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![]() This month's 1970 Rick 381 has the classic features associated with this model. This is the first year Rickenbacker used Hi-Gain single-coil pickups. The control set on the 381 consists of two volume controls, two tone dials, a mix knob, and a 3-way toggle switch. The 381 was discarded by the company for a while in the early '60s, but it resurfaced by the late 1960s as an instrument favored by John Kay of Steppenwolf. The two-pickup model 381 was used by session ace James Burton in late '59 to field test its electronics. Models 380 to 384 were double-cutaways, with carved arched tops and carved backs. This group included electrics and acoustics and had deeper bodies than standard Rickenbacker electrics. In 1958, Rossmeisl created the Thick Body Series, models 380 to 394.
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