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Except for the Limited Warranty contained in the terms of guarantee all property is sold “As Is”. Julien's Auctions guarantees the authenticity of attribution of property listed in the catalogue or online as stated in the Terms of Guarantee. Please contact in order to be approved for bidding on this lot. **Please note this lot requires special bidder registration. According to Babiuk, Lennon thought the guitar would fit Starr well and wanted to encourage Starr to write more songs. When he returned, fresh with new material he had written, Lennon gave him this Rickenbacker. In 1968, when tensions were rising among the Beatles, Starr, briefly left his bandmates who were recording The Beatles aka the "White Album". In 1968 Lennon gifted the guitar to Starr. This guitar can also be seen in photographs, taken in 1967, in Lennon’s home music-room. Lennon played this guitar for the remaining 1964 Christmas shows. For a long time now, John and his Rickenbacker have been inseparable, so why don’t you try one at your local music shop?’” New ads appeared, with one prominently bearing the slogan: “Rickenbacker the Beatle backer.” It featured a picture of Lennon and the 1996 guitar, adding: ‘This is the famous Rickenbacker guitar model 1996 as used by Beatle John Lennon.
By giving Lennon a new fireglo-finish 1996 model – the British equivalent of the 325 – Rose-Morris felt justified in using the Beatles and Lennon in its own advertising campaign. The Beatles had so far only dealt with Rickenbacker in the USA, but now the British distributor was able to act directly and to cash in. “Lennon’s misfortune became Rose-Morris’s great fortune. This guitar was originally given to John Lennon by Rose-Morris, the official UK importer of Rickenbacker, when his 1964 Rickenbacker 325 was damaged during a Christmas performance.Īs stated by Andy Babiuk in his comprehensive book Beatles Gear: All the Fab Four’s Instruments from Stage to Studio:
The guitar is semi-hollow bodied with an F-hole, in fireglo finish, serial number DE519. Click To Request A Pre-Sale Condition ReportĪ 1964 Rose-Morris Rickenbacker, model 1996, nick-named “The Beatle Backer” owned by John Lennon and later gifted to Ringo Starr.