NGD : 1965 Rickenbacker 365

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NGD : 1965 Rickenbacker 365

Post by Pacafeliz » Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:05 am

...been going thru some personal/"family issues"...

So whatever, I thought, I'm gonna do something good for me, then, I thought.

And even though I'm trying to massively downsize, i got myself a deal on two guitars that had been haunting my dreams for quite a while now.

This is the first one.

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1965 Rickenbacker 365
I would have preferred classic fireglo/sunburst but hey...

Always wanted a real 360, but then again i love using the vibrato too, especially for feedbacks and such.
I traded one of my Rickenbacker 480s + some € for it and MAN I'm stoked. I think I did good.
I'd never played a "real" vintage Rick.
I love the narrow feel and how ALIVE it sounds, even acoustically. The kinda round shape is still kinda weird.
These bridges are bizarre.

I believe it's been refret already cuz of the wearmarks it has. This thing was PLAYED.
Looking forward to the weekend, setting it up and breaking it in.

Now in a couple days the other one should arrive. That one is kinda more standard to me.
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Re: FML NGD because FU YOLO: '65 Rick

Post by sal paradise » Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:27 am

HOLY OH MY GOD THAT’S BEAUTIFUL :-* :-* :-*

You deserve this guitar. Can we get some sound clips?

And the other one! The other one! :w00t:
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Re: FML NGD because FU YOLO: '65 Rick

Post by Jonesie » Wed Nov 15, 2023 10:04 am

Gorgeous! May I recommend a Mastery for it. I put one on my 330 and it was a game changer. No rattles, more resonance.

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Re: FML NGD because FU YOLO: '65 Rick

Post by Pacafeliz » Wed Nov 15, 2023 10:53 am

tqi wrote:
Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:10 am

I am so, so sorry. Hope the retail therapy help keep you sane, and that the pain subsides soon.

Also, lovely instrument!
Thanks man :-*
sal paradise wrote:
Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:27 am
HOLY OH MY GOD THAT’S BEAUTIFUL :-* :-* :-*

You deserve this guitar. Can we get some sound clips?

And the other one! The other one! :w00t:
Thnks man, yeah I'll try to demo it somehow.
The other one should be here in a day or two. It'll be a NGD in the offset section, though :ph34r:
Jonesie wrote:
Wed Nov 15, 2023 10:04 am
Gorgeous! May I recommend a Mastery for it. I put one on my 330 and it was a game changer. No rattles, more resonance.
Thanks! I was just looking at the Mastery option. Expensive and I'd have to order it from the US (= + taxes etc.) but I've always been curious about trying out a mastery. We'll see, depending on how my sales go.
The vibrato turns out to be almost as high as the bridge itself, that might be a bit problematic- the string pull doesn't feel as strong. But i also need to put fatter strings on, I believe it's 9ers now :fp:
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Re: FML NGD : '65 Rickenbacker 365

Post by MKR » Wed Nov 15, 2023 2:27 pm

First off I’m really sorry to hear about your family struggles. That really sucks and I hope you and the wife are doing okay through it all.

As for the ric, holy crap that’s an incredible looking guitar. That’s some holy grail type stuff right there. Enjoy it!

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Re: NGD : 1965 Rickenbacker 365

Post by Pacafeliz » Fri Nov 17, 2023 8:04 am

Whoops... OSG influence taking (me) over :blush:

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Re: NGD : 1965 Rickenbacker 365

Post by cestlamort » Fri Nov 17, 2023 8:24 am

es tut mir echt leid, Pat

That guitar is amazing! and the mastery will be great on it. Minor heads up: I’m not sure about yours but for my 1982 330 the bridge screw plate holes were, uh, not really drilled well or evenly, so that when I got a Mastery it was off to one side when using the existing screw holes in the body. I’d guess yours may be similar. (Unlike the standard location and spacing for modern knee). Easy to fix but a bit baffling at first. (I didn’t trust myself so had my tech do it along with some other work). It did make a noticeable improvement, but I’d honestly be fine either way.

Congratulations.

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Re: NGD : 1965 Rickenbacker 365

Post by Gav Haus » Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:19 am

Glorious guitar, sorry about the circumstances. A subject close to my heart, so you have my sincere sympathy.

As for the Mastery, I've had them on Rics and actually ended up going back to stock. They're good, but you may lose some intrinsic Rickenbacker-ness.....and the stock bridge works absolutely fine / will provide better intonation.

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Re: NGD : 1965 Rickenbacker 365

Post by AwesomeWelles » Fri Nov 17, 2023 1:09 pm

Geiles Gerät! :w00t:

I've been on and off looking for a mapleglo 360/365 for years and this one is just wundervoll!

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Re: NGD : 1965 Rickenbacker 365

Post by BoringPostcards » Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:49 pm

Hell yeah! Wunderschön!
Det er mig der holder traeerne sammen.

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Re: NGD : 1965 Rickenbacker 365

Post by dc » Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:45 pm

Pacafeliz wrote:
Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:05 am
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1965 Rickenbacker 365
O.M.G.

that is AMAZING :?
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Re: NGD : 1965 Rickenbacker 365

Post by prospect » Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:14 pm

That Rick is :-*
How do you like that trem system?

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Re: NGD : 1965 Rickenbacker 365

Post by Pacafeliz » Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:23 am

prospect wrote:
Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:14 pm
That Rick is :-*
How do you like that trem system?
I must confess I'm not loving it. Prob is, it is simply too high, too. There's barely any break angle from the bridge at all, and even the mastery (which made the guitar sound about 3x louder acoustically and feel more solid, somehow, right away - yes I love it and don't regret spending those €200) can hardly do something about it.
...so there's this shop on Reverb that makes a new "spring" just for that. Gonna pull the trigger on that and see what it does. I've already got a TOM for Ricky from them (on my black 480) and I'm happy with the upgrade. It's all non invasive and hey if it makes it play better... :whistle:
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Re: NGD : 1965 Rickenbacker 365

Post by Pacafeliz » Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:25 am

cestlamort wrote:
Fri Nov 17, 2023 8:24 am
es tut mir echt leid, Pat

That guitar is amazing! and the mastery will be great on it. Minor heads up: I’m not sure about yours but for my 1982 330 the bridge screw plate holes were, uh, not really drilled well or evenly, so that when I got a Mastery it was off to one side when using the existing screw holes in the body. I’d guess yours may be similar. (Unlike the standard location and spacing for modern knee). Easy to fix but a bit baffling at first. (I didn’t trust myself so had my tech do it along with some other work). It did make a noticeable improvement, but I’d honestly be fine either way.

Congratulations.
Thnx yep, the holes were about 1mm off on one side, but fuck it, I just put those screws in and enjoyed the Mastery tone/feel upgrade :blush:
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.

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