| Author | Message | ||
     J.C. Gaskins (Loverickbass) Senior Member Username: Loverickbass Post Number: 392 Registered: 07-2002 Posted From: 152.163.101.6 |
Does such an animal exist? I think I read somewhere that it was like a 381 only without the pickups.Maybe I just dreamed it. I sure hope it had a thin top. Cole | ||
| paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 2466 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 63.193.9.8 |
380L was the discontinued Laguna semi-hollow with the walnut body and the piezo option. Basically a 360 shape, not carved like the 381V69. Rick's website still shows it on the "models" page. | ||
| J.C. Gaskins (Loverickbass) Senior Member Username: Loverickbass Post Number: 393 Registered: 07-2002 Posted From: 152.163.101.6 |
No, I know about the Laguna. I should have said it was back in the early 60s. Maybe I have the model number wrong. Cole | ||
| Stan Castles (Buzfluhart) Senior Member Username: Buzfluhart Post Number: 674 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 67.65.239.12 |
Cole..you may be thinking of the 380's made in the late '50s. They were full length neck scale with a deep body. Large body acoustics really. I don't know much more than that. | ||
| J.C. Gaskins (Loverickbass) Senior Member Username: Loverickbass Post Number: 394 Registered: 07-2002 Posted From: 152.163.101.6 |
That may be it Stan. I was thinking it had a carved top like the 381. Maybe it was just an acoustic. Cole | ||
| Gary Clauson (Doctorwho) Senior Member Username: Doctorwho Post Number: 1522 Registered: 06-2002 Posted From: 66.229.61.99 |
Cole, on the RIC website I found the following page in the 1960 catalog: Reference: http://www.rickenbacker.com/images/cf68-6.jpg
So, it sounds like the original 380 was a pickup-less 381. | ||
| Robert Callaghan (Red_rob) Senior Member Username: Red_rob Post Number: 123 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 194.74.48.4 |
Interesting...Has anyone seen such a creature?? | ||
| Stefan Hoock (The_55th_beatle) New member Username: The_55th_beatle Post Number: 3 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 217.140.4.78 |
In the late 50's Model "380" was indeed a flattop acoustic with a round sound hole - here you can see a photo of Rick Nelson with his "380", as seen on Rickenbacker's website : http://www.rickenbacker.com/us/nlacstc.htm | ||
| Anthony Carey (Tony_carey) Senior Member Username: Tony_carey Post Number: 712 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 81.157.61.220 |
Hi Stefan. Welcome to the forum. A very good detective like third post..... | ||
| J.C. Gaskins (Loverickbass) Senior Member Username: Loverickbass Post Number: 397 Registered: 07-2002 Posted From: 64.12.116.7 |
I'm seeing it but it doesn't really look like what they described in the catalog. Cole |
