Hello...Newbie with a 360 Resto project!!
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:59 pm
Hello from the UK fellow Ric-o-lites!! I'm new to the forum, but not new to Rickenbackers...I have three in my collection (well, two and a half would be more accurate!)
I'm currently in the process of restoring/modifying a 1991 (I think) Fireglo 360. I bought it from a retired Liverpudlian musician for the measley sum of £250 ($375 approx). This was about 4 years ago, and I had every intention of getting my teeth into my new project with much gusto, but alas, life got in the way, as it so often does!!
Anyhow, having been laid up with torn ankle ligaments and tendonitis in the same area for a couple of weeks, I decided to reignite my enthusiasm for my long lost project!! Over the last few years while I've been in possession of the 360, I've scoured Ebay for parts that I knew I'd eventually need...a geniune Ric bridge for the non-original replacement that was present when I made the purchase, amongst other items.
I decided pretty much straight away that I wanted to strip the guitar and refinish it Mapleglo (the original finish was checked throughout, and was nicotine stained to the point of stickiness!!!) I've never thought that Fireglo suits the 360...on the 330 it looks great, but for me, the 360 looks best naked!
The other decision I made, inspired by the fabulous work of Jingle Jangle, was that I wanted checkerboard binding on the rear of the body and the front of the headstock...I'm after a vintage vibe with this guitar; toasters, black knobs, Kluson style buttons etc.
I managed to get hold of some celluloid checkerboard purfling and white binding from Germany during my search for materials, so all I needed was time! As a pro gigging muso and father to a now six year old boy, time is hard to come by, so I decided to start over whilst I had a **** ankle!!!
Be patient with me please whilst I get used to the forum, I intend to post as many pictures as I can throughout the resoration, and any advice that anyone can give me along the way would be appreciated...I'm an electrician by trade, so have a good engineering background, however, I am a sponge for knowledge!!
Best wishes
Mark
I'm currently in the process of restoring/modifying a 1991 (I think) Fireglo 360. I bought it from a retired Liverpudlian musician for the measley sum of £250 ($375 approx). This was about 4 years ago, and I had every intention of getting my teeth into my new project with much gusto, but alas, life got in the way, as it so often does!!
Anyhow, having been laid up with torn ankle ligaments and tendonitis in the same area for a couple of weeks, I decided to reignite my enthusiasm for my long lost project!! Over the last few years while I've been in possession of the 360, I've scoured Ebay for parts that I knew I'd eventually need...a geniune Ric bridge for the non-original replacement that was present when I made the purchase, amongst other items.
I decided pretty much straight away that I wanted to strip the guitar and refinish it Mapleglo (the original finish was checked throughout, and was nicotine stained to the point of stickiness!!!) I've never thought that Fireglo suits the 360...on the 330 it looks great, but for me, the 360 looks best naked!
The other decision I made, inspired by the fabulous work of Jingle Jangle, was that I wanted checkerboard binding on the rear of the body and the front of the headstock...I'm after a vintage vibe with this guitar; toasters, black knobs, Kluson style buttons etc.
I managed to get hold of some celluloid checkerboard purfling and white binding from Germany during my search for materials, so all I needed was time! As a pro gigging muso and father to a now six year old boy, time is hard to come by, so I decided to start over whilst I had a **** ankle!!!
Be patient with me please whilst I get used to the forum, I intend to post as many pictures as I can throughout the resoration, and any advice that anyone can give me along the way would be appreciated...I'm an electrician by trade, so have a good engineering background, however, I am a sponge for knowledge!!
Best wishes
Mark
