Rickenbacker

Announced in celebration of the brand's 90th anniversary this year.

Rickenbacker’s head honcho on partying with The Beatles, the guitar industry’s obsession with the past and the conservative business strategy that has ensured the brand’s survival.

Listings include a prototype of Setzer’s signature Gretsch, a ‘63 Fender Bassman and a silver sparkle upright bass.

The manufacturer urged customers to reach out to “any other” Rickenbacker dealer.

Walter Carter talks us through some of the most impressive and interesting instruments in his beloved store, from a guitar played by Bo Diddley to the electric guitar that started a revolution...

A real odd duck indeed.

Rickenbacker was not the first company with an electric 12, but when its models were taken up by The Beatles, The Byrds, and many more, the brand became synonymous with the big, bold jangle that this instrument could produce.

He worked for Gibson, Rickenbacker and Fender, and along the way, designed some of the most iconic guitars of the 50s and 60s.

This early Ricky flagship is an extremely rare window into the rapidly evolving golden age of electric guitar.

We’re no strangers to retro Rickenbacker electrics and basses, but ancient Ricky amps are a great deal less common. We power up this small and affordable 1960 M-8 combo…