Help identifying used Rick

ricardo_vicente · Post by **ricardo_vicente** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:52 am

Hi all,
I would be very grateful if somebody could have a quick look at this here picture of a Rick currently for sale locally.
To my eyes it looks like a 360/12C63 which has had the R-tailpiece added and the toasters swapped for high gains.If this were the case, it would be quite a bargain.
It is being advertised as a 1991 360/12. It certainly doesn't have the standard (1964) 360 shape and I'ma little confused.
Can anyone shed any light?
http://www.westend-music.de/Bilder/Rickenbacker.JPG
Thanks in advance.
Rich

ricardo_vicente · Post by **ricardo_vicente** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:10 am

Think I've worked it out now (with some help on another forum). It must be a 360/12 WB. A beauty!

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:19 am

Rich, it's a 360-12WB, not a 360-12C63. Notice the 24-fret neck, the smaller inlays in the neck, and the raised-letter truss rod cover. The R tailpiece is original and I'd suggest the higains are also.

When Rickenbacker first started reintroducing the old-style 360 body shape this was the result...the 360V64 and 360C63 came later.

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:48 am

& what a lovely looking FG....make a good partner to my 6 string WB!

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:23 am

Mine is the same but oddly different!

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:57 am

You've got the pic reversed there Peter.....

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 11:16 am

Doh! you caught me out Tony, and after I spent ages painting in a lefty "R" tailpiece.