1977 toasters???

Transition years of Rickenbacker Guitars from 1973-1983 inclusive

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1977 toasters???

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Let's say someone ordered a 360/12WB in 1977 and asked for toasters... was that a possibility? If so, would they have dimples in the corners of the black stripes?
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I'm pretty sure toasters were available, and they would not have dimples (neither of my '73 4001s had dimples on their toasters).
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Thanks! Thought so.

Since posting this, I've found further evidence that the guitar in question had all these mods done much much later - a mention of "scatterwound" reissue toasters even.
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Scatterwounds are good.
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Right, but I want to put this guitar back to the way it was originally. I've got enough toasters around; I could use a nice hi-gain-equipped 12er in the arsenal. Especially those old breadboard hi-gains! I have a pair of transitional hi-gains already... I might throw those in it!

Oh and I lifted the hood and found evidence of Rosa - no surprise! also "360/12 OS." even though it's a 24-fretter :)
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jdogric12 wrote:Right, but I want to put this guitar back to the way it was originally. I've got enough toasters around; I could use a nice hi-gain-equipped 12er in the arsenal. Especially those old breadboard hi-gains! I have a pair of transitional hi-gains already... I might throw those in it!

Oh and I lifted the hood and found evidence of Rosa - no surprise! also "360/12 OS." even though it's a 24-fretter :)
I read that these are quite popular pickups to install in a Rick guitar, minimal mods required.
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