Crafted from maple with a maple neck, this hollowbody. Of course, the ES-16 has just 18 frets vis-à-vis the 21 found on the 325. The Rickenbacker 330 Semi-Acoustic Guitar is a prime example of Rickenbacker's great workmanship, beautifully finished guitars and unique tone. The black 325 had been made specially for him to replace his original road-worn 1958 model 325. If you’ve ever fantasized about what it would be like to have Allan Holdsworth-sized hands then these guitars might give you some idea. And although the ES-16 may look tiny, it’s the same scale as the “ John Lennon” Rickenbacker 325, allowing large stretches that might otherwise be impossible on a traditional-sized guitar. However, you could easily trade out the set bridge for one that can be intonated, without hurting the guitar’s stock value. While the sealed Kluson tuners keep the guitar in tune, the intonation is a little squirrelly. Lennon bought this 'short arm' guitar, with a natural finish, gold pickguard and Kaufmann vibrato, on the Beatles first trip to Hamburg, after he saw jazzman 'Toots' Thielemans playing a Ric model on an album cover. The next phase of development was where the bass horn followed suit into the familiar double-outward curve cutaway, as per Lennon's 325. 1960: 1958 Rickenbacker 325 Capri (5/8 scale, hollow-body electric).The Holy Grail of guitars. Lightweight Hollow Maple F-hole body, One Piece Maple Neck, Triple Toaster Pickups, Original Tuners back on, Replaced Brass Nut, Bridge replaced with an early 1970s Gibson ABR-1 style setup similar to an SG. This body shape is what you call a ‘half-and-half’ (because it’s ‘half tulip’). SOLD 1964 Fireglo Rickenbacker 325 in very good condition. In addition, Lennon modified his 325 by swapping its original Kauffman Vibrola for a Bigsby, and changing out the original oven-style knobs for. This Was Purchased At A Guitar Show Many Years Ago And Is One-Of-A-Kind As It Was Customized To Resemble John Lennon's 1963 Miami Rickenbacker 325 Electric Guitar. A year or two after Lennon’s 325 was made, Rickenbacker switched to the characteristic white-plastic pickguard with a raised forward section, rather than the flat white (and later gold) pickguard. Similar in spec to the Ryder ES-16, this 1957 Rickenbacker Combo 1000 has a thinner/pointier treble horn than Rickenbacker's earlier ‘tulip’ guitars, which have thicker inward-curving cutaway horns. Beautiful Beatles John Lennon Tribute Guitar.