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). 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. 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 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 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.
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