Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Hello,
I haven't ever seen or played a real 320 before and I was wondering if the guitar is solid body, or semi-hollow. I was just wondering as I've seen pictures of 320's with f-holes.

Thanks,
Sam Novak

Rumor has it it's a semi-hollow

Sam: All 300-series Rickenbacker guitars are thin-line hollow bodies. Most have a slash/cat's eye sound holes, but the 320's and 350's are the exception. The 320's had optional F-holes and the 350's didn't. Most of the 320's have solid tops.

You can see clearly in this picture of a formerly owned 320 MG with f-hole that the body is semi-hollow:

Gorgeous, Gary.... I LOVE those!

Yeah, I now wish I hadn't traded it for an all-gold Gibson Custom Shop Hall Of Fame Edition Les Paul Standard. The trade was with a Forumite at the time, Al Adams, but I'm not sure if he's currently active here.

Oh geez, Gary, that one looks too pretty to even think about parting with.... wish it were mine, LOL!

Gary - That 320 definitely was beautiful! I kind of did the opposite from you though - I sold my early '70's Les Paul Deluxe goldtop to buy a jetglo 320 with an f-hole back in 1980. But looking at yours, I'm thinking I had a 2:00 f-hole in mine. I don't remember now, and it's long gone anyway. Still miss both those guitars though.

My ex-father in law used to have a '55 Les Paul that was all gold, with P-90's and it played/sounded heavenly. Quite rare. A lot of the finish was worn off the neck and (in the early '80's) I had to convince him to leave it that way - he wanted to send it to Gibson for a refinish!

It eventually got sold some years after he died, but I'll always remember how he told me he paid $75 for it in 1957 or so.

Gary, Al has been busy starting up their tube amp business. He put gold guards and toasters on it. He no longer owns that 320.

Thanks for the update, Ken. I thought I remembered seeing him put the 320 up for sale after he did the mods, which I thought looked great on it.

I still have his phone number, so maybe I'll give him a call some time and shoot the breeze.

I can't help but post a pretty picture of my '81 320JG whenever "320" is mentioned!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/ ... /ricky.jpg

Okay...

Very nice Doug. Gotta love the little Rickenbackers.....

Here's my '80 320 BG fitted with reissue vintage parts:

Woof! Nice burgundy!