#1958 rickenbacker 325 serial numbers#
#1958 rickenbacker 325 archive#
#1958 rickenbacker 325 tv#

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). Guitar, with a natural Mapleglo finish, gold pick guard and Kaufmann vibrato, on the Beatles' first trip to Hamburg, after he saw jazzman 'Toots' Thielmans playing a Ric model on an album cover. 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.ДЎ958 Rickenbacker 325 Capri (5/8 scale, hollow-body electric).

#1958 rickenbacker 325 tv#

John Lennon's original Rickenbacker 325 was always his favorite guitar and he used it from the Beatles' infancy and 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, to Carnegie Hall, and is ultimately considered as the most important Beatles instrument.

#1958 rickenbacker 325 archive#

The original invoice pictured is from 7th February 1958 from RickenbackerвЂ™s archive showing John Lennon's V-81 and V-86 mentioned on the same invoice. V86 - Is this guitar within this listing, 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

#1958 rickenbacker 325 serial numbers#

And of the 6 solid tops ever made, 1 has never been found, 1 was reported lost/stolen, with only 4 of the 6 having been considered to be in circulation.ДЎ958 Rickenbacker 325 Solid Top by Serial numbers V81 - V86 The 1958 solid top 325 Capri sports a 2' thick unlike all other 325 guitars from all other years. Rickenbacker only made a total of SIX Capri solid top 325 (5/8 scale, hollow-body electric guitars: all of which were in a singular batch produced in early 1958. Hailed as the holy grail of electric guitars by most collectors, the 1958 Rickenbacker solid top 325 is certainly one of the rarest instruments ever made. There may not be a more iconic instrument from the 20th century, and only 6 were ever made. Arguably his favorite guitar, it's the one he used up until the night of his death in 1980. For sale is this vintage Rickenbacker 325 Capri solid top early prototype model, exactly like John LennonвЂ™s historic model that he used from The Beatles' inception in Hamburg circa 1962, to the famous Cavern gigs in Liverpool, on the Ed Sullivan Show in front of 100 million viewers, to it's last public appearance at Carnegie Hall.