The 1962 Rickenbacker 425 is estimated to bring up to $600,000. Harrison bought the guitar in 1963 at Fenton's Music store in Mount Vernon, Ill. He had gone there to visit his sister.

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 ...

Adolph Rickenbacker, who immigrated to the U.S. from Switzerland as a child, invented the electric guitar in the 1930s, the instrument that inspired the rock 'n' roll phenomenon.

A guitar owned by George Harrison is heading to auction along with other Beatles and rock memorabilia. The Julien’s Auctions sale is May 17 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manhattan. The 1962 ...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland added a Rickenbacker Frying Pan A25 lap steel guitar to its collection on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. It's considered the first electric guitar.

Ah, the Rickenbacker. Few guitar brands out there are as legendary and long-loved as this one. Not only did Adolph Rickenbacker and George Beauchamp come up with a concept that would revolutionize ...

There's 90th anniversary XC Limited Edition 480XC electric guitar and 4005XC bass coming – and yes the guitar looks like a bass and vice versa. Rickenbacker provides scant information in its post ...

When Rickenbacker International Corp. in 1988 decided to release a limited-edition guitar, Vice President H. Derek Davis suggested that the company put out a 1964-style Rickenbacker with John Lenno… ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- A guitar owned by George Harrison is heading to auction along with other Beatles and rock memorabilia. The Julien's Auctions sale is May 17 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manhattan. The ...