Post by ROCKY on Feb 13, 2021 1:23:09 GMT
I just found this article written about George's Ric420. And that it was lost as of 2009. That's funny cause it was at the Cleveland R&R HOF then.
"George Harrison had many famous guitars throughout his life, but perhaps none were more legendary than his Rickenbackers. One of those iconic guitars was stolen near the end of the Beatles' run, after Harrison gave it to his former label manager Jack Oliver.
Tony Bramwell, a friend of the band who often worked for them, searched for the guitar for many years and offered a "no questions asked" return policy most recently.
""In 1963, when George visited his sister Louise in the states, he bought a small Rickenbacker Guitar and was very proud of it. I had it painted black for him, to match John's. The only time I remember him using it was on the TV show 'Ready, Steady, Go.' In 1969, George gave it to Jack Oliver, and not long after, it was stolen. I would really like to know if anyone had seen it since," Bramwell said in 2009.""
was in this article from 2019 www.ranker.com/list/famous-guitars-taken-and-never-recovered/sean-kelly
More detail...
Sometime in the preceding years, Harrison modified his Rickenbacker 420 by adding another pickup and a switch. Rickenbacker made a two pickup version of this same body style. It was known as the Rickenbacker 450. Note that Harrison's guitar does not have the same control layout as a model 450.
Years later, in 1971 Harrison gave the 420 to one of his old Liverpool friends by the name of George Peckham. Peckham played in a group called Earl Royce and the Olympics and later in a more famous band known as the Fourmost. Peckham’s group was to play on the British TV show, Top of the Pops and Peckham had no guitar.
Harrison loaned him his hand painted Stratocaster which he called “Rocky." After Peckham had returned the Stratocaster, Harrison gave him the Rickenbacker 420 and let him know it was “a great rhythm player.”
Peckham kept the guitar until 1999 when he put it up for sale at Christie’s Auctions. The guitar garnered the US dollar equivalent of $90,000.
It apparently is now in the collection of Sharon Mineroff, who has loaned it to the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
George’s guitar was a very simple version with a large white plastic pickguard and one Rickenbacker “Toaster” pickup. The knobs on his may have been changed. The standard knobs for that guitar were made of black plastic.
Rickenbacker made the model 420 from 1958 to 1973. The designation “20 or 25” on any of the Rickenbacker guitars indicates it is a ¾ sized instrument. John Lennon’s 325 had a short neck as both guitars came with 21” scales. John's guitar was a model 325, meaning it came with a vibrato. The addition of "5" was the code Rickenbacker gave to vibrato equipped instruments. George's guitar did not, so it was originally a model 420.
The “Cresting Wave” body shape with a Rickenbacker original and designed by Paul Barth, who was also responsible for the Capri Style 325.
Many Rickenbacker guitars are made by routing out a solid block of wood to produce the guitars front, then routing out sections for the, controls and a neck slot.
The neck block is glued into a good section of the body. After that a back is glued on.
Rickenbacker no longer makes models in the 400 series. The only models with the cresting wave shape are the 620 series in a six or 12 string version. However the 620's come the longer 24 ¾ “scale neck.
George’s guitar was a very simple student model with a large white plastic pick guard. His older friend and band mate, John Lennon, modified his Rickenbacker, by having it painted black, adding a white pick guard and a Bigsby vibrato. It was natural that George would have his Rickenbacker modified. He even changed out the knobs.
Harrison's Ric420 sells at auction in 2014:
www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/george-harrison-guitar-sells-657-000-auction-n108256
so who is telling the truth?
"George Harrison had many famous guitars throughout his life, but perhaps none were more legendary than his Rickenbackers. One of those iconic guitars was stolen near the end of the Beatles' run, after Harrison gave it to his former label manager Jack Oliver.
Tony Bramwell, a friend of the band who often worked for them, searched for the guitar for many years and offered a "no questions asked" return policy most recently.
""In 1963, when George visited his sister Louise in the states, he bought a small Rickenbacker Guitar and was very proud of it. I had it painted black for him, to match John's. The only time I remember him using it was on the TV show 'Ready, Steady, Go.' In 1969, George gave it to Jack Oliver, and not long after, it was stolen. I would really like to know if anyone had seen it since," Bramwell said in 2009.""
was in this article from 2019 www.ranker.com/list/famous-guitars-taken-and-never-recovered/sean-kelly
More detail...
Sometime in the preceding years, Harrison modified his Rickenbacker 420 by adding another pickup and a switch. Rickenbacker made a two pickup version of this same body style. It was known as the Rickenbacker 450. Note that Harrison's guitar does not have the same control layout as a model 450.
Years later, in 1971 Harrison gave the 420 to one of his old Liverpool friends by the name of George Peckham. Peckham played in a group called Earl Royce and the Olympics and later in a more famous band known as the Fourmost. Peckham’s group was to play on the British TV show, Top of the Pops and Peckham had no guitar.
Harrison loaned him his hand painted Stratocaster which he called “Rocky." After Peckham had returned the Stratocaster, Harrison gave him the Rickenbacker 420 and let him know it was “a great rhythm player.”
Peckham kept the guitar until 1999 when he put it up for sale at Christie’s Auctions. The guitar garnered the US dollar equivalent of $90,000.
It apparently is now in the collection of Sharon Mineroff, who has loaned it to the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
George’s guitar was a very simple version with a large white plastic pickguard and one Rickenbacker “Toaster” pickup. The knobs on his may have been changed. The standard knobs for that guitar were made of black plastic.
Rickenbacker made the model 420 from 1958 to 1973. The designation “20 or 25” on any of the Rickenbacker guitars indicates it is a ¾ sized instrument. John Lennon’s 325 had a short neck as both guitars came with 21” scales. John's guitar was a model 325, meaning it came with a vibrato. The addition of "5" was the code Rickenbacker gave to vibrato equipped instruments. George's guitar did not, so it was originally a model 420.
The “Cresting Wave” body shape with a Rickenbacker original and designed by Paul Barth, who was also responsible for the Capri Style 325.
Many Rickenbacker guitars are made by routing out a solid block of wood to produce the guitars front, then routing out sections for the, controls and a neck slot.
The neck block is glued into a good section of the body. After that a back is glued on.
Rickenbacker no longer makes models in the 400 series. The only models with the cresting wave shape are the 620 series in a six or 12 string version. However the 620's come the longer 24 ¾ “scale neck.
George’s guitar was a very simple student model with a large white plastic pick guard. His older friend and band mate, John Lennon, modified his Rickenbacker, by having it painted black, adding a white pick guard and a Bigsby vibrato. It was natural that George would have his Rickenbacker modified. He even changed out the knobs.
Harrison's Ric420 sells at auction in 2014:
www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/george-harrison-guitar-sells-657-000-auction-n108256
so who is telling the truth?