The Byrds
Rickenbacker 12-String
The Byrds   &   The Beatles

Question: “What’s your favorite group in the U.S.?”
John Lennon: “I’ve got a few. The Byrds ....”                        
-- Beatles Press Conference
Los Angeles, California, Sunday, August 28, 1966
 
“Given the cross-pollination between The Byrds and The Beatles, it’s
ironic that it was Paul McCartney who ... tried to talk McGuinn out of
his Rickenbacker ....”    -- The Guitar Magazine [UK], June 1997, p. 44
 
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George Harrison with his 1963 Rickenbacker 360/12 McGuinn and Harrison with the 1963 Rickenbacker 360/12
“While George Harrison brought attention to the Rickenbacker 12-string,
 James Roger McGuinn put it on the map.”  -- Rickenbacker, Smith, p. 84
Onstage with The Byrds - June 1967
• Click photo to enlarge. •		 Byrds Rickenbacker - Electric 12-String Holy Grail
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A photograph (left) of this guitar is on display at the Experience Music
Project next to a photograph of George Harrison’s 1963 Rickenbacker.







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