NGD! Vintage 360/12 Fireglo (A Paul W restoration)

[mike_d]

I just purchased a completely restored vintage Rickenbacker 12 string in Fireglo from a fellow forum member. It has replacement parts but it’s a complete restoration by Paul W. It is crazy how thin the top is! The serial number is from 1967 but it is believed to be a 1965 body with a 67 neck. Untitled by miked_austin, on Flickr
Untitled by miked_austin, on Flickr
Untitled by miked_austin, on Flickr

[jps]

Beautiful!

[steverok]

That's a stunner. Why do I find it funny that, with all that restoration work, it doesn't have vintage black knobs lol ?

[admin]

A real corker, Mike!

[mike_d]

That's a stunner. Why do I find it funny that, with all that restoration work, it doesn't have vintage black knobs lol ?

I do prefer the black knobs myself, but the chrome top became the norm in 1964/65 I believe. My Carl Wilson 360/6 LE also came with them standard in 2000.

[collin]

That's a stunner. Why do I find it funny that, with all that restoration work, it doesn't have vintage black knobs lol ?

Because it would be really poor restoration work to use the wrong type of knobs for this guitar.

Not only does it have the correct silver-topped knobs, it has the early (pre-67) DASH indicator type of Kurz Kasch knobs (which changed to a dot sometime in 1967).

"Vintage" style black knobs were never used on round-top "New Style" 360 models. In fact, the silver-top knobs debuted with these guitars in September 1964.

[mike_d]

That's a stunner. Why do I find it funny that, with all that restoration work, it doesn't have vintage black knobs lol ?

Because it would be really poor restoration work to use the wrong type of knobs for this guitar.

Not only does it have the correct silver-topped knobs, it has the early (pre-67) DASH indicator type of Kurz Kasch knobs (which changed to a dot sometime in 1967).

"Vintage" style black knobs were never used on round-top "New Style" 360 models. In fact, the silver-top knobs debuted with these guitars in September 1964.

Thanks for the information, Collin. I knew there were some subtle differences in the knobs but wasn’t sure when they switched from the dash type to the dot.

[scoobster28]

It looks fantastic!

[mike_d]

It looks fantastic!

Thanks! And it sounds as great as it looks.

[kennyhowes]

that’s hot

[jps]

...it has the early (pre-67) DASH indicator type of Kurz Kasch knobs (which changed to a dot sometime in 1967).

Interesting information here. These are the knobs that came on my former '67 330.

[mike_d]

...it has the early (pre-67) DASH indicator type of Kurz Kasch knobs (which changed to a dot sometime in 1967).

Interesting information here. These are the knobs that came on my former '67 330.

1967 Vintage Knobs-800_2159.jpg
330-1200_7093.jpg
Body_1200_7094.jpg

In checking out the close up picture of those knobs, it looks like the bass volume and tone knobs have the dash and the treble volume and tone knobs have the dots. I didn’t notice any difference at first, but had to zoom in to tell. Cool.

[collin]

...it has the early (pre-67) DASH indicator type of Kurz Kasch knobs (which changed to a dot sometime in 1967).

Interesting information here. These are the knobs that came on my former '67 330.

1967 Vintage Knobs-800_2159.jpg
330-1200_7093.jpg
Body_1200_7094.jpg

Perfectly normal for 1967 and even early 1968, the change was transitioned in (starting in 1967), not an abrupt change.

They are typically all dot knobs from late '68 onward.

[jdogric12]

Yep, I've got a March 1967 336 with dash dot dot dash. Maybe they were sneaking Morse code to someone!

[mike_d]

Here’s another side by side with my Carl Wilson 360/6.
Untitled by miked_austin, on Flickr