Tell me about the 350 please..

[Ric_MEL]

Since I have full blown RIC disease..

got my 620.6 FG .. and am bonding with it quite nicely..

While still jonesin' for a 12 string.. I do have access to a friend's brand new 360.12 FG.. so it's covering me for now. but I will still want my own someday..

Just looking through the various RIC models. I didn't realize the RIC 350 is a semi-hollow body guitar! Without any F or Ric style body cutouts. .I didn't know..

So: How does the 350 sound .. compared to the 330's and 360's.. or even the 600 series. ?

and what I find really interesting .. is < even though discontinued > - it was made and I assume it's not TOO rare.. the 350.12v63
would provide a 12 string.. yet with the smaller body that I seem to like.. a 21 fretter.. Has Toasters! .. and might give that warmth of a semi-hollow..

So here's your chance to fill in a newbie. .with info about the beautiful and unique: model 350!

I may have to shift gears on what I'm jonesin' for!

Thanks,
MEL

[still]

It's hard to talk about sound, of course. Especially when I find that 330s don't all sound the same; and each 360 sounds different, etc. But I guess I'd say the 350 has more in common with the 330 than the 360. Mine definitely has that distinct airy sound I associate with toaster pickups. And it doesn't have the longer sustain you get with a solidbody RIc.

Just to help with your GAS, here's a detail shot of mine

[ricmic]

I've noticed that the older 350s are 24 fret with the closer toaster spacing that I prefer. When did they change to 21 fret with the wider pup spacing? Mark

[Ric_MEL]

My understanding is:

The 350 that has 24 frets.. is called " The Liverpool "

and the current production 21 fret model is 350v63

Didn't realize there were different pup spacing .. and I don't know when this change too place.

Very curious about the 350 tho.. for a smaller body RIC. yet with hollow body tonality.. seems very cool

[deaconblues]

The catalog on the Rickenbacker website first shows the 350v63 and 350/12v63 in 1997, so it must have been released in either 1996 or 1997, replacing the 24-fret model. It also became a "vintage reissue" and gained a trapeze tailpiece, toaster pickups, and vintage-style tuners and knobs. The 24-fret model, which was part of the standard line, had hi-gains, an R tailpiece, and Schaller tuners, as well as the larger headstock.

[ricmic]

I saw a 350 with close pup spacing that claimed to have been built in 95. This was on ebay. There is also a Susana Croffs model on ebay now with close pup spacing. I would prefer the closer spacing should I ever decide to get one. Mark

[winston]

I saw a 350 with close pup spacing that claimed to have been built in 95. This was on ebay. There is also a Susana Croffs model on ebay now with close pup spacing. I would prefer the closer spacing should I ever decide to get one. Mark

That's Susanna Hoffs btw and she had at least on HB-1 on her signature guitar and IIRC perhaps two or maybe even three HB-1's these days.

I have a regular JG 350 Liverpool with a HB-1 in the bridge position.

[ricmic]

Thank you Brian for the spelling correction. Does your 350 have the close pup spacing? And if so, what year is it? Mark

[winston]

Mark my 350 was made in 1989. It does have closer pickup spacing than a 350v63.

[Ric_MEL]

isn't the "closer pickup spacing" just tied to: the 24 fret versus the 21 fret?

With the longer neck of a 24 fret .. the bridge is moved toward the headstock as the scale length is the same..= less space between the bridge and the neck/body joint = closer pup spacing

.. shorter 21 fret neck moves the bridge toward the rear of the guitar- again to keep the scale length the same..= more space between neck/body joint and the bridge = wider pup spacing..

one pickup is always right near the neck/body joint.... one is right near the bridge.. and the third = fits evenly in the space left between those two.

[winston]

That sums it up nicely Mark.

[ricmic]

Yes Mark, that is just what I wanted to know. It would be a "Liverpool" model that I would be interested in should it come time to get one. I could install toaters, and anything else needed for the "look". Thanks again for the info folks. Mark

[winston]

I presume you mean a Liverpool like the one in this Rickenbacker family grouping of mine Mark?

Did I mention that I like JG?

[ricmic]

Brian, that is exactly what I'm talking about. Man thats a beautiful trio you've got there. Thanks for sharing that pic with us. Let me be sure now. That is called a 350Liverpool? Mark

[winston]

Yes that's a 350 Liverpool model with toaster tops over modified higain pickups and a toaster top over a HB-1 in the bridge position.