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But another source credits the refinish to coach painter Charles Bantam, who reportedly sprayed the Rickenbacker with black coach paint while the band took a brief holiday.
Derek Adams, and suggests the refinishing was part of Brian Epstein's effort to spruce up the band's look. In his well researched piece Baby's In Black, Peter McCormack tracked the job to a subcontractor, Mr. Somewhere along the line, Lennon disconnected the middle pickup, and in September '62 had it painted black. At the same time they replaced the "oven" knobs with new ones from Curry Electronics. Later in 1960, in Hessy's Music, Chris Huston of The Undertakers mounted a Bigsby B-5 vibrato and "bowtie" bridge (for more on this operation, click here). The Beatles' first trip to Hamburg, after he saw jazzman "Toots" Thielmans playing a Ric model on an album cover. Guitar, with a natural finish, gold pick guard and Kaufmann vibrato, on John would say it was his most prized possession and again use it on the day before his death in 1980 recording walking on thin ice, and this was confirmed by Yoko Ono.ġ958 Rickenbacker 325 Capri (5/8 scale, hollow-body electric).
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John Lennon's original Rickenbacker 325 was always his favourite guitar and he used it from total obscurity in Hamburg, to the cavern to the Ed Sullivan show in front of 100 million tv viewer's where it became a virtual extension of his stage persona, and is considered as the most important Beatles instrument.
GUITARS THAT SOUND LIKE A RICKENBACKER 325 ARCHIVE
The original Invoice pictured is from 7th February 1958 from Rickenbacker’s archive showing John Lennon's V-81 and V-86 mentioned on the same invoice. V86 - Is this guitar within this auction, V-86 was the last one made and is the bookend to John Lennon's 325 and the only 1958 325 with exact Lennon Hamburg Specs, how John Lennon's looked when he first purchased it. V83 - is owned by a private family estate V82 - is owned by the Beatles gear Museum V81 - Considered priceless John Lennon's 325 is now on display in Japan and owned by Yoko Ono & Sean Lennon
GUITARS THAT SOUND LIKE A RICKENBACKER 325 SERIAL NUMBERS
So this leaves only 4 known examples in circulation in the world.ġ958 Rickenbacker 325 Solid Top by Serial numbers V81 - V86 The 1958 solid top 325 guitars are 2 inches thick unlike all other 325 guitars from other years which gives them s fantastic sound.Īnd of the 6 solid tops made, 1 has never been found, 1 was reported lost/stolen, Rickenbacker only ever made 6 Capri solid top 325 (5/8 scale, hollow-body electric guitars and all were made in a batch at the start of the guitar’s existence in 1958. The 1958 Rickenbacker solid top 325 is certainly one of the most rare guitars ever made. Hailed as the holy grail of electric guitars by most collectors This will ship out fully insured and require a signature.The Rickenbacker 325 Solid Top early prototype model, exactly like John Lennon’s historic Hamburg model that he used from 1962 at the birth of the beatles in Hamburg, to the cavern in Liverpool, to Ed Sullivan in front of 100 million viewers! all the way to 1980 when he even used it on his last recording session the day before his tragic death. Thanks for stopping by Northside Buy & Sell! Please add our shop to your feed to stay up to date with our newest inventory. Comes with the original hard shell case, original trem arm and bridge cover.
To the best of our knowledge, this instrument appears to be all original. The cap is included and could be put back in if so desired. He just didn’t like the tone and thought it made that pickup too bright.
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The previous owner had a capacitor professionally removed that was in series with the bridge pickup. The original frets look great with the majority of visible wear on the first handful. There are dings, chips, swirl marks and scratches scattered around.
This truly is a unicorn.Ĭosmetically, this instrument has been well taken care of over the years but does exhibit the typical signs of use many well loved and played guitars do.
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We just gave this a pro set up so it plays amazingly with low action and the original toaster style single coil pickups sound killer! These short sale 325 models were made in limited numbers to begin with and left handed examples are few and far between. Up for sale is a super cool and ultra rare left handed 1983 Rickenbacker Model 325 in very good vintage condition and perfect working order.
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