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The Beatles on the set of Richard Lester's A Hard Day's Night
How the Rickenbacker 360/12 revolutionized the sound of ’60s guitar

By Chris Gill Published

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

Electric Guitars
John Lennon's 1964 Rickenbacker
John Lennon’s ’64 Rickenbacker is officially a $1.3m guitar – but it was originally a replacement for a Beatles live show

By Jamie Dickson Published

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

Electric Guitars
Gary "Mani" Mounfield of Primal Scream performs onstage on the third day of the Roskilde Festival on 1st July in Roskilde, Denmark.
How a hypnotic ‘Mani’ bassline propelled one of the Stone Roses’ finest moments

By Nick Wells Published

Mani famously played a paint-splattered Rickenbacker El Dorado bass through a Mesa/Boogie rig on this 1989 indie-pop classic

Bassists
Dressed all in black, Roger McGuinn holds up his right hand and addresses the audience during a 2022 live performance. He plays a 12-string Rickenbacker.
Roger McGuinn on the Ovation 12-string that fell apart and the infamous Rickenbacker theft of ‘65

By Andrew Daly Published

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

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Guitarists
John Fogerty 2017
John Fogerty walks Stephen Colbert through his iconic Acme Rickenbacker mods – which took inspiration from three British guitar greats

By Phil Weller Published

The Creedence Clearwater Revival legend was reunited with his Acme decades after he gave it away to a 12-year-old fan

Guitarists
Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee from Canadian group Rush perform live on stage in Springfield, Massachusetts 9th December 1976 during their All The World's a Stage tour.
How Geddy Lee created one of the most outrageous bass tones of all time for a Rush fantasy classic

By Nick Wells Published

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

Bassists
Roger McGuinn
How Roger McGuinn’s Byrds Rickenbacker was stolen – from right under his nose

By Phil Weller Published

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

Guitarists
John Fogerty at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Festival - Day 2 held at T-Mobile Arena on September 20, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada
“It seemed like some communist idea or something”: John Fogerty on his early skepticism of guitar pedals

By Janelle Borg Published

In a recent interview, Fogerty also looked back on “the best-sounding solid-state amp ever made,” and revealed his perfect guitar-amp combination

Guitarists
John Fogerty
Why John Fogerty parted ways with the iconic guitar he used on CCR hits – and how he got it back

By Phil Weller Published

The famed Acme Rickenbacker is the sound of Creedence Clearwater Revival, but when the band broke up and his heart broke, Fogerty gave it away

Guitarists
Two Ibanez metal basses lying on a dark floor
Best basses for metal 2025: our selection of the best basses for heavy music across all budgets

By Chris Corfield Last updated

From Rickenbacker to Ibanez and Schecter, our picks of the best metal basses will help you sound heavier than ever before

Bass Guitars
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