Production ceased around 2001 & these are. This cool little number has all the hallmarks of Lennons first Rickenbacker - the short scale neck, three pickups & TV knobs with Bigsby tremolo. These reissues made their debut in 84 & this particular model was manufactured in 96. It´s also equipped with TV-style control knobs, just like the original guitar. A faithful recreation of John Lennons modified 59 325 in Mapleglo. This reissue model has double pickguards and a Bigsby tailpiece. He also had a Bigsby bridge, while the 325V59 has a Rickenbacker bridge. Replaced the Kauffman with a Bigsby Vibrato tailpiece. Original guitar had a single gold pickguard and a Kauffman Vibrato tailpiece. Originally it had twoĬontrol knobs but was upgraded to four knobs in 1959 before being shipped to Hamburg. John´s guitar was a 1958 model Capri 325. Actual surface area on the board is greater with the radius.This model is a vintage reissue of the guitar John Lennonīought in Hamburg 1960. And vintage Teles did come in 4 different widths - but even the narrow one plays better than most Rics because the radius on the Tele makes it feel wider. I do complain about the way vintage (or any) Telecasters (or Strats, etc, especially Jaguars) play - they aren't for me, I don't like those round boards, narrow necks, or string trees. Nothing gives better pinch harmonics than a toaster.Are you sure that is what you have ? 450s are not short scale - depending on the version they range from 24.5 to 25 inches, while a 325 is only 21" = and the 450 and 360 have a 10" radius fingerboard. Love the 3/4 neck, I can bend notes into outer space. I own at least one of most standard guitars in everyone's collection, but my little 450 is easily the most versatile. Rics are 1/4' thinner at the 12th fret than my Strat but I have no problem playing at the 12th more than down by the nut. Rics are no thinner at the nut than a vintage Tele, and nobody complains about those. I like the thinner necks precisely cuz I can play faster on them and they are oh so comfy. Even the Carl Wilson models which were supposed to be copies of the '60s model was a full 1/4 thicker at the nut, although they did a great job at the 12th. Around '72 they changed the truss rod design and the guitar necks got a lot fatter.
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