Odd, but Original.....

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:16 am

Everything except for the sound hole is identical to my May, 1964 365. I think these two guitars were prototypes for the New Style body.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:29 am

tblair · Post by **tblair** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:24 am

One other difference- the heel on the violin f-hole is round, whereas John's is square.

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:57 am

Tony, does the f-hole 365 have a May sn# like John's guitar? We've talked about his 365 before, and speculate that it may have been started quite a bit before May due to some of the earlier features it has....IIRC the peghead on John's guitar is very 1963-ish(along with the square heeled neck), and has a non 'Made in USA' TRC as well.

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:35 am

Here's my 331, which is certainly odd and unusual:

The big differences from a normal 331 are: The TRC, the large dimmer knob, and the HB-1s.

I wanted to stick a John Kay circuit in it, but there isn't enough room.

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:38 am

It certainly is odd and unusual!

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:42 am

A bit rectangular. Reminds me of the Bo Diddly guitar.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:45 am

Looks just lke my image, too!

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:31 pm

That white won't fade, either.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:02 pm

Hmmmmm.....those early Bluebursts are certainly different from today's version, aren't they? Almost a light turquoise-burst.... Not bad, not bad at all! And I love the bound headstock on the 381....

Ahhhh, Blueburst....

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:24 pm

I agree with you on the colors, Melissa, and I think bound headstocks look great on a lot of guitars, but especially so on the beautiful, gentle curves of the Rickenbacker guitar headstocks.

Bring 'em on, I say!!

Hmmmm.... I must be getting 'Americanized' - dropping the 'u' from 'colours'. My english teachers would be caning me if they knew!!

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:38 pm

Just wait till you get over here and then see what happens to your spelling and general use of the English language!

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:26 pm

Haha! Luckily at my age it doesn't really matter, Jeff. Old habits die hard, however......