If Rickenbacker could do a 360 with an unvarnished fretboard that was a decent size (ie. not tiny), I would snap one up instantly. I am pretty fussy with necks, I'd be the first to admit that, it just seemed so odd to slap a load of varnish on a nice looking fretboard. I found the varnish made the neck feel slow.
I'm with you on the sound Walt. Playing the 360 into an AC15 was great. I'm just one of these people who doesn't like fighting a guitar, if my fingers don't feel happy then it's not happening. I've actually got a couple of Korean Ric copies now, a six-string and a 12-string. The sounds are surprisingly good and the necks aren't tiny! The 6-string copy is still a bit small for my 335-loving fingers but the 12-string is huge, offhand I think it's 4 mm bigger at the nut than a Ric 12-string. I'm thinking about modding these both later in the year...
I just got a Ric 360
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Re: I just got a Ric 360
that is one cool looking guitar!
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Re: I just got a Ric 360
I have a 360 in Fireglo (see pic in the Introductions section from a couple of months ago). I often use that and the JM together to layer sounds in my recordings; they sound great together. With a bit of compression and reverb through an AC30, the Rick sounds amazing. The JM's middle pickup selection can also do a *passable* job of this kind of tone, though the Rick hasn't got anything to match the JM's neck tone.
I was also a bit unsure of the Rick's thick finish at first, but there's no way I'm getting out the wire wool on such an expensive guitar! I'd prefer larger frets and a wider fretboard too, but you soon get used to these little quirks, and it's made my fretting technique a bit tidier, i.e. playing a B7 chord in the first position, you need to have quite precise fingering to get every note to ring cleanly.
IMHO the 330 has the better body shape, with the sharper horns and all, but the 360 has those great triangle inlays and binding, so unless you can find (and afford) a double-bound C63 / V64 George Harrison style model, you have to choose which is more important to you.
Never tried the toaster pickups, but the higains sound so good I wouldn't want to change them.
I was also a bit unsure of the Rick's thick finish at first, but there's no way I'm getting out the wire wool on such an expensive guitar! I'd prefer larger frets and a wider fretboard too, but you soon get used to these little quirks, and it's made my fretting technique a bit tidier, i.e. playing a B7 chord in the first position, you need to have quite precise fingering to get every note to ring cleanly.
IMHO the 330 has the better body shape, with the sharper horns and all, but the 360 has those great triangle inlays and binding, so unless you can find (and afford) a double-bound C63 / V64 George Harrison style model, you have to choose which is more important to you.
Never tried the toaster pickups, but the higains sound so good I wouldn't want to change them.