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Rick Nielsen with his 5-neck guitar
“We felt that we needed that crown jewel”: Rick Nielsen’s five-neck Hamer smashes estimate at auction

By Phil Weller Published

The Hamer went under the hammer alongside an assortment of other madcap models from the Cheap Trick guitarist’s collection

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Mike Adams and Rick Nielsen
I examined Rick Nielsen’s 500-strong guitar collection – and met a larger-than-life guitar hero

By Matt Parker Published

Julien’s Auctions appraiser and guitar tech Mike Adams recalls spending five days among the Cheap Trick icon’s 500-instrument wonderland to select the 69 lots up for sale

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Rick Nielsen with his 5-neck guitar
Rick Nielsen’s guitars are going up for auction – including his bonkers five-neck Hamer

By Janelle Borg Published

The Cheap Trick star’s collection will be auctioned off in aid of charity, and also features his 1975 Hamer Standard electric, his workhorse in the ’70s and ’80s

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John Lennon, pictured at the Hit Factory recording studio in New York City on December 6, 1980
Released weeks before his murder, John Lennon’s final album paired him with some of the era’s finest session guitarists

By Alan di Perna Published

Hesitant to step back into the spotlight but powered by renewed creative energy, the former Beatle joined forces with Earl Slick, Hugh McCracken, and – though their collaborations weren't released for a number of years – Cheap Trick

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Rick Nielsen, and an aritst render of a 62-foot replica of Nielsen's checkerboard Hamer Standard
A massive 62-foot guitar honoring Rick Nielsen is heading to Illinois

By Matt Owen Published

The Cheap Trick star's Hamer Standard will be recreated as a monster installation that will sit outside the Hard Rock Casino in Rockford

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Joe Bonamassa performs live onstage
Joe Bonamassa names the biggest guitar geek he’s ever met

By Matt Parker Published

The blues rock guitar god and notorious gear head has been discussing the man he considers the guitar community’s “craziest anorak”

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Todd Rundgren, Steve Vai, Rick Nielsen and Rivers Cuomo
Todd Rundgren recruits Steve Vai, Rick Nielsen, Rivers Cuomo and more for star-studded new album, Space Force

By Matt Parker Published

And you can check out the first single, Puzzle, featuring Adrian Belew, right here

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Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen: “I’m not a virtuoso. I’m a songwriter that plays rhythm guitar – and once in a while I have to play lead”

By Joshua M. Miller Published

The drummer who got addicted to guitar discusses his epic gear collection, working with John Lennon and Jeff Beck, and the making of the Rockford, Illinois rock institution’s storming new album, In Another World

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Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen: “We’ve loved Australia since the first time we went there in 1978”

By Ellie Robinson Published

Neilsen chats LP #20 and Cheap Trick's upcoming Australian tour, and bleeds a whole bunch

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[L-R] John Lennon, Rick Nielsen and Eric Clapton
John Lennon wished Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen had played on Cold Turkey instead of Eric Clapton

By Sam Roche Published

“God, I wish I’d had Rick on Cold Turkey. Clapton choked up,” Lennon reportedly once said

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