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Erm, having a sloop named "Biscuti?"

jingle_jangle wrote:Erm, having a sloop named "Biscuti?"

Why don't we just go with the English translation, then - little cookie.

Makes me wonder if anyone ever used guitars from the F series for jazz, judging from some magazine ads I would say that is what they were trying to market them for at one time.

A good point.

Leo had the hillbilly market wrapped up, or so it seemed (although Gretsch's pandering with Chet's endorsement and those cornball "G" brands/weirdly engraved fret markers, though it embarrassed true hillbilly Chet, landed the brand in the hands of others, either real country-born or wannabees). From the clip that started this thread, it's obvious that Rick appealed to some of the same players.

Then you get Toots Thieleman, about as mainstream a "jazz" player as there was (and a virtuoso on harmonica, too, incidentally), endorsing Rickenbacker guitars. So it would seem that Electro, taking the lay of the land, chose jazz as their area of concentration, at least until the Boys came onto the scene and endorsements became virtually unnecessary for the R brand.

jingle_jangle wrote:There was the one I did for Graham, which was at the SoCal meet last August. In fact, Dale took tracings from it to replicate the F body, maybe for the one on BGC. Perhaps he can clarify.

Here is Graham's 375F on my table at SoCal '07:

This guitar had the most fantastic neck!

jingle_jangle wrote:http://youtube.com/watch?v=hgUQOI0UGqQ&feature=related

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's totally smokin' hot. Can't believe I'm so late to the party here.

But the late '60s version of the 360F looks very folk rock.

rickenmetal wrote:But the late '60s version of the 360F looks very folk rock.

I kind of agree with that.

I'd prefer the '50s version, but I'll take either one.

Holy cow..... That guitar is freakin' drop-dead GORGEOUS!!!!!!

WOW!

Next to a Jazzbo, that's got to be the pinnacle of Rickendreams!

sorry to jump on this thread two years late but I'm sort of obsessed with full body Ricks.

Can someone tell me, is the top flat or arched? Especially on the (prettier) earlier models?

Both are absolutely flat.

Awesome video Paul! Thanks!

jingle_jangle wrote:Both are absolutely flat.

interesting. how do they sound? acoustically as well, if possible.

I find my 330MG to be kind of banjolike

The earlier ones, oddly, project a bit more. I say, "oddly", because they're made in typical Rick "billet" fashion, with the bodies routed from a maple billet and backs glued on.

The later ones are built like a traditional acoustic guitar, with bent sides and top and bottom glued on and neck slotted into the body.

Here's a later 360F, JG, courtesy of Graham Griffiths...
You can plainly see the bent sides and standard construction, with the sides slotting into neck and heel blocks. Lots of bracing inside. Acoustically, quite flat and dull.

that is odd. are they laminate?

I guess there's a reason why 90% of acoustic electrics or whatever you want to call them are arched.

Are they all maple? it looked like some of the later ones maybe had darker sides.