VINTAGE RICKENBACKER 325 FOR SALE SERIES

Any item that comes direct from an estate home or storage environment. We hand select each item that we think might be of interest to our customers on Ebay. QC 1 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OUR ITEMS: This is just one of the many interesting items we have up for sale this week from several estates and unclaimed storages. 8.5x5.5) 26 pages Brochures measures about 11 inches tall and about 8.5 inches wide. Includes one Guitar/Bass care& maintence Manual. All are in readable condition with some light handling wear. Each has been properly used and cared for by it's previous owner and shows some light and normal signs of use as shown.

VINTAGE RICKENBACKER 325 FOR SALE SERIES

In the eyes of most players, it remains a classic model from the British Invasion.Р”В¬heck out Guitar Center's current line-up of Rickenbacker guitars here.Lot of RICKENBACKER Guitar Manual& Brochures Series 200 300 Bass Vintage Amps CONDITION OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM: This lot of Rickenbacker brochures comes to us from one of our estate homes. In the wake of the British Invasion, the brand found favor with РІР‚в„ў70s and РІР‚в„ў80s stars like Tom Petty and Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers, Paul Weller, Peter Buck, Dave Gregory, Johnny Marr and many others.Р”Вespite the collectability of vintage 325s and LennonРІР‚в„ўs enduring legacy, relatively few major stars have turned to this short-scale model, although Susanna Hoffs made her mark with one in the Bangles, and a generation earlier John Fogerty used his Fireglo 325 on many Creedence Clearwater Revival recordings and live dates. Their sound is appropriately bright and chimey, and has played a big part in Rickenbacker guitarsРІР‚в„ў enduring popularity. Although these look somewhat like mini humbuckers, they are actually single-coil units made with a central row of six individual Alnico magnet pole pieces with a coil wound around them.

Tone-wise, the 325РІР‚в„ўs scale length contributes to a loose, wiry sound, but the key proponent of that Rickenbacker jangle and kerrang is found in its three toaster-top pickups.

(Image credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) For instance, later examples sported an f-hole on the upper bout that revealed the bodyРІР‚в„ўs semi-hollow nature, though this РІР‚в„ў58 РІР‚вЂњ an early guitar built in the modelРІР‚в„ўs first year of existence РІР‚вЂњ had a solid top that gave it the impression of being a solidbody.

(A decade later it would be repaired and stripped to natural by New York repairman Ron DeMarino.)Р”В«ut fans comparing LennonРІР‚в„ўs early Rickenbacker with even slightly later 325s will notice several other things that stand out about it. This 325 would become the sound of Beatles rhythm guitar from 1960 to around РІР‚в„ў65, as heard on РІР‚СљAll My Loving,РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљI Saw Her Standing ThereРІР‚Сњ and РІР‚СљI Want to Hold Your Hand.РІР‚СњР”В«y the time it was thrust into the public eye during the bandРІР‚в„ўs 1964 debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, LennonРІР‚в„ўs 325 had transmuted to a gloss-black finish in 1962, courtesy of an English coachmaker. Not just for Rickenbackers, for anything РІР‚вЂњ Fenders, GibsonsРІР‚В¦ And I think it purely because John needed a decent guitar and that one happened to be in the shop and he liked the look of it.РІР‚Сњ

Harrison, who was along for the ride when Lennon bought the guitar, told BBC Radio, РІР‚СљIt was a great-looking guitar, and I think in England you had to order them and wait for six months. The 325, like the other models in the series, was designed by German luthier Roger Rossmeisl. Lennon found his hanging in a Hamburg guitar shop in the form of a natural-finish 1958 Rickenbacker 325, which was part of the companyРІР‚в„ўs Capri series (named for the Hall family cat). For Lennon, Harrison or any young British rock and roller of 1960, the term quality guitar was synonymous with American guitar. It was around this time that a young John Lennon was walking the streets of Hamburg, Germany, in search of his dream guitar. The big horseshoe pickup still appeared on some of the revamped companyРІР‚в„ўs early models, notably the Combo, but over the next few years, some more-conventional single-coil guitars went into production, and the line was lurching toward what we consider its classic status.Р”В«y the end of the 1950s, Rickenbacker offered a model range that included hollowbodies, short- and full-scale solids, and semi-hollowbodies with one, two and even three pickups. (Image credit: Sammlung Horst Fascher - K & K/Redferns)

Vintage rickenbacker 325 for sale