face/bobbin top looks like it may be Bakelite.

Anyone know if that big a winding discrepancy a common thing for that thine period? I was wondering that too; that's a huge difference between the two pickups. Are you sure the neck pickup is original and/or hasn't been re-wound since new? I'm not 100% sure, but they look period correct, and they l...

Thanks for the reply...I did notice that the spacing was different.
Anyone know if that big a winding discrepancy a common thing for that time period?

My early 80's 360 has what appear to be the original pickups. The bridge reads a little under 7k and sounds clean and clear, while the neck reads around 14.3k and is incredibly muddy. I put in a 500k neck volume pot and .022uF neck tone cap to try to get a little more clarity, dropped it as low as i...

I recently found a seller on eBay that machines brass Starz style bridges (https://www.ebay.com/usr/mrmachinst1), like the one on Peter's 360. I used a Winfield Vintage Tune-O-Matic base and had to shorten the studs, then I used brass washers and brass acorn nuts to lock it down. I think that Peter'...