As far as 12-string electric guitars go, it’s hard to beat a Rickenbacker Capri model. The Fender Electric XII is perhaps the greatest competitor in terms of playability and sound, and the Gibson ...

With ringing intros written on a Rickenbacker 12-string that helped define the musical tastes of a generation, the songs of The Byrds changed the shape of contemporary music in the mid- and late 1960s ...

One of guitar playing’s simplest joys comes in ringing out a big, open chord and letting the guitar’s strings and tonewoods work their magic. Now imagine that joy, doubled. The best 12-string guitars ...

Guitar thefts are, unfortunately, a negative side effect of being a guitarist, and the Byrds' Roger McGuinn learned that the hard way in 1965: his prized Rickenbacker was swiped from right under his ...

Rickenbacker International has a problem General Motors would love. The company that made the first electric guitar and instruments popularized by The Beatles can’t make them fast enough. “We’re ...

There are certain guitars we tell ourselves we definitely must get one day, but somehow it never quite happens. At the top of that list for many sits the electric 12-string. When would we use it?

Schecter has debuted its latest electric guitar model, the Stargazer – which introduces an all-new body shape that serves some subtle Rickenbacker energy. It always feels like Christmas has come early ...