# Rickenbacker 360

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{{Short description|Semi-acoustic guitar made by Rickenbacker}}
{{More citations needed |date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox Guitar model|title=Rickenbacker 360
|image=200px
|manufacturer=[Rickenbacker](/source/Rickenbacker)
|period=1958–present
|bodytype=Semi-Hollow
|necktype=Set
|woodbody=Maple Carved, with white plastic binding along the back
|woodneck=Three-ply Maple/dyed maple/maple (not walnut)
|woodfingerboard=Rosewood with pearloid triangle inlays and white plastic binding
|bridge=Adjustable
|pickups=Two Single-coil pickups
|colors=Mapleglo (natural), Fireglo (sunburst), Jetglo (black), Midnight Blue, Ruby}}

The '''Rickenbacker 360''' is a [semi-acoustic guitar](/source/semi-acoustic_guitar) made by [Rickenbacker](/source/Rickenbacker), and part of the [Rickenbacker 300 Series](/source/Rickenbacker_300_Series). The instrument incorporates many features standard on Rickenbacker guitars, including a three-ply maple/walnut neck, shallow [headstock](/source/headstock) angle, a thick rosewood fretboard finished with clear conversion varnish, and double truss rods. The 360 also features stereo or mono output, a body with Rickenbacker's "crescent moon" cutaway shape and rounded top edge and bound back, and an R-shaped trapeze tailpiece. A twelve-string version of the 360 ([Rickenbacker 360/12](/source/Rickenbacker_360%2F12)) is available. A three-pickup version of this model is also available, the 370.

[George Harrison](/source/George_Harrison) of [The Beatles](/source/The_Beatles) had been extensively using an earlier style 360/12 (closer resembling the 330/12 model), but retired it immediately from stage performances upon receiving the new style 360/12 (having rounded cutaways and top edge) in August 1965. The first recording by The Beatles of this new model 360/12 can be heard on the song "[If I Needed Someone](/source/If_I_Needed_Someone)". [Roger McGuinn](/source/Roger_McGuinn), of [The Byrds](/source/The_Byrds), played a 12-string Rickenbacker 370. The six-string Rickenbacker 360 model is favoured by artists including [R.E.M.](/source/R.E.M.)'s [Peter Buck](/source/Peter_Buck)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Scapelliti |first1=Christopher |title=How the Smiths and R.E.M. Gave Rickenbacker Guitars Renewed Appeal in the Early '80s |url=https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/Rickenbacker-Johnny-Marr-Peter-Buck |magazine=Guitar Player |access-date=1 November 2024 |language=en |date=15 June 2023}}</ref> and [Against Me!](/source/Against_Me!)'s [Laura Jane Grace](/source/Laura_Jane_Grace).<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Angle |first1=Brad |title=Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace Discusses Her Love of Rickenbackers, Her Musical Awakening |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/against-mes-laura-jane-grace-discusses-her-love-rickenbackers-her-musical-awakening |magazine=Guitar World |access-date=1 November 2024 |language=en |date=27 July 2017}}</ref> The 360 was once produced with slanted frets for "a natural finger angle," but negative response led Rickenbacker to switch back to perpendicular frets.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.rickenbacker.com/model.asp?model=360 360 model information at Rickenbacker International Corporation]

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Category:Semi-acoustic guitars
Category:1958 musical instruments

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