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How interesting to know that there are blonde/mapleglos unsold in inventory, and in both 6- and 12-string variants!

Fred

My first was a '92 370WB, 6-string.

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Fred

Welcome to the wonderful world of the C63!

I got mine a few years ago, and I use a little Vox practice amp or else the big mother Fender Twin Reverb.

I;m also in Vancouver, and did end up getting a 12-saddle bridge for the C63, and had it installed and set up by Eiichi Ishikawa in south Vancouver ...

Great story Wally! Too bad it cost you out of pocket, after all that.... but play some jangly tunes on it!

Fred

Robert, I hate to say it, but it might be an idea for you to spring for 2-way shipping and try the C63 for its playability, perhaps if purchasing from someone who'll give you an audition period.

I used to have a RM model 370/12, which I think had generally the same neck geometry as the C64 model ...

I had the 12-saddle bridge on my 360/12 CW reslotted this week. At first I thought the problem lay in the string spacing at the nut, but after sitting down with a local luthier it was explained that the problem was caused by the way the strings lined up at the bridge. I finally plugged it in today ...

This is a recommendation to anyone who cannot enjoy playing their Rick 330, 360 or 620 12 strings because of crowded string pairs.

I encourage anyone having trouble fingering chords (especially on the first few frets) to take their guitar to a competent luthier and have a custom bone nut made to ...