Of Lennon's 325 - 'V81' is an interesting recent addition to our knowledge. Less than 10 instruments have this oddity. For the first few guitars made, theyĪppear to have been unavailable and so production 'made do' by using theĮxisting longer plates but without the strap screw normally found on combos. The reason being that the small jackplates we see in use on Has an elongated jack plate of the type normally found on Combo type John's (and the other natural finish model) O'clock 'f' hole, except for one natural finish model which appears to haveīeen made alongside Lennon's. The other examples of '58 325's that are known to exist today all have a 2 Solid top (no 'f' soundhole) which was not standard for the new 325 Capris. It was one of only eight natural finish 325's made in 1958. Shippingĭocuments still in existance, confirm it.Īside from the famous ownership it is, in itself, an extremely rare guitar. Was sold to West German dealer Walter Hofner at a Chicago trade show inġ959, and in October 1958, Rickenbacker shipped three maple finish 325's toįramus Werke in West Germany. Hall, of Rickenbacker, recalled four 325's going to Hamburg. Here we have another answer, John's 325 was one of the New Rickenbacker standard Rogan (stove) type knobs were likely installed in Would also explain the 'skewed' placement of the controls on Lennon's. Two controls it can be assumed that the two additional potentiometers wereĪdded above the existing two using the same 'single' lucite plate. However, later in 1958, theįactory refitted the 325's still in Rickenbacker's inventory with two toneĬontrols and two volume controls." Due to the low position of the existing Switch, a volume control, and a tone control. On page 162 andġ63 it is noted that "the first 325 guitars had a single pickup selector The reason for thisĬan be found in the 'Rickenbacker' book by Richard R. Most originalģ25's have only 2 rotary controls and 1 pickup selector. Next, if you compare Lennon's 325 to almost every other known example of '58ģ25 you'll notice that it is unusual in having 4 controls. The alder body and extensive internal routing, they give every appearance ofīeing a solidbody, and hence lower quality instrument. Not on the first few 325's but were quickly introduced as a visual indicatorĪctually picking one up and feeling the exceptionally light weight, due to Lennon's 325 is harder to explain, but the feeling is that soundholes were The run of 325's were produced very early in '58. It was towards the end of '58 that elevated pickguards were If you examine examples of Rickenbacker's very firstĬapris from 1958 you'll notice that they have only a single lucite control Or elevated pickguard unlike almost every vintage or modern hollow-bodied The first thing that most people notice is that the guitar has no sound hole Refinish, alleged theft, and current whereabouts. Regarding such issues as it's original configuration, it's modification, the Makes the famous 'Hamburg' 325 so interesting is the amount of speculation John Lennon during the initial rise to fame of the Beatles. Much has been said and speculated about the 1958 Rickenbacker 325 used by I never heard the model name 325 until around 2004.An Evolution that Produced a Revolution by Glen Lambert That is how his guitar was described back then. That is when I decided I wanted a "3/4 Rickenbacker" like John's. The girls were talking about who was cuter? "Paul!"and the boys were talking about who was cooler ? "John!" Who had the highest heals on their Beetle Boots."Ringo!"ĭang!I didn't even get to see them until their next appearance on Sullivan but by that time I new everything about them including what guitars they played. I missed the first Sullivan show but when I went to school the next day all my friends were talking about Beetles and Ringo. It was going to re-air that evening, but, of course, JFK's assassination prevented that, so it was shelved until December 10, when Walter Cronkite decided that such a story would raise the nation's spirits."Ģ months later the Beatles made their 1st Ed Sullivan appearance and the world changed forever! "this originally aired Friday morning, November 22, on the CBS Morning News. I'll never forget watching this story on the CBS evening news.Ī bit of info about this clip is included below: Maybe it is because I have wanted a guitar like this since I was in the 5th grade. I agree with what skeeterbuck said but yet,I still need to own one.
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