Description
Lovies Guitars is offering up a Vintage 1966 Rickenbacker 360/12 12-String Electric Guitar in a RARE Jetglo Finish! Probably no one single guitar typifies mid 60’s rock music better than the Rickenbacker electric 12-string! During that period, major groups like the Beatles, Beach Boys, Jefferson Airplane, and Byrds used Rickenbacker’s on countless recordings. The twelve string’s brilliant tone was the basis for folk rock. The resurgence of a sixties style sound in the late 70’s and the popularity of artists such as Tom Petty brought it back. Far from being obsolete, the Rick twelve string was a potent tool for the 80’s musician…The idea for electric twelve strings was not new when Rickenbacker put the 360/12 on the drawing board in early 1963. A small company from Springfield, Missouri had made electric twelve strings called Stratosperes in the 50’s. The Stratospheres usually came setup for alternative tunings — the player had to learn new scales and cord fingerings. The new tunings were an innovative idea, but not accepted. Gibson had made electric 12-strings with the regular tuning before Rickenbacker, but these Gibons were not popular…The first Rickenbacker 12-string had a conventional setup. By the end of 1963, Mr. Hall devised a novel way to make his new guitar easier to play and to make it sound more distinctive: he intentionally reversed the traditional 12-string stringing. On the new stringing, the twelfth string was the low E instead of the octave above the low E. The eleventh string was the octave string, etc. Strumming down, the lower pitch string was hit before its octave counterpart. George Harrison’s double-bound 360/12 was the first Rick strung in this manner. (This is why Mr. Hall always calls George’s the first Rickenbacker twelve string.) The Beatles gave the 12-string great exposure on records and in the movie A Hard Day’s Night. Because of the increased demand created by the Beatles for the instruments, they became regular production items in 1964. This Historic instrument is in Excellent Shape, especially considering its age, however, there are a few light finish marks and buckle wear on the back and the case has a minor puncture on the top, easy 9/10! Jetglo was a RARE finish back in 1966! ALL Original- NO Breaks, Cracks or Repairs. Includes Original Hard Shell Case!!!
WEIGHS in at: 7.45 lbs
.870” at the 1st
.909” at the 12th
Serial: FD 1169
SKU: 3417
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All guitars are GUARANTEED to arrive in described condition for full refund will be issued. All guitars are fully insured and we will deal with it.
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