Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Eh it's a cool guitar but it does'nt have the early 60's feel that I was expecting - I'm keeping it thoe

Joe, I'm sure you've had a lot of Ricks at some point or the other, but was just wondering if you have played an original '63 or '64 Rick 12 before?

Like I said this is just my opinion there's no right or wrong - I have a 62 625 and a 66 450 & 68 370 and I've played a 58 325 more than a few time's along with Capri's and the Porky Freedman prototype - So with that being said I have some experience with older ricks and that's what it is to me - buy one a give it a spin --

Joe,
That's quite a collection there! What are some things to look for when buying vintage Rickenbackers?

I always check the neck set's and make sure the necks are not twisted - I like mine guitars all stock -

Joe, I presume you are talking about the neck of the C 12-string being different than one from the 60s. One of my main questions on the C 12-string was; will the neck on the C be modeled exactly like GH's or does it have what I think is more of a modern version? My experience with 60s vs. modern is rather light. I have only played a 60s 12-string on three different occasions. But, I have a memory of a neck that seemed to play much better. What is the difference? The radius, neck size? I even suspect that the width of the binding is thinner also and that might make a difference in the overall feel as well. Maybe its a combination of a number of things. But, I have yet to play a modern Ric (360, 381, CW V64) that had the playing feel of either of the 60s 360 12-strings that I have played. I suspect that if someone is looking for a "60s playability" then they should buy a 60s model and not the C 12-string.

Can you elaborate on my observations relative to yours? Thanks much.

Sorry for the delay in getting back to this but I don't check it regularly

Nope, I don't believe Rick took any measurements from GH's guitar so I'd say it's not an exact copy...

Still a cool piece thoe

Would anyone know where I could purchase a 360 V64 or V63 12 string in Fire Glo?
I have searching hi and lo without success.

Johnny Ola! He grew up to be Junior Soprano

While we took no measurements from George Harrison's actual guitar, we did a tremendous amount of research to check and cross check dimensional data from photos and some other sources available to us. We also had to develop some special techniques to compensate for components not photographed straight on or wide angle distortion before we could create an actual digital model. (You can't simply draw lines on a photo with something like Autocad, for instance, without introducing noticeable errors- we learned that the hard way.)

As such, there isn't much we weren't able to reconstruct without having his guitar available.

I'm sorry to disagree but the neck is as close to the 60's as you're going to get. That is one component that we had actual templates from George's guitar to work with, as well as a number of samples with close serial numbers to examine.

Since none of us have access to George's guitar, I will just assume it is a dead on accurate as possible. Once I get mine, I'm sure I'll assume it is the real thing.

I call that Optical Confusion

I call it optical delusion thinking I will receive mine anytime soon.

Yeah Brian. It seems like the same way for my C64. But I know it will be worth it in the end!

You're right Randy. The basses and the C58's were worth it, so I have no reason to believe the remaining "C" Series guitars won't be as well.