Andrew Gold 325 on SNL

[jdogric12]

http://www.youtube.com/user/qbrain#p/u/2/ybv7IOOdbw4

I stumbled across this tonight... what is this, the 325 everyone's talking about when I search for "Andrew Gold" here?

[billydlight]

Wow! What's the story on that??

[Ontario_RIC_fan]

Looks more like a 370 WB that someone has thrown a bigsby on to me...

[egosheep]

It's a 12 string. Not a 325, though.

[libratune]

With all due respect to Andrew, I think its a faker or a 340 redone to a 370. The fretboard inlays don't look right. Look at the shots close up towards the end after he plays the riff.

I don't think it's a 12er -- how would that work with a Bigsby? TRC looks like it's for a 12er, but headstock looks like a 6-string.

This is a really old SNL clip, like from early '80s, before the V64 RIs. Dont' see too many 370 WBs in JG from that era . . .

[jdogric12]

I, too, thought of the f word, but was chicken to cast the first stone, esp re the late great AG. Those inlays, are they blocks?

[fireglo67]

Back in the 90's Andrew Gold Produced, and played on this artists album. He's listed as playing a Rickenbacker 12 string guitar.
http://www.geocities.jp/totozepp/bigart ... shop8.html

[fireglo67]

From Andrews site.

http://www.andrewgold.com/photo16.htm

[jdogric12]

Back in the 90's Andrew Gold Produced, and played on this artists album. He's listed as playing a Rickenbacker 12 string guitar.
http://www.geocities.jp/totozepp/bigart ... shop8.html

Interesting! But that's definitely a different guitar than what's being discussed here... This one is definitely a 6 string, the knobs, pickups, and body shape are definitely funny looking, so yes, I'm pretty certain faker. I can see how it would be easy to mistake that headstock with all the extra big shiny chrome for a 12er. I think that's just big fat 6-string tuners we're seeing reflecting tons of light.

[fireglo67]

Back in the 90's Andrew Gold Produced, and played on this artists album. He's listed as playing a Rickenbacker 12 string guitar.
http://www.geocities.jp/totozepp/bigart ... shop8.html

Interesting! But that's definitely a different guitar than what's being discussed here... This one is definitely a 6 string, the knobs, pickups, and body shape are definitely funny looking, so yes, I'm pretty certain faker. I can see how it would be easy to mistake that headstock with all the extra big shiny chrome for a 12er. I think that's just big fat 6-string tuners we're seeing reflecting tons of light.

Yes, of course.
I just think it's odd that someone who obviously knows, owns and loves real Rickenbackers would chose to play a fake on live TV.

[jwilli]

Faker to me.