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Over the weekend I watched the excellent Rolling Stones documentary "Gimme Shelter" again and noticed something I hadn't before during Jefferson Airplane's set. Check out this pic (Paul Kantner on the left): His 360 has stripes wrapped around the body. Does anyone know the history of this? I mean, was this done by RIC especially for him? Also I found the clear and blank TRC to be interesting.

jbrando wrote:Over the weekend I watched the excellent Rolling Stones documentary "Gimme Shelter" again and noticed something I hadn't before during Jefferson Airplane's set. Check out this pic (Jeff Kantner on the left): His 360 has stripes wrapped around the body. Does anyone know the history of this? I mean, was this done by RIC especially for him? Also I found the clear and blank TRC to be interesting.

I think it used to be a convertible model, and he used the stripes to hide the holes left behind by the comb.

Don't know for sure, but I heard it was black electrical tape.

kiramdear wrote:Don't know for sure, but I heard it was black electrical tape.

Yes it's tape.
We covered this on this forum about a year ago I think, with more pictures. I seem to remember he's done the same thing to another Ric too.
I'll try to find the link again.

kiramdear wrote:Don't know for sure, but I heard it was black electrical tape.

That was my understanding, too.

BTW, his name is Paul not Jeff ...

doctorwho wrote: BTW, his name is Paul not Jeff ...

Yeah, I knew that but had a brain fart and typed Jeff for some reason. Maybe because of "Jeff"erson Airplane.

There are quite a few links to this if you do a search but I couldn't find the one from last year.
Here are a couple more pictures.

The pickguard looks wrong, it's squared off...?

jbrando wrote:Over the weekend I watched the excellent Rolling Stones documentary "Gimme Shelter" again and noticed something I hadn't before during Jefferson Airplane's set. Check out this pic (Paul Kantner on the left): His 360 has stripes wrapped around the body. Does anyone know the history of this? I mean, was this done by RIC especially for him? Also I found the clear and blank TRC to be interesting.

The pickguard shape indicates it is a 366-12. The tape does cover the areas below the neck pickup and above the bridge pickup where the screw holes are.

Anyone know if he still owns this guitar?

lefty360 wrote:The pickguard looks wrong, it's squared off...?

That's because the guitar is supposed to be a 366/12.

i remember those shots of that electical taped 360 in "circus magazine in the mid '70's ! jeez...the shots of the tubes ,frampton and kiss and the nuge and the stones and aerosmith and fleetwood mac/ stevie nicks...drool ! oh..oh...and shots of chris squire with the potato head 4008 ! i know a mechanic buddy who's a dead ringer for kantner. same age too ! and has a german last name as well !

sloop_john_b wrote:

jbrando wrote:Over the weekend I watched the excellent Rolling Stones documentary "Gimme Shelter" again and noticed something I hadn't before during Jefferson Airplane's set. Check out this pic (Jeff Kantner on the left): His 360 has stripes wrapped around the body. Does anyone know the history of this? I mean, was this done by RIC especially for him? Also I found the clear and blank TRC to be interesting.

I think it used to be a convertible model, and he used the stripes to hide the holes left behind by the comb.

+1

It is a 366/12 and last year a seemingly identical one popped up for sale at Guitar Center (and I posted a thread about it), but it was undecided if it was a replica, or Kantner's old guitar...