Tom Petty's solid 360?

RutleDirk · Post by **RutleDirk** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:01 am

I read somewhere that Tom Petty has a custom-made SOLID 360WB, or some such thing.

Anyone know about this? Pictures, stories, etc?

scoobster28 · Post by **scoobster28** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:28 am

I asked about this on this site a year or two ago, and received some info about it. It should be in the archives, but if not, maybe whomever answered then will chime in now. There IS a picture of it in the Rickenbacker book, and it was made especially for Tom Petty by Rickenbacker in appreciation. It has a custom signed pickguard. Look in the book for starters. Let me see, what page...page 101.

karl_teten · Post by **karl_teten** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:33 pm

Is it the 'Full Moon Fever' RIC?

I think it's a 360V64 with no sound hole and dot inlays.

???

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:50 am

I saw it last year at the RRHOF.

Karl, I thought the Full Moon Rick was a 60's vintage 365 O.S., but I might be wrong. I was thinking the solid body had a look of a 330, but it's been a year since I saw it...

(The one with the special 'guard is a 1997 I believe...)

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Tue May 30, 2006 2:55 pm

Well, here's his his other solid Rick:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l24DFbedbJ0&search=tom%20petty

rkbsound · Post by **rkbsound** » Tue May 30, 2006 3:25 pm

What the he## was that!?!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue May 30, 2006 3:31 pm

I was just gonna say the same thing!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue May 30, 2006 3:54 pm

Oh...That's Tom playing bass!

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Tue May 30, 2006 4:16 pm

Exactly. Twilley was a label mate of Tom's at Shelter Records. I knew Tom sang backup on some of the formers stuff and then when I saw TP with the bass I remembered that that was actually his first instrument and he may have played in on the track as well.

Ron Blair, of course, turns up with what looks like the same bass in a TP video in 1981.

krick · Post by **krick** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:54 am

I believe this is a photo of the solid body 360 that TP owned:

It appears to be a "custom" model with 21 fret neck, R tailpiece, body/neck binding and dot fret markers. I had another picture, showing the solid top but my old hard drive crashed and I lost it.

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:56 am

It's the Full Moon Fever guitar.

Also seen (in a clearer version of the same photo) on the cover for the videocassette "A Bunch Of Videos And Some Other Stuff."

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:00 pm

beefandbones · Post by **beefandbones** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:00 pm

A solid 360 must be one heavy guitar! And not just in terms of grooviness!

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:08 pm

Virtually all the copies of this video on ebay now are UK versions. I've been looking for one in the US.

admin · Post by **admin** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:18 pm

Tom Petty's Rickenbacker Bass