Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

John,
Thank you so much for participating. After much soul searching and a trip to a local store where I could look at a 325v63, I've decided to can the Bigsby idea in favor of the accent tremolo. A tech I respect mentioned that I could do this modification similar to a Gibson SG mod, by placing ...

Since it's a week later and no word from John Hall, now I'm wondering if the spec is different in the tail area between the 350v63 which is what I believe mine is and the earlier 350.

You might also try Chicago (Vintage) Music Exchange at about 3000 N. Clark. One of the sales dudes is a member of The Beatle Brothers...nice guy...and they've brought in one of my favorite guitar techs (Jeffrey) from Guitarworks in Evanston. Bob's is also legendary. Good luck.

Hello, and thanks in advance.
I recently bought a 350 that I'm dating to '96 by Gruhn's book. I want to swap the trapeze tail for a bigsby, but I've run into a glitch. My Guitar store/tech ordered a B5 Bigsby, but when we placed it on the tailpieceless instrument, the slope of the body didn't work ...