#Rickenbacker 325 review full#
#Rickenbacker 325 review series#

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 haveД«een 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. ShippingДocuments still in existance, confirm it.ДЄside 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 inДЎ959, and in October 1958, Rickenbacker shipped three maple finish 325's toДЇramus 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 wereДЄdded above the existing two using the same 'single' lucite plate. However, later in 1958, theДЇactory refitted the 325's still in Rickenbacker's inventory with two toneД¬ontrols and two volume controls.' Due to the low position of the existing Switch, a volume control, and a tone control. On page 162 andДЎ63 it is noted that 'the first 325 guitars had a single pickup selector The reason for thisД¬an be found in the 'Rickenbacker' book by Richard R. Most originalДЈ25's have only 2 rotary controls and 1 pickup selector. Next, if you compare Lennon's 325 to almost every other known example of '58ДЈ25 you'll notice that it is unusual in having 4 controls. The alder body and extensive internal routing, they give every appearance ofД«eing a solidbody, and hence lower quality instrument. Not on the first few 325's but were quickly introduced as a visual indicatorДЄctually 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 firstД¬apris 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 Multi-instrumentalist Toots Thielemans regularly played the 325 and his usage inspired John Lennon, a fan of Thielemans, to take up the instrument.An Evolution that Produced a Revolution by Glen Lambert.Maurice Gibb of Bee Gees used the 325 for all live performances between the late 1980s until 2003.Fogerty modified his model to include a Gibson humbucker pickup. John Fogerty played his modified Fireglo 325 on many Creedence Clearwater Revival songs and live concerts, including their appearance at the 1969 Woodstock festival.

#Rickenbacker 325 review full#

Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles played the 325 and its full scale variant, the model 350 (Hoffs even received her own signature version of the 350).A replica of Lennon's 325 is available as a guitar controller for The Beatles: Rock Band. John Lennon played 325s and their assorted variants during the 1960s (Including a 12-string made to match his second 325).All subsequent production short-scale 300-series Rickenbackers (310, 315, 320, 325) had sound holes until the late 1970s. John Lennon's 1958 model was among the first batch made and has the pre-production feature of a solid top with no sound hole. These instruments gained prominence due to John Lennon's use of a 325 during the early years of The Beatles.

#Rickenbacker 325 review series#

This series is currently available only in 'C' reissue form. The body is unbound, semi-hollow, with 2 o'clock angled sound hole (although re-issues lack a sound hole due to the Lennon connection), and boasts the 'crescent moon'-style cutaways. Production models were 20 + 3вЃ„ 4 inches (530В mm) short scale, dot fretboard inlays, and a small ( 12 + 3вЃ„ 4-inch-wide ) body. It was designed by Roger Rossmeisl, a guitar craftsman from a family of German instrument makers.