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Hi
Does anyone happen to know the year or approximate year of manufacture of Peter Buck's main 360/6 JetGlo (the one with the trucker girl sticker)? The reason being is I want to create an exact replica as a sort of project/hobby/peter buck obsession I have an 1987 360/6 JG at the moment which is a good starting point and this forum has been an excellent source of information so far on his string gauges etc but the thing I noticed about his guitar on the pics in this forum is the unusual headstock shape - kind of really rounded, my '87 has large pointy headstock (big paddle style I believe). I notice the current production models have the much smaller and rounded headstock which is quite similar to PB's, but what puts me off is the full width fretboard inlays. Did the current full width inlays come in at the same time as the headstock change or perhaps there were some with small headstocks and regular inlays? If not I guess I need to either find one from the same production period or trim down the headstock on my '87
Thank you
Tom

There is some interesting information on murmurs.com. I'll send you the link in a PM.

libratune wrote:There is some interesting information on murmurs.com. I'll send you the link in a PM.

Ron, there's also a wealth of information here at RRF about Peter's main 360, one just has to search for it...

There is indeed a wealth of great information here on these forums which I'm very grateful for, it's just that headstock shape which has me confused as it seems different to any 360 I have seen before. Here is a photo I took at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham, UK where he played with Robyn Hitchcock -

His main 360 and his Roger McGuinn model, Fender Twin and he used a Route 66 pedal too.

This thread has a picture showing Peter's main 360 side-by-side with another 360.

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The headstock of the original (on the left) looks shorter and wider than the other (presumably newer) model. The TRC also says "Model 360" underneath the "Made in USA", and the keywinds are different. I'm not knowledgeable enough to draw any inferences from this, but I bet some others here can.

87ric360 wrote:There is indeed a wealth of great information here on these forums which I'm very grateful for, it's just that headstock shape which has me confused as it seems different to any 360 I have seen before. Here is a photo I took at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham, UK where he played with Robyn Hitchcock -

His main 360 and his Roger McGuinn model, Fender Twin and he used a Route 66 pedal too.

Route 66 pedal -- ha! Never knew he used one. It's the only pedal I have that is always on (right side/compression). I didn't know any "pros" that used one. It really does a great job of letting you enhance your tone without coloring it significantly. The dirt can be dialed in very gradually, and much better than any other pedal I have tried. I know some here don't like it, but I wouldn't know what to do without it.