Introduced in 1964, the jangle of the 12-string Ricky inspired generations of players, with the likes of TomPetty, Mike ...

Appearing in 1958, Rickenbacker’s Capri series of semi-hollowbody electrics comprises short- and long-scale models. Both follow the 300 series of model number designation. In the short-scale camp we ...

With ringing intros written on a Rickenbacker 12-string that helped define the musical tastes of a generation, the songs of The Byrds changed the shape of contemporary music in the mid- and late 1960s ...

STANTON – He played with her everywhere, from gigs on the Sunset Strip to concerts in Palm Springs to juke joints throughout the Midwest. For 27 years, Wally Welch adored his “girl,” a 1966 ...

Local musician Wally Welch has been reunited with his 1966 Rickenbacker 360 guitar nearly two decades after it was stolen, along with all of his concert equipment, from a storage unit. Local musician ...

Rickenbacker International has a problem General Motors would love. The company that made the first electric guitar and instruments popularized by The Beatles can’t make them fast enough. “We’re ...