Talk:Rickenbacker 360/12

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Accuracy Issues[edit]

I deleted an erroneous claim (well, maybe that's too harsh) that the guitar featured a rectangular tailpiece for a number of years. This is simply not true; since its first production in 1963 (as prototypes), very few instruments were produced with the rect. tailpiece, which was changed at the same time as other models' tailpieces.

Rickenbacker introduced the "R" tailpiece in 1963, but didn't start putting them on 12-strings until 1965. JSC ltd 15:55, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The inlay material known by many as "Crushed Pearl" (in reality, mother of pearl flakes in epoxy ) has not been used since 1973 at the latest. The current inlays are a poured synthetic pearloid sort of thing, and the information has been updated to include this. As with other RIC models, the neck is a laminate of maple and WALNUT, not mahogany.

Picture accurate?[edit]

The one I see appears to be a 6-string model guitar, not a 12-string. Can someone post a better one?

Peter Buck[edit]

I have yet to see Peter Buck play a twelve string Ric 360, other than a photo of him with a Roger McGuinn model (Not live). There is no account of him ever using one in the studio, ever. I will remove him name from the list promptly. --BuddyOfHolly (talk) 20:38, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

courses[edit]

rickenbacker's 12-string guitars & their 8-string basses are known for having the courses reversed compared with other double-course instruments. however, the first prototype of the 360/12 was strung "normally", i.e. with the octave string outside (above) the normal string for the E, A & D strings. the top three strings are simply doubled up with the same gauge. I'm looking for a decent citation of this... will this do?

http://www.guitarworld.com/beatles-secret-weapon-george-harrison-s-1963-rickenbacker-36012

duncanrmi (talk) 18:03, 4 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Can this section on "courses" be made more plainly comprehensible? As a guitarist of 40+ years, I do not understand what "Another feature unique to Rickenbacker twelve-strings is the ordering of the courses. Most twelve-strings have the octave course on the bass side of the standard course; Rickenbacker reverses this convention" means. Is it saying that the lower-pitched strings are nearer the first string of the instrument? DulcetTone (talk) 13:13, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Notable Players[edit]

I have commented out most of the "notable players" as the list was largely a mixture of a few notable players of 360/12s mixed with Rickenbacker 6 string players (Peter Buck, Johnny Marr, Paul Weller) who may have used a 12 string now and then often by a different brand (e.g. Buck often used a Fender XII), players who were associated with 12 strings but not the Rick 360 (Hicks of the Hollies played a Vox, as did Brian Jones, I'm sure Rick 12s passed through their hands briefly at some stage) and in some cases pretty obscure players who REALLY stretch the definition of "notable".

I sourced McGuinn, Harrison, Petty and Campbell, and Townshend as they seemed self evident. I found an interview where Weller says he owns a couple of 12 string ricks (doesn't say which models, I remember he preferred 330s in his Jam days) but I don't know if there are any notable instances of him playing them on record so I didn't include him yet. Verlaine76 (talk) 16:41, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]