Talk:Rickenbacker 360/12

Accuracy Issues
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)

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

Peter Buck
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)

courses
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)

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)

Notable Players
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)