Possible Re-Issue

krick · Post by **krick** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:00 pm

Cool, I like the RCA Truss Rod Cover.

Thanks John.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:13 pm

Whoa! Who knew?

webhead · Post by **webhead** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:41 pm

NICE!

webhead · Post by **webhead** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:42 pm

I bet if RIC made the RCA available again, sans the RCA logo. It would sell. It's just that the 380L looks kinda naked without the pickguard and "R" tailpiece.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:08 pm

Jwilli, I think your living room could use a spruce-up...

longhouse · Post by **longhouse** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:21 pm

One of the greatest -and certainly heaviest- doublenecks ever!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:45 pm

I bet if RIC made the RCA available again, sans the RCA logo. It would sell. It's just that the 380L looks kinda naked without the pickguard and "R" tailpiece.

I'm with you there, Don. Definitley like the RCA better then the 380.

kog · Post by **kog** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:05 pm

I'd buy a re-issue, Mr. Hall. Sign me up.

squid · Post by **squid** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:57 am

That bridge is what makes the 380L, IMO. It gives the guitar a different profile than a regular Ric hollow-body. John, I know you've played a 650 and liked it. Imagine a Ric hollow-body playing the same way. Once you've played one, you really don't care about the relatively sparse appearance. I'm actually in the process of switching out the knobs and tuner heads for ones made of walnut. I'm trying to make it look as minimal as possible. I'll also be swapping for a gold TRC, which I do think looks better. Aside from that, I wouldn't change a single thing. It's a great guitar.

I don't think the 380L is being re-worked. I think it's done on account of ABM piezo bridges becoming harder to come by. And a lack of sales, too.

janglebox · Post by **janglebox** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:33 am

I love my 360-12 RCA-SPC. Bought it from BobKat last year. I personally think it's one of the most beautiful of all Rics. Some folks here will regard this as heresy, but I swapped out the humbuckers for toasters (I kept the humbuckers), and it sounds sensational.

There is no difference in neck width from standard 360-12s. BTW, I test every JangleBox on the 360-12 RCA before shipping.

krick · Post by **krick** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:42 am

Wow, what a coincidence! I traded one to BobKat last year. I thought about switching the pickups too but this is the only RIC 12 string model I have seen with humbuckers from the factory so I decided to leave it "original".

Any other Forum members have an RCA model?

byu · Post by **byu** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:46 pm

Well, me!
I like the humbuckers because they don't sound like my other Rics. I like to record 12 string tracks w/2 different guitars in the left & right channels. The humbuckers will be a nice contrast.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:20 pm

Squid - I wasn't knocking the bridge of the 380, pretty much only the fact that it has no pickguard. I'd definitley prefer one on it. I'd love to try one of these because I imagine it to be RIC's version of a PRS Archtop or a Gibson CS-336 - a hollowbody that really lends itself to lead playing.

squid · Post by **squid** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:58 am

Yeah, it really screams when you want it to, and you can bend like mad if that's your thing. (I'm not very good at lead playing, so it's kind of wasted on me.) If only it had been available with a vibrato, I could really give in to my worst solo excesses.

Never thought about a pick-guard for it. Hmmm. I wonder what that would look like? Think I might do some sketching later today.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:05 pm

Isn't there an RCA listed in Norm's inventory?