1976 330 FG 21 fret
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:33 pm
...with a BIN of $1400. So I hit the button! Looks like a leftover '60s instrument.
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Re: 1976 330 FG 21 fret
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:35 pm
more!
Re: 1976 330 FG 21 fret
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:45 pm
Nice, JWilli, can't say I've seen a lot of those, other than in pictures. (Then again, I'm still seeing them in photos, you on the other hand...)
Re: 1976 330 FG 21 fret
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:00 am
Check out the difference in this headstock of a '74 360.
Re: 1976 330 FG 21 fret
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:25 am
Damn Damn Damn Damn. How do I always miss this stuff?
Re: 1976 330 FG 21 fret
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:28 am
Really cool, John! A great deal too.
Re: 1976 330 FG 21 fret
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:29 am
don't worry Bob, you're not alone! I think it seriously comes down to timing!belloff wrote:Damn Damn Damn Damn. How do I always miss this stuff?
That's a nice one, John!
Did they really have "leftover" sixties models that late into the 70's, or did someone swap the input jackplate?
Cheers,
-Collin
Re: 1976 330 FG 21 fret
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:24 am
Collin, I don't think anyone switched the jackplate. It still has Hi-gains on it. Not really sure if Rickenbacker had some leftover instruments back then. Maybe they offered 21/24 fret necks as an option at that time. Maybe Dale could chime in. Anyway, when I first saw it on Ebay, I didn't realize that it was a 21 fret neck. Once it registered in my brain, I jumped on it. 
Hopefully, it will arrive this week. I'll put up better pics then.
Hopefully, it will arrive this week. I'll put up better pics then.Re: 1976 330 FG 21 fret
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:45 am
I've seen a '74 and even a '77 with 21-fret necks. Both 330s, and the '77 was a 330/12. Both were MG.
Re: 1976 330 FG 21 fret
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:02 am
Looks good John 
That was a steal at that price!
That was a steal at that price!
Re: 1976 330 FG 21 fret
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:29 am
Input's on your amp. Output on the guitar, Collin...collin wrote:don't worry Bob, you're not alone! I think it seriously comes down to timing!belloff wrote:Damn Damn Damn Damn. How do I always miss this stuff?
That's a nice one, John!
Did they really have "leftover" sixties models that late into the 70's, or did someone swap the input jackplate?
Cheers,
-Collin
Re: 1976 330 FG 21 fret
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:49 am
Just noticed it doesn't have a split level pickguard.
Re: 1976 330 FG 21 fret
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:11 am
Yes, it's more of a ranch model pickguard, for those of us who hate going up and down the steps.
Re: 1976 330 FG 21 fret
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:59 am
Ah, of course- My bad!jingle_jangle wrote:
Input's on your amp. Output on the guitar, Collin...
hehe.
-C
Re: 1976 330 FG 21 fret
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:56 am
The 330 arrived today. Wow. Even nicer than I thought. DEEP fireglo. Compare it to the '64 model....
Top pic is with flash. The other, no flash.
Top pic is with flash. The other, no flash.