Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Wooden scratchplate and binding?

Oh, horrible copy! Looks like it has a bolt-on neck an' all! Burn it!

Bob, where did you find the pictures of this... uhm... "thing"?

looks like a DIY project

Aha! You can tell it's a knock-off--it has no strings!

wim wrote:looks like a DIY project

It does!

Might be a Warmoth body (I remember their advertisements in Guitar Player which included a 360-style body). The would-be inlays and clunky neck heel are huge warts on this creation -BUT- I do like the wood on wood aesthetic.

DIY projects can be a LOT worse than this. Anyone remember the guitar with John Lennon's face carved into it?

longhouse wrote:DIY projects can be a LOT worse than this. Anyone remember the guitar with John Lennon's face carved into it?

Yup! That one was originally a 1975 JG Rickenbacker 430... With John's face carved into the body I would say that it will never again look as it did when it left the factory!!

Wildberry wrote:Bob, where did you find the pictures of this... uhm... "thing"?

I did a google image search for pictures of paul Wellers black 330 and that picture came up on one of the pages!
I think it was posted on a guitar forum somewhere.

Sorry Rob but for a number of reasons, links to other forums are not allowed in accordance with the established rules of the RRF. Your post was therefore deleted.

winston wrote:Sorry Rob but for a number of reasons, links to other forums are not allowed in accordance with the established rules of the RRF. Your post was therefore deleted.

Ah, forgot about that.
No problem.
If anyone wants the link to the forum where this was posted drop me a PM

This very guitar and another 380-esque one were discussed on this forum several years ago. They were made by a former member and caused much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth.