As far as 12-string electric guitars go, it’s hard to beat a Rickenbacker Capri model. The Fender Electric XII is perhaps the greatest competitor in terms of playability and sound, and the Gibson ...

With ringing intros written on a Rickenbacker 12-string that helped define the musical tastes of a generation, the songs of The Byrds changed the shape of contemporary music in the mid- and late 1960s ...

Although he took influence from George Harrison, as a session player Roger McGuinn had been experimenting with 12-string guitar sounds long before he was captivated by the Beatles and Harrison’s use ...

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With his long hair, granny glasses and shimmering, 12-string Rickenbacker, lead singer Roger McGuinn was the epitome of L.A. rock star cool on the Sunset Strip when the Byrds hit it big in the ...

When the Ashcroft stage set contains a single chair, a handful of pot plants and a powder blue 12-string Rickenbacker electric guitar gleaming in the spotlight, you know who is about to appear, writes ...

Tom Petty got a real kick in the balls late last week when he discovered that his vintage blond 1967 12-string Rickenbacker and his Gibson SGTV Junior had been stolen from a California soundstage ...