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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

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

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

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

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.

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

ricmic wrote: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.

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

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

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.

That sums it up nicely Mark.

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

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

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

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.