George's 1962 Rickenbacker 425...will go on the block at Julien's Auctions on May 17! It is the guitar in the videos below
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 3:10 am
by sunshiner
I thought that George's black Rick 425 was rebuild to have two pickups
Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 4:11 am
by westtexasred
sunshiner wrote:I thought that George's black Rick 425 was rebuild to have two pickups
It was. This is what it looks like now.It originally Fireglo but George had it painted black to match John's guitar.
This is what it looked like in 1963
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 5:45 am
by sunshiner
If I'm not mistaken it was in some museum till nowadays, so they decided to sell it? Interesting for how much it will be sold.
Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 3:46 pm
by westtexasred
sunshiner wrote:If I'm not mistaken it was in some museum till nowadays, so they decided to sell it? Interesting for how much it will be sold.
It was on loan to "The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame".
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 3:54 pm
by westtexasred
The VOX guitar from THe Magical Mystery Tour sold for $408,000 at the auction in 2013
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 6:38 pm
by Fakir Mustache
Yeah, that one is much cooler and from when the Beatles made way better music.
So, given that the Rickenbacker is pretty boring from a period when the Beatles made annoying music, the musical tastes of the mainstream dictate that this should cost maybe 50,000 to 100,000$ more, so I would guess at least 465 000. If it was a Strat or Les Paul it would probably fetch more.
Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 9:36 pm
by westtexasred
Haha,well I think It will be interesting to see what it sells for. Here is the story of George's Rickenbacker 420 (link)
Wish I still had my Electro!
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 4:38 am
by westtexasred
Here is another great clip for 1963 with George's Rickenbacker 420
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 5:05 am
by sunshiner
westtexasred wrote:Haha,well I think It will be interesting to see what it sells for. Here is the story of George's Rickenbacker 420 (link)
Wish I still had my Electro!
Beautiful Electro, if it was mine, I would never sell it
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 1:59 pm
by westtexasred
Courtney Love used to play a 420 before she got her Venus
I've never seen a photo of him with that guitar so I don't know when he got it.
What everbecame of his his Danelectro?
Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 11:49 pm
by Nick
This thread now has me needing an all black (black pg on jetglo) 425. I don't even know if it's been done I just need it now.
Thanks.
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 12:03 am
by westtexasred
Nick wrote:This thread now has me needing an all black (black pg on jetglo) 425. I don't even know if it's been done I just need it now.
Thanks.
They made some Rick's like that in 80s.Paul Weller had one.
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 12:09 am
by Nick
Yeah, though I've never been fond of the total blackout look, I think the one in the second picture with the chrome hardware looks best to me. I may do that with my 330.
But something about these 425s, I just think it'd look cool with a black pickguard (and the original one pickup). Maybe i should buy Harrison's and do that to it
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 3:05 am
by paul_
Fakir Mustache wrote:Yeah, that one is much cooler and from when the Beatles made way better music.
So, given that the Rickenbacker is pretty boring from a period when the Beatles made annoying music
I don't know how many rich Beatlemaniac collectors make this distinction compared to young rock guitarists, though? The mop top era is a hugely iconic part of Beatles history, and I don't know if I ever even noticed that Vox guitar in MMT before (possibly cuz high).
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 3:12 am
by westtexasred
George's Rickenbacker 420 sold for $605,000 (link)
There is some charm in 420/425/450 series, maybe because of the big pickguard they look goofy and super cool at the same time. I like them more than 600 series, which looks like expensive but not very needed furniture to me.
