However, later in 1958, theįactory refitted the 325's still in Rickenbacker's inventory with two toneĬontrols and two volume controls." Due to the low position of the existing Switch, a volume control, and a tone control. On page 162 andġ63 it is noted that "the first 325 guitars had a single pickup selector The reason for thisĬan be found in the 'Rickenbacker' book by Richard R. Most originalģ25's have only 2 rotary controls and 1 pickup selector. Next, if you compare Lennon's 325 to almost every other known example of '58ģ25 you'll notice that it is unusual in having 4 controls.
The alder body and extensive internal routing, they give every appearance ofīeing a solidbody, and hence lower quality instrument. Not on the first few 325's but were quickly introduced as a visual indicatorĪctually picking one up and feeling the exceptionally light weight, due to Lennon's 325 is harder to explain, but the feeling is that soundholes were The run of 325's were produced very early in '58. It was towards the end of '58 that elevated pickguards were
If you examine examples of Rickenbacker's very firstĬapris from 1958 you'll notice that they have only a single lucite control Or elevated pickguard unlike almost every vintage or modern hollow-bodied The first thing that most people notice is that the guitar has no sound hole Refinish, alleged theft, and current whereabouts. Regarding such issues as it's original configuration, it's modification, the Makes the famous 'Hamburg' 325 so interesting is the amount of speculation John Lennon during the initial rise to fame of the Beatles. Much has been said and speculated about the 1958 Rickenbacker 325 used by I have tried them, but do not want.An Evolution that Produced a Revolution by Glen Lambert :shrugs:Īs far as Rics go, even tho I have small hands/fingers, I find their fretboard width to be a tight. So I guess it's legal when money is involved.
Anyway, are they doing it based on a copyright? I'm pretty sure you can't copyright a guitar shape.Īnd yes, I have had my designs 'copied and altered', but in that case a larger company bought out the financial principals of the company I worked for, and our designs got sent over to Sweden (but none of the employees were taken, dammit). (And today you cannot patent a guitar shape). But Fender never stopped making the Tele or Strat.was it just that Leo, et al, were lazy in defending design-rights? And I thought that patents (in general) have a lifespan of 7 to 14 years. this is how Matsumoko got into those designs.perhaps the single-cut LP falls into that same category. I know that Gibson effectively gave up patent rights on certain models (eg Flying V, Explorer) when they discontinued then re-issued them.
I've often wondered how Ric's legal grounds differ from those of Fender and Gibson who used the old, 50's/60's patent-laws which safeguarded guitar designs.
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