Rickenbacker 350V63

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:46 am

Yours looks brilliant, John! The F-hole finishes it off beautifully.

I reckon a Monty Brown 350v63 with F-hole, gold TRC and guards, tuners, trapeze, toasters AND a maple neck would would look sensational!!

Dream on, Aitch.........

Brian: I have to maximise your pleasure when you're here, so some things just had to be kept from you...... sorry, mate!

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 1:56 pm

"some sort of inside job that JH seemed none too happy about"

One can only wonder why... it looks great to me. F-holes are cool. What I want is a MG 350v63 with f-hole and bigsby. Tell me THAT wouldn't sell a ton!

Mr Hall, I hope you're listening... !

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:59 pm

It was the ebony fretboard that seemed to be the problem. he said something along the lines of "When ebony warps, it REALLY warps".

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:52 pm

The 350v59 on the left has the pickups spaced closer together than the 350v63 on the right.

If I were to get a 350v63 I'd want to put a bigsby on it. Has anyone done this? Is there a problem with tail-to-bridge space when putting a bigsby on a 350v63? .... and why is the PU spacing so different to begin with?... I guess it has to do with the 3/4 scale of the '59er, but if you look at the 350SH you'll see the pickups closer together like the '59er.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:23 am

The spacing is different because the 350SH has 24 frets and the 350v63 only has 21.

Compare a modern 24-fret 370 to a 21-fret McGuinn model to see a similar difference.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:14 pm

oh, I see.
duhhhh.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:27 pm

Sorry if I'm being dense here .... but....
the 350v58 has 21 frets but the pickup spacing is close together.
Why does the 21 fret 350v63 have larger PU spacing?

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:29 pm

Longer scale.

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:38 pm

Rickenbacker made a 350v58?

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:06 pm

No, he means 325c58.

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:08 pm

No a 325V59 and a 325C58 that is pictured. I missed that Kent labeled it a 350V58. I was assuming a 325C58.

deaconblues · Post by **deaconblues** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:15 pm

I suspect that the real reason a modern 350 has wide pickup spacing is to create a wider variety of sounds, not because of the number of frets. Notice that the 325 has close spacing with 21 frets, and an older 21-fret 360 has wide spacing with the same number.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:21 pm

yup 325C58, my mistake .... Yes, Daniel, I suspect you're correct on that one... makes sense.

Anyways.... I'm on the verge of ordering a MG 350v63. I'll probably modify it later with gold plastic and a Bigsby if that is possible.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:45 pm

.... but unfortunately they are backordered unil Jan 08. Retail is $1949.99 from either MusiciansFriend.com or Musician.com

shoots.

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:33 am

"I suspect that the real reason a modern 350 has wide pickup spacing is to create a wider variety of sounds, not because of the number of frets. Notice that the 325 has close spacing with 21 frets, and an older 21-fret 360 has wide spacing with the same number."

As I posted above The 350V63 has a "longer scale". The 350 scale is 24.75" and the 325 is 20.75". Even thought they both have 21 frets the 350 has more room between the end of the neck and the bridge.