SOLD: 1971 Rickenbacker 4001 Left Handed Bass in MapleGlo
The serial number and Grover tuners date its final assembly and shipment to April 1971.
SOLD: 1968 Rickenbacker Transonic model 202 Amplifier Cabinet
Here we have a very rare model 202 Transonic cabinet with two 15" Altecs and two horns.
This was from the collection of unsold stock we acquired from Rickenbacker in 1989. This particular cabinet has been in climate controlled storage its entire life. First at the RIC factory, and then with us. (No, it isn't currently being stored in a back garden...)
The serial number on this cabinet is one digit before the four of this model that were used by Led Zeppelin on their 1969 tour. As it narrowly avoided that fate it is still in near new condition, complete with the original tilt adjusting dolly.
If you are interested in this for your collection, send us an email.
Sold Out: Unsold 1968 Rickenbacker Transonic Posters
Unsold stock from 1968.
We picked these up from the Rickenbacker factory in 1989 (along with 42 of the amps...), and they have been stored in a poster tube ever since.
This is the very last one, and I have no reason to believe that anyone else has unsold stock of these posters.
Measurements: 19" x 25"
The image of the framed poster is of our store copy, which I am keeping...
SOLD: LEFTY 1961 Rickenbacker Combo 450
Rickenbacker's first left handed guitar???
We currently have for sale what very well could be the first modern left handed guitar produced by Rickenbacker.
Its serial number dates manufacture to January 1961, exactly three years earlier than Paul McCartney's famous 4001S, which had been widely considered to be the first lefty they built.
The nut and one of the bridge height adjustment screws have been replaced, otherwise the guitar is original.
The upside down gold logo plate is original to the guitar, and is the only instance I have ever seen of a right handed logo being used on a left handed instrument. Tuners are original single line Kluson Deluxe.
Thick Combo depth body, with a square neck heel.
The case is original to the guitar. Lid markings show that there has never been a right handed guitar in this case.
The guitar has a great flat/wide neck profile, and sounds like Lennon's original 325 (he disconnected his middle pickup prior to recording at EMI...)
A rare, and historically significant lefty.
