I just...I just....I....I'm speechless

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:51 am

Cheers Howard!

On a side note, I just got promoted! I'm ordering a 12 string TODAY....

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:26 am

Well done, Rob..... joy*2=bliss! What model/colour?

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:38 am

i've obsessed about this for months and changed my mind a million times...360-12 JG i reckon. standard model. wanted a CW but mr. carey talked me out of it

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:50 am

Nice!! I reckon the 360/370 guitars look great in JG! Missed out on a 360/6 JG in April... sold 2 hours before I walked in the shop. Damn!!

Any idea what the approximate delivery delay is over there?

janglebox · Post by **janglebox** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 5:35 am

wanted a CW but mr. carey talked me out of it

With all due respect to Tony, you might want to reconsider. I think the 360-12CW is one of the greatest players and most wonderful sounding of all Ric 12-strings. It's as close as you'll get to a 360-12V65: check binding, 21 frets, full-width inlays, square heel, etc. The extra light top makes it a joy to play, and it jangles beautifully. Just my $.02.

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 6:18 am

what the???? CAREY!!!!!!!

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:43 am

quote from Robert Fronckowiak:
"Is making a personal statement about an opinion of the looks of a guitar a real reason to break up?"
Yep, that's what i thought exactly when i read the first comments on this thread, albeit i do get you guys were kiddin'

Huh... if i broke up with my partner each time he said he doesn't like something i love, Elizabeth Taylor would seem to be a monk compared to me!

Good luck to you & your lady, Robert...

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:13 pm

+1 on the Carl Wilson, one of the nicest Ricks I ever played. Mike Parks still has a new one in stock, FG...

stubby · Post by **stubby** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:24 am

A lot of people on this forum have extolled the virtues of the 360-12CW. How much are they anyway(ballpark)?

janglebox · Post by **janglebox** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:36 am

I think they're around $1,800 at this point.

In 1995, six years after it was introduced, the 370-12RM had well more than doubled in value. It doesn't look like that will happen to the 360-12CW, even though it had only half the run of the RM.

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 6:03 am

i find RIC 6 stringers ugly too, except for the 480s.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 6:20 am

We discussed this in your last session, Mr. Weingartner...I seem to remember that it's because 480s look like 4003s?

Allow me to propose a dilemma:

What if 4003s looked like 330s or 620s?

Would you still play bass?

Or would it be headless?

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 6:28 am

I'd still be playing Fenders.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 6:41 am

I have to admit I was slow to see the beauty in a 330 style body.I think it may be a bit of an acquired taste. Now, however, I'd take one in FG any day.
It was the 4000 series body that attracted me.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:24 am

Both designs, in fact, all Rickenbacker designs, were born classic and gain in classic design status with every day.

Except the 200s and 2000s. They are just too generic to distinguish them in any way except quality and durability, of course.