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“Harrison lost interest in the Rosewood Telecaster well before Let It Be came out. In December 1969, he gave it away”: How George Harrison fell in and out of love with the Tele he played at the Beatles’ final performance – and where it is now

George Harrison’s heavyweight prototype Fender shaped the late-era Beatles sound, and later passed through the hands of Delaney Bramlett and, briefly, Jerry Garcia

Guitar World · Aug 1

“While the 6-string is my comfort zone, I missed the physical freedom of the 4-string bass”: Ernie Ball and Fender top this month's low-end releases with signature models celebrating two of the bass world’s most influential voices

John Myung’s new artist model kicks off another stacked month of bass releases, alongside an eye-catching Squier, a semi-acoustic Rickenbacker, and a raft of player-friendly upgrades

Guitar World · Jun 30

Guitars used by Johnny Marr in The Smiths to go to auction in London

A Rickenbacker 330 Jetglo which was featured on the cover of Oasis’s debut single Supersonic is included in the sale

Evening Standard · Jun 22

“A prototype given to George Harrison was prominently featured in the Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night, inspiring insatiable lust for the electric 12”: How the Rickenbacker 360/12 revolutionized the sound of ’60s guitar

Introduced in 1964, the jangle of the 12-string Ricky inspired generations of players, with the likes of TomPetty, Mike Campbell and Johnny Marr all making it their own

Guitar World · Mar 22

“It was kept in Lennon’s attic studio… You can see the guitar in photographs right by his Farfisa and Brenell tape machines”: John Lennon’s ’64 Rickenbacker is officially a $1.3m guitar – but it was originally a replacement for a Beatles live show

This stunning stand-in Ricky was owned by both John Lennon and Ringo Starr in its time, and was one of the big sales in the Jim Irsay auction at Christie’s

Guitar World · Mar 18

“You look at everyone who’s ever stood in front of a band playing guitar and it all traces back to one man”: How T-Bone Walker invented electric blues guitar

T-Bone Walker may have been the first true hero of modern electric blues, but he stood upon the shoulders of jazz and blues giants

Guitar World · Jan 12

“I thought, ‘Oh, it’s just a fellow musician, that’s fine,’ and he walked out with the case. When I went to get my guitar, it was gone”: Roger McGuinn on the Ovation 12-string that fell apart and the infamous Rickenbacker theft of ’65

The Byrds’ 12-string-toting folk hero talks Rickys, Roland JC-120s, JangleBoxes and more

Guitar World · Nov 27, 2025

“We put in everything but the kitchen sink…It sounded like a real monster”: How Geddy Lee created one of the most outrageous bass tones of all time for a Rush fantasy classic

The Rush frontman played a Rickenbacker 4001 on nearly every track from 1975’s Fly By Night, but found a new bass sound for the role of By-Tor

Guitar World · Oct 29, 2025

“This guy walked in with a silver Rickenbacker case. I thought, ‘Oh, it’s just a fellow musician, that’s fine’”: How Roger McGuinn’s Byrds Rickenbacker was stolen – from right under his nose

The guitarist’s trust in a ‘fellow musician’ was tragically misplaced

Guitar World · Oct 21, 2025

“The string mute had disintegrated, so I stuck a piece of scouring pad to whatever was left”: How Squarepusher found a signature sound with a 1979 Rickenbacker bass, a DIY string mute and some heavy EQ

Iambic 5 Poetry features two separate bass tracks: the up-front melodic line, and another hidden low in the mix

Guitar World · Oct 18, 2025