Rickenbacker 350V63

winston · Post by **winston** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:24 pm

Melissa,

If I find a suitably priced 350SH you can buy my 350 from me at a reasonable price. Chances of that? 0 to none I am afraid. But I will keep looking.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:41 pm

Brian, thanks for the thought!

I'm sure we would all love to find a "suitably priced" 350SH, LOL!

winston · Post by **winston** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:52 pm

Well I do have another option on the SH. But that too is just a dream right now.

Time will tell the story I suppose.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:03 pm

Brian's FG 350V63 with the F-hole really shows off Paul's eye for scale and design. It looks perfect. The only other 350 that I've seen with an F-hole is Mike Parks' Purpleburst 350.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:54 pm

"F-hole" sounds somewhat derogatory to me. It's only five letters away from the other "hole". I think I prefer "F-cutout".

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:17 am

Hehe....Never gave it a whole lot of thought.... I played violin through much of my childhood, and that's just what those cutouts were called, I suppose because they are shaped like a calligraphic "f".

BTW, I think Mike Parks' Purpleburst 350 has got to be the prettiest 350 in the world.... It was one of the sources of inspiration for the new color of my 330. I had toyed with the idea of checkered binding for it, too, but when Paul told me how much that would cost I had to forget about it.... Of course now I couldn't love that guitar any more than I do, LOL!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:18 am

Too bad you had to forget about it, Melissa...I just finished redoing a mid-'80s BT bass into an early '70s AFG, with checkered binding, and it looks very nice. I'll post some pictures when I get to my office. I really want to try doing a 350 with checkerboard...

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:58 am

I'm toying with the idea having my Hoffs refinned to Purple-burst......

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:15 am

Oh geez, Paul, you know I'd love to see some pictures.... I'm a big fan of checkered binding, as you know!

Jwilli, a Hoffs in purpleburst would be just over-the-top.... Might be too hot to play!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:51 am

Shall we build a Hoffs in Purpleburst, jwilli?

clearblue · Post by **clearblue** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:56 am

...and call it a Jingle Jangle Hoffs.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:01 am

What a thought, LOL!

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:31 am

"Shall we build a Hoffs in Purpleburst, jwilli?"

A Hoffs is due to arrive at my door any moment. Its been played and has scratches. Will make a decision about 2 min. after I open the case.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:59 am

Awwwwwww man, I'm jealous!

Post some pics, okay, Jwilli?

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:38 am

The Hoffs arived in much better shape than anticipated. Some scratches on the back but I could probably live with them.....
if I didn't want a PURPLE-GLO HOFFS!

Pics soon.