350v63 Opinions?

rumbush · Post by **rumbush** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 4:16 am

LoL - don't feel bad, George used to wear his guitars hanging up around his nose. Los Beatles did lots of sitting while recording in the studio.

Yeah standing up while playing is a lot tougher (for this novice anyway)& defintely takes some getting used to.

xcoyle · Post by **xcoyle** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:23 am

Howard, I have inched up the guitar over the years. Be comfortable not cool!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:54 am

I remember the first time I saw Gerry Marsden on TV with his Rick--He wore it somewhere around his Adams apple. My bandmates and I--all as "cool" as 15 year olds could be at the time--thought this was hee-larious.

admin · Post by **admin** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:24 am

I have communicated with Gerry Marsden through email on a couple of occasions.

He mentioned that he received a "stereo ricky" that had temporarily gone astry during its shipping from the US to the UK.

He also reputedly made a shipping case for it himself for its trip to New York for the Ed Sullivan show. In making this case, it was a tad short and he apparenty cut part of the headstock to make it fit. I am still looking for a closeup photo of this handy-work.

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:41 am

You're kidding? He cut part of the headstock off? Good thing it wasn't waayyy short.

admin · Post by **admin** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:50 am

That is the story. I do not know if this is true. I recall seeing a photo of that guitar with trussrod cover chewed up. Gerry no longer owns this guitar.

roadrunners · Post by **roadrunners** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:55 am

according to what ive heard, he just kinda gave it to someone

admin · Post by **admin** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 11:09 am

Interesting Alex. I don't think that there is a single Gerry and the Pacemakers recording in which they used this Rickenbacker 12 string. Using the 360/12C63 photo from the official site, as a reference, I think that Gerry did cut the end off as there seems to be little space about the D and G string tuners.

admin · Post by **admin** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 11:13 am

The headstock does look shorter to me compared to the 360/12C63 above.

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 12:07 pm

Think you're right Peter, notice the proximity of the machine heads to the top of the headstock in the B/W photo, compared to the color photo you posted before it.

admin · Post by **admin** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 12:09 pm

Well this will make it easier to identify Gerry's guitar when it turns up on eBay.

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 12:14 pm

Amazing. How can you cut a headstock, figurativly ? Better yet, what did he use to cut it? The guitar looks like it is a centimeter away from one of the tuners.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 1:11 pm

I'd heard this story, too, and looking at the photo, it can be seen.

My guess is that he used a saw! Maybe the same saw that he used to build the case. Evidently he made a mistake that all tyro woodworkers encounter--he measured the length of the guitar, then built a case that length. In doing so, he forgot about the thickness of the wood...

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 1:21 pm

The question was rhetorical, Paul. Doi. Bet he used Zymol where you couldn't notice.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 2:26 pm

OK, OK. Call me Mr. Literal.

They didn't make Zymol then, smart guy...