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Regardless, as guitar aficionado Frank McLallen wrote: 'That guitar. There is also confirmation that Lennon used this guitar on Yoko's 'Walking On Thin Ice' in December 1980, the last piece of music to which Lennon contributed. (Read DeMarino's account here.) This guitar made its final appearance during the Double Fantasy sessions, asВ producer Jack Douglas and Yoko Ono both confirm seeing it in the studio.

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In 1972 he had it restored to its natural finish by Ron DeMarino of New York, who also replaced the tuners and cracked pickguard. Lennon played this guitar onstage and in the studio right through to theДЇirst Sullivan show (below) and the Carnegie Hall shows (2/12/64), then,Д®xcept for a bit of work on Beatles For Sale, retired the beat-up workhorse. At any rate, in '63 Lennon changed the knobsВ again when he had some electrical work done by Burns of London. Later inspection led RonВ DeMarino (below) to speculate the finish had been brushed on! So perhaps we'llВ sort out this point in time. But another source credits the refinish to coach painterВ Charles Bantam, who reportedly sprayed the Rickenbacker with blackВ coach paint while the band took a brief holiday. Derek Adams, and suggests the refinishing was part of Brian Epstein's effort to spruce up theВ band's look. In his well researched piece Baby's In Black, Peter McCormack tracked the job to a subcontractor, Mr. Somewhere along the line, Lennon disconnected the middle pickup, and in September '62 had it painted black. At the same time theyВ replaced the 'oven' knobs with new ones from Curry Electronics. Later in 1960, in Hessy's Music,В Chris Huston of The Undertakers mounted a Bigsby B-5 vibrato and 'bowtie' bridge (for more on this operation, click here). The Beatles' first trip to Hamburg, after he saw jazzman 'Toots' ThielmansВ playing a Ric model on an album cover. Guitar, with a natural finish, gold pick guard and Kaufmann vibrato, on John would say it was his most prized possession and again use it on the day before his death in 1980 recording walking on thin ice, and this was confirmed by Yoko Ono.ДЎ958 Rickenbacker 325 Capri (5/8 scale, hollow-body electric).

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John Lennon's original Rickenbacker 325 was always his favourite guitar and he used it from total obscurity in Hamburg, to the cavern to the Ed Sullivan show in front of 100 million tv viewer's where it became a virtual extension of his stageВ persona, and is considered as the most important Beatles instrument.

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The original Invoice pictured is from 7th February 1958 from RickenbackerвЂ™s archive showingВ John Lennon's V-81 and V-86 mentioned on the same invoice. V86 - Is this guitar within this auction, V-86 was the last one made and is the bookend to John Lennon's 325 and the only 1958 325 with exact Lennon Hamburg Specs, how John Lennon's looked when he first purchased it. V83 - is owned by a private family estate V82 - is owned by the Beatles gear Museum V81 - Considered priceless John Lennon's 325 is now on display in Japan and owned by Yoko Ono & Sean Lennon

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So this leaves only 4 known examples in circulation in the world.ДЎ958 Rickenbacker 325 Solid Top by Serial numbers V81 - V86 The 1958 solid top 325 guitars are 2 inches thick unlike all other 325 guitars from other years which gives them s fantastic sound.ДЄnd of the 6 solid tops made, 1 has never been found, 1 was reported lost/stolen, Rickenbacker only ever made 6 Capri solid top 325 (5/8 scale, hollow-body electric guitars and all were made in a batch at the start of the guitarвЂ™s existence in 1958. The 1958 Rickenbacker solid top 325 is certainly one of the most rare guitars ever made. Hailed as the holy grail of electric guitars by most collectors The Rickenbacker 325 Solid Top early prototype model, exactly like John LennonвЂ™s historic Hamburg model that he used from 1962 at the birth of the beatles in Hamburg, to the cavern in Liverpool, to Ed Sullivan in front of 100 million viewers! all the way to 1980 when he even used it on his last recording session the day before his tragic death.

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