The 1996 RM was also later reissued in 2006 as a special order, closely connected to among others John Lennon and the Beatles as these models were one of his go-to guitars during the Ed Sullivan Show and Saturday Evening Post-era, but also used by John Fogerty and others. The model 1996 RM was imported 1964-1967 by a the brittish importer Rose Morris and is a 3/4 size built similarly to the US model 325. ![]() The lower pickguard has been cracked and been glued back together. Hall of Rickenbacker, President of Rickenbacker (signed correspondence included) so these are also included. ![]() Some fret wear, the pickguard has been signed by Roger McQuinn of the Byrds (the signature says To Rolf from Roger McQuinn) but in 1997 the previous owner ordered a new upper pickguard and tremolo arm for the guitar directly from John C. A very cool 3-pickup shortscale guitar with a 20,75" scale,a one-piece maple neck with an unbound, 21-fret, lacquer-finished rosewood fretboard, three “toaster” single-coil pickups, a hollow maple body, f-hole, and Ac’cent vibrato tailpiece.
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