The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, acquired an early prized piece of music memorabilia on Wednesday that helped inspire a powerful new American art form and reshape global pop culture.

Rickenbacker’s 325 has a story like no other guitar. It’s hard to believe this quirky short-scale semi-hollowbody was a catalyst for the American firm’s meteoric success in the mid '60s (as people who ...

They have come to symbolise teen rebellion, equally at home playing angry anthems as heart-wrenching love songs. They've been worshipped, coveted… and smashed or set fire to on stage. Some cost ...

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 ...

The owner of Nicholas Lee Guitars in Lewes says he has sold a Rickenbacker electric guitar for $7.5 million, what would be a world-record price. But that claim has been met with skepticism from ...

A Rickenbacker electric guitar sold by Nick Lee of Nicholas Lee Guitars in Lewes may have garnered a world-record price. The 1935 Rickenbacker full-scale electro-Spanish guitar, which Lee refers to as ...

On Aug. 10, 1937, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued Electro String Instrument Corp. a patent for electrical stringed musical instruments. The Electro String company, now known as ...

Electric Guitars "For garage, punk, and rock styles, it’s got the tonal firepower on offer": Gretsch Electromatic CVT Double-Cut review Electric Guitars “It’s clear that the influence of the Custom ...

Rickenbacker hasn't updated the news section of its website since 2014 (!?) but over on the company's Instagram big news is brewing – they've got two new models in the pipeline to celebrate the ...

They have come to symbolise teen rebellion, equally at home playing angry anthems as heart-wrenching love songs. They've been worshipped, coveted… and smashed or set fire to on stage. Some cost ...

The next time you hear an electric guitar, remember that the first was built in Southern California. Making music On Aug. 10, 1937, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued Electro String ...