![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After being left to harden for two weeks she was sanded buffed and polished to a mirror shine, deserving of a classic Rickenbacker.Īll the pickups and fittings were stripped and cleaned, the open circuit center pickup was repaired and new RickySounds pickguards made to match the original TRC which wasn’t in too bad a condition.įinally she was put back together replacing every tarnished screw, fitted with straplock strap pins, set up and now she plays very nicely with a greatly improved action. The current value for a 360 in excellent all-original condition is 8,500. This guitar is an early version of what eventually became Rickenbacker’s most popular color: Fireglo. The original finish was sanded and filled then given two coats of black nitrocellulose followed by 4 coats of clear nitro lacquer. Dave Rogers Tim Mullally Laun Braithwaite. Once she was completely naked, her neck was glued and clamped for three days. The second thing was that the lower pickguard was stuck to the body with “Human Glue” (Better than Epoxy) so as she was going to have new ones it didn’t matter that what was left of the oxidised gold paint came off and stuck to the body. I think they all used to work for the companymaybe not. The upper strap button wouldnt come out as it had suffered a severe clout at some time and was bent at 45degrees in the middle. Answer (1 of 11): The general answer is yes, and I do know of some luthiers who specialize in building Rick clone/restorations. A complete stripdown was the first thing that had to be done and a few notable things occured on what should be a relatively staight forward job. ![]()
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