The earliest 1964 12 string.......

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:22 pm

Anybody have an idea of the earliest 1964 Rickenbacker 12 string? Mine/David McLaughlin's is DE XXX. Help. The earliest model 1993 on Bjorn's site is a DG. I know Greg Fritz has an early one, anyone know the serial number?

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:35 am

Yeah - I can only manage DG as well.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:36 am

Thanks Graham.

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:55 am

Gerry Marsden's was March 1964. Lennon's 325/12 was Feb. '64....There may have been others, but I dunno prior to Feb. '64 other than the 1st three in 1963.

ted_williams · Post by **ted_williams** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:26 am

Dave Gregory, formerly of XTC, has a 1993, DG 952. According to his website, it was in pretty bad shape when he originally got it. In fact, he was going to pass on it until he looked at the s/n: his initials and date of birth.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:16 pm

Ted, what is a 1993?

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:09 am

Kris, take a look here:

http://www.rickresource.com/rrp/1993SPC.html

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 8:04 am

John......this reminds me of your f hole 12string?

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:38 am

Graham, I wish I knew more about that 12 string. Isn't that Richard Thompson? Any clearer pics?

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:46 am

Sorry John, It's the only one I have. I always thought it was fake, until I saw yours. It could be genuine?

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:52 am

My .02 on this guitar is that Rickenbacker didn't do the mod to this 12-string; if they did it certainly wouldn't have a Gibson-shaped 12-string peghead on it. Probably broken at one point and repaired to the way it's seen in the pic.

coreyk · Post by **coreyk** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:17 am

I have read that Richard Thompson thought that John Birch may have made the replacement neck for that 360/12 in the pic. He won't say much on his web site about it, though.