Origin of "Jazz-Bo"

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sun May 19, 2013 10:54 pm

Does anybody know if the name "Jazz-Bo" was used prior to the reissue prototype? I.e., were the original 50's ones in the museum ever known as "Jazz-Bo"? Thanks!

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Mon May 20, 2013 12:42 am

It is referred to as a Model 390 in the Smith book (pg. 183).

deaconblues · Post by **deaconblues** » Mon May 20, 2013 10:20 am

Yeah, the 390. (I still want a 380...

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http://www.rickenbacker.com/images/catalogs/cf68-6.jpg

A vintage 390 appears on the '97 catalog with the name "Jazz-Bo." I don't think the reissue proto was built until the late '90s-early '00s.

http://www.rickenbacker.com/catalog_pos ... 97_poster_

krick · Post by **krick** » Mon May 20, 2013 12:37 pm

Looks like one of the early versions in this Smithereens video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vQ_fnlvvr8

deaconblues · Post by **deaconblues** » Mon May 20, 2013 12:44 pm

krick wrote:Looks like one of the early versions in this Smithereens video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vQ_fnlvvr8

Indeed. I guess they added that TRC for the video.

That lead singer looks familiar...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue May 21, 2013 3:55 pm

To my knowledge there were at least two, and probably three, factory prototypes built of the newer version 760J.

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