Frets on a 360-12.

triode · Post by **triode** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 8:59 pm

I have finally purchased what I think is a late 1990s Rick 360-12. IT IS PERfect in every way except there is some fret wear and gouging of frets. Is there anything I can do about this, Fret leveling, new fret job, etc.

Also, How do I determine date of mfg for this guitar. There seem to be no numbers or serial codes anywhere. Please help.

Charlie

fireglo · Post by **fireglo** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 9:25 pm

The serial numbers are on the jack plate. Look for numbers along the top and bottom of the jack plate. You can then go to the Rickenbacker website and put the numbers the serial number decoder and find out when it was manufactured.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 9:55 pm

Fret wear can be varying degrees...chances are that if it's enough to notice, it could use a refret.

There's a guy in NY who does them for $43.30...

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 4:15 am

Paul, in NY, you'd need to move the decimal to the right one place...then...add a set up fee, and a re-varnish fee...hopefully you don't still want strings after that...

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 4:22 am

apologies.. I didn't know the $43.30 referenced another thread.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 6:33 am

No, Mark, you're right...A refret with new neck varnish of the proper type should touch $400...

Perhaps Rob F. will enlighten us in the days to come.

BobKat · Post by **BobKat** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 7:03 am

Let's see some pics of the fretboard.

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:54 pm

Earl Scheib: I'll paint any car for $29.95
I don't know if you guys remember this auto paint shop chain from the So.Cal. area of the early 60's, but he and Cal Worthington had a great thing going for a long time until Karma caught up with them.

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:05 am

Earl was nation wide. I wonder what his living room was painted like. The OR?

britye · Post by **britye** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:43 pm

I remember good ole Earl. When I was learning to paint that was my nick name

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:53 pm

Every beginning painter I knew had one of two nicknames:

1. Earl.

or,

2. Runs.

A buddy back in the late '90s inherited a nice old, low-mileage Buick Skylark convertible from his Mom who passed on. THe paint on the hood and trunk were sunburnt (So Cal) but original. Knowing nothing about car painting (he's an illustrator), he took it to Earl in Costa Mesa, and told them to repaint it in the original Baby Blue.

So they did: Badges, windshield wipers, turn signal lenses, and the stainless steel windshield frame, too.

He had tears in his eyes when he picked it up. Then he hid it from his wife and asked me what to do.

I said, "repaint it."