In Basel Old Town, close to where Rickenbacker was born, Karl Schneider, a young violin maker in Musikhaus Meinel, had his first encounter with the American electric guitar. Fascinated by the ...

Dierks Bentley has released a music video for his cover of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “American Girl,” which sees him playing Petty’s own Rickenbacker guitar. “Holding an ...

The landmark recording marked the birth of a new genre but failed miserably on the charts. 50 Years Ago: Original Byrds Get Back Together for One More LP 50 Years Ago: Original Byrds Get Back ...

The Searchers were formed in 1959, the same year as The Tremeloes, and with the distinctive Rickenbacker guitar sound courtesy of John McNally, had hits galore during the 1960s. They enjoyed a ...

The founder of the influential ’60s band The Byrds will perform his one-man show “Songs and Stories with Roger McGuinn” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at the brand-new Patricia Valian Reser ...

You’d better be a hell of a singer In the video for This Side of Love [on Neither Fish nor Flesh], you appear to be playing a modified Rickenbacker guitar. Was it custom made and do you still ...

So you’ve finally decided to take the plunge and start learning guitar, or maybe you’re buying for someone who wants to. Whatever it is, to prepare for a lifelong journey of creative fulfillment, ...

“When I came in [for the video shoot], I didn’t know that we were going to have all of his real things, like this … [Rickenbacker] guitar here that he was so famous for,” Parton noted.

NAMM 2024: Acoustic amps aren't cool? Taylor says otherwise with its Circa 74 guitar and vocal combo Its first foray into amplification is a powerful statement "If you want an amplifier that can play ...

After the Monday shows, the future singer-songwriter Al Stewart and his friend Jon Kremer talked their way backstage at the Gaumont by pretending to be from the Rickenbacker guitar company ...