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Author Message   Peter Levett (Leftyguitars) Senior Member Username: Leftyguitars Post Number: 202 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 195.93.21.2 Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 05:49 am:      Ronn Roberts (Iamthebassman) Senior Member Username: Iamthebassman Post Number: 774 Registered: 05-2002 Posted From: 207.193.146.2 Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 10:10 am:      Scott Jennings (Route66guitars) Senior Member Username: Route66guitars Post Number: 209 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 68.184.183.56 Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 09:20 pm:    1967 360-12 JG LH   Scott Jennings (Route66guitars) Senior Member Username: Route66guitars Post Number: 210 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 68.184.183.56 Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 09:28 pm:    Note the 'Convertible' block route. Every lefty I have seen from this era has had it except the MapleGlow one in the Bacon book (which I also owned for many years.)   John Simmons (Leftybass) Senior Member Username: Leftybass Post Number: 1011 Registered: 04-2002 Posted From: 68.232.67.156 Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 10:03 pm:    Scott, they(Bacon/Day) date the MG 360/12LH in their book to 1970, but was it '67 production as well? Maybe if it was a real 1970 made guitar that may explain why it doesn't have the block in the body...   Scott Jennings (Route66guitars) Senior Member Username: Route66guitars Post Number: 211 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 68.184.183.56 Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 11:02 pm:    The Bacon book got the date wrong. The MapleGlow guitar in the book is a 1966. It's the earliest lefty 300 series I've seen. There's a 450-12 MapleGlow from '66 out there are well that I used to own. Cool guitar, but tiny neck width-wise. All of the 6 strings I have seen from that 1967 run have the block as well, including my 370-6 BurgandyGlow (above) and a 335-6 JetGlow that I can't find the images of at the moment. I think they sound great with the additional block. The other 12's I've had all sounded more alive than the MapleGlow one.   John Simmons (Leftybass) Senior Member Username: Leftybass Post Number: 1012 Registered: 04-2002 Posted From: 68.232.67.156 Posted on Friday, June 10, 2005 - 08:09 am:    While we're posting pics, here's my '67... This one has the block as well..   Scott Jennings (Route66guitars) Senior Member Username: Route66guitars Post Number: 217 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 68.184.183.56 Posted on Friday, June 10, 2005 - 08:45 am:    I love that guitar. I owned it for a few years, but was afraid to play it, it was so nice. I have some nice shots of it somewhere. I'll scan them and email them to you when I track them down.   John Simmons (Leftybass) Senior Member Username: Leftybass Post Number: 1013 Registered: 04-2002 Posted From: 69.161.23.82 Posted on Friday, June 10, 2005 - 10:32 am:    I can remember Craig Brody having a '66 360/12LH in Fireglo in the early 90's (at least he said it was a '66) for $2500....those days are long gone, LOL...   Scott Jennings (Route66guitars) Senior Member Username: Route66guitars Post Number: 218 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 68.184.183.56 Posted on Friday, June 10, 2005 - 11:32 am:    Craig didn't know how to read Rickenbacker serial numbers in the early 1990s. The other 1967 FireGlows I know of are a matching 6 to your 12, and a 6 and 12 pair. I owned all three of them from the late 1980s through the mid-1990s. So I'm fairly sure the guitar Craig had is the one you now own. Yeah, those days are over. You got yours from Dale, so it's probably just about worth what you paid for it a couple of years ago.