Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Looks like Roger is using a new style headstock 370. Check out this photo.

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4031/1170/1600/IMG_2973.jpg

It's got holes in the headstock alright, gotta be new. I wonder if it has toasters or high gains... There's also a photo of Roger in Jan. issue of Acoustic Guitar, endorsing G7th Capos along with Richard Thompson. He's shown using the Martin 7 string.

I emailed him about it, but I'm more likely to win the lottery or get struck by lighting than get a response from him. Maybe someone that has been to one of his more recent shows knows for sure.

Cole

Ummm ... what headstock?

I don't know why you are forbidden Gary? I'm not having any trouble with the link. It's on his blog btw.

Cole

I get a "you're not authorized to view" error.

I can e-mail and ask him (he and Camilla have always answered me in the past, we can try again) but I'd like to know what I'm asking about.

By coincidence, some might remember that I recently saw Roger in concert. During which, he said "this guitar is the guitar that was played on the old Byrds hits." (I'm paraphrasing.)

And I later asked him about that 'cause I always thought that original RIC12 was way gone. (Maybe he bought it back!)
No, he explained the guitar he used in the show was from the 70s.
I guess he meant that model guitar, not exactly that PARTICULAR guitar.

But again, if someone can repost, I'll go for it.

Cole, you just must be more special than I am ...

I was blocked, too.

I was blocked at first, then I cut and pasted the URL into my browser and somehow the photo came up just fine.

If you still have problems, go to Roger McGuinn's website, click on Blog, and scroll down a little ways until you see the picture of the Chastain amphitheater. Click on the picture to enlarge it.

I haven't looked at the blog, but a possible answer is that he is using his 370/12Byrd that was made for him circa 1970..most people that follow this kind of thing consider this to be the third in the sequence of MG Rick 12-strings he owned.

This guitar started out as his other Byrd-era Rick-12s with the custom wiring circuit, but was redone at one point and the headstock routs were recut all the way through the headstock and the wiring and pots were changed to a more stock setup.

This guitar was on display at one point with the 341/12SF light-show 12-string at the RRHOF, but apparently McGuinn is using it again. Cool.

If you look very close it looks as if the tuners are mini M6's.

Cole

I saw him about 2 weeks ago opening for Doc Watson, and it looked like he had one of his MG signature models--I didn't notice the routs going through.

Aha, cutting and pasting the URL works.

Roger rules.

Here is Roger's answer to my question:

"That was my 1970 Rickenbacker 370 - JF 129
http://www.rockpalastarchiv.de/bild/bild/mcguin07.jpg
I played it in the Byrds with Clarence."


Hope that helps.
PS: What does the 'JF 129' mean?