Past to Present in Pictures
From the beginning, Rickenbacker has been present at every stage of the music you hear. With the start of electric guitars in the 1930s, to the Hawaiian and Country slide era, to the British Invasion, to the Alternative 1980s, to rock’s reinvention at the turn of the millennium, to present day guitar pioneers, Rickenbacker is a defining and unmistakable sound.
The Raiders with Tommy Sands seen here with a Model 360 Special in Natural, a Model 385, and a model 330F Two-Tone Brown
The Kim Sisters had a career that took them from Las Vegas, to the Ed Sullivan Show, and more. The instruments pictured here are Model 310, Model 4000, and a Model 360.
Jerry Byrd with A Rickenbacker CW-8 and a M-12 Amplifier.
Rick Nelson and two companions with a Model 385 in Two-Tone Brown
Sam Cooke was a popular gospel/soul artist. He is shown here with a Model 390 Acoustic in Two-Tone Brown.
John Hall and F.C. Hall’s secretary Dawn Pryor pose with a Model 325/12 that was specially made for John Lennon
