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Peter wrote:

Terry: Yes I see from your recent post that you "boldly went where no man has gone before". Quite an enterprising move! Well, Captain, I was actually trying not to be so bold with the quoted text! But rather than use "bold" or "italics" tags to set the indented quote apart from the other text, I thought I'd experiment with a simple font change. This time I've done the same thing, only without any additional text sizing tags to compensate for the small indented text that shows in the preview. We'll see how this works.

I am hoping that Crosby or McGuinn will read these posts one day and that a comment will be made with regard to the owner of the 370Byrd. Once again, good luck as far as that goes.

It would be even more interesting to know who has this guitar today. Agreed.

I have not seen McGuinn playing a 370 Jetglo in any photo and I would have thought that he would have found a place for this instrument, either in the studio or in performances at some point if it was his. That would seem "eminently logical, Captain." Then again, concerning his 6-string 325Byrd, Henry McGuinn has stated that his dad "never played it on stage or in the studio." So perhaps McGuinn preferred his 6-string Gretsch Country Gentleman and/or Fender Telecaster over any 6-string Ricks he may have had.

The mystery continues. Time for the detective to get back on the case. Good luck, Lt. McCormack!

If this is the same instrument I saw,
it was a JG 370Byrd with the famous
slide-switch-vox-treble-booster.
It was on consignment at Splevin's
music center (which was inside
Wallach's Music City on the corner
of Sunset and Vine Street in Hollywood)
in November 1966. I was looking for
my first Rick 12, and the salesman there
(Randy Carlton) said that one of the Byrds
had come in to put it up for sale.
This guitar had a round laser-cut sticker
on the upper horn, and if I remember right
another one on the headstock. I played
this guitar, but didn't buy it (stupid...)
because it didn't work in stereo. I ended
up with a fireglo 360 12 instead. You live
and learn sometimes.....

Mark Thanks for this. To think that we just had to wait 35 years to learn of this story. Ok everyone. Last seen in 1966 at Sunset and Vine. Now is Randy Carlton still around? The detectives are on the case.

The following comment on David Crosby's Model 370 was made through the Rickenbacker Forum mailbox.

My name is Matthew, people call me Whitey! I am a huge Byrds fan! I wanted to drop a note about a discussion topic that I came across on the Rickenbacker forum.

My comment is about the Rickenbacker Crosby was playing in 1966. There are backstage pictures of Crosby strumming what seems to be a black Rick and there are stage pictures from the same show(5d cd booklet, mojo magazine, Timeless Flight).

I am not a Rickenbacker historian in any way, but the pictures of Crosby playing the Rick 6-string has always made me curious. I love '66 Byrds the best!

So about two years ago I e-mailed Mcguinn a few times, once I asked him about the Rickenbacker Crosby was playing and if he knew what songs Crosby would have played it on and his response was, "David played that Rickenbacker for the whole show and that was it." I just thought you would like to know, keep up the great work, Whitey

This may help, courtesy of Tomcat's website:

McGuinn’s Rare 1966 Rickenbacker Model 370Byrd 6-String Retired From
Byrds Duty And Sold At A Major Hollywood Music Store • November 1966

“If this is the same instrument I saw, it was a JG 370Byrd with the famous slide-switch-
vox-treble-booster. It was on consignment at Splevin’s music center (which was inside
Wallach's Music City on the corner of Sunset and Vine Street in Hollywood) in Novem-
ber 1966. I was looking for my first Rick 12, and the salesman there (Randy Carlton)
said that one of the Byrds had come in to put it up for sale. This guitar had a round
laser-cut sticker on the upper horn, and if I remember right another one on the head-
stock. I played this guitar, but didn't buy it (stupid...) because it didn't work in stereo.
I ended up with a Fireglo 360/12 instead. You live and learn sometimes.....”

http://www.mlode.com/~813/related.html

anonymous wrote:Mark Thanks for this. To think that we just had to wait 35 years to learn of this story. Ok everyone. Last seen in 1966 at Sunset and Vine. Now is Randy Carlton still around? The detectives are on the case.

From Randy and Lee's younger sister, they have both gone to the big recording studio in the sky!
Miss them dearly!

The earliest known pic of David with this guitar is sometime in November 1965, in Chicago, unless it's a mistake in the book maybe??? (SYWTBARARS), which I HIGHLY recommend, BTW!!

Christian