380L PZ Modifications

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:25 am

When pickups are out of phase they will cancel out certain frequencies. This is probably most notable in the lower frequencies. My home built guitar has a Fishman Powerbridge and Powerchip. The Powerchip has a shorting plug on the circuit board the you move to different pins to change the phasing. The difference in the bottom end notes is huge and easily heard since this is a quick change for A-B purposes.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:42 pm

good golly miss molly....

http://www.rickbeat.com/modelslibrary/36012RCA/36012rca.htm

"The RCA guitars were essentially the prototypes of the 380L, made as Christmas awards to be given by RCA Nashville to their artists that went platinum during the year. "

dang!.... they should have made this puppy commercially available!

Hey Kevin... you wouldn't have one for sale, would you? (BTW, the other 360 you sold me is going strong and is officially the best guitar in the world)

krick · Post by **krick** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:56 pm

Kent, I have had two of these but traded one away some time ago. I still have the one in the photos above but it is not for sale.

Glad you are enjoying the 360. I recently posted two photos of it here:

http://www.rickresource.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?tpc=654&post=275903#POST275903

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:56 pm

yup, thats my baby.

oh well... if you run across another RCA/12, please let me know. Can you give me a ballpark $ of what they go for these days?

Whats nice about the RCA 360/12 is that it has the slightly wider 660-ish neck which is not found on a regular 360/12.

telebob · Post by **telebob** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:16 am

LOL! I thought the neck width was a total "non-issue" among the hardcore Ric enthusiast!

Oh well, it's an awesome guitar just the same. That walnut is beautiful.

krick · Post by **krick** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 5:44 am

The last RCA 12 string model I saw on eBay sold for just under $2700 and that was about two years ago!

Actually, the RCA 12 string models have a narrow neck like most of the other RIC models. The 380L Lagunna models have a wider neck similar to the 650 and 660 models.

webhead · Post by **webhead** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:12 am

I had a shot to get one. It was from an overseas dealer and I noticed it on Easter. By the time I called him, it was gone. $2500.00. I think it's the most beautiful version of the 360 that was ever made.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:03 pm

oh, I see... thanks for the neck info, Kevin. I was assuming it was Laguna-ish.

As for neck width in general, I think it makes a huge difference... even for Rickmeisters. As I already have a 620/12 I was hoping that the RCA was a wider neck just to have a bit of variety.

... and I agree, that walnut color combined with the maple neck and the gold plastic makes it one beautiful guitar.

Hey Mr. Hall!... how about making a 12-string Laguna with the wider neck! I guarantee you'd sell at least one.