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invention of the Rickenbacker twelve string electric guitar.” -- McGuinn
James Roger McGuinn put it on the map.” -- Rickenbacker, Smith, page 84
empowerment or, as one critic called it, ‘loud music dancing on electric cable,
music written in voltage.’” -- Timeless Flight Revisited [1998], Rogan, page 188
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Byrds Rickenbacker Webpages, Resources, Etc.
Peter McCormack’s Byrds Rickenbacker Pages
Björn Eriksson’s Byrds Rickenbacker 370/12Byrd Page
Björn Eriksson’s Byrds Rickenbacker Model 370/12Byrd Page
Oyama Katsuyuki’s Byrds Rickenbacker 370/12Byrd Webphotos
John Williams’ Byrds Rickenbacker 370/12Byrd Page
Byrds Websites, Resources, Newsgroup, Etc.
The Byrds • Official Legacy Recordings Site
The Byrds • Official Sony Music Site
Peter McCormack’s Byrds Forum
Pete Frame’s Byrds Family Tree
Glenn Fazio’s Byrds Scrapbook
•AMG All Music Guide: The Byrds
Silver Raven’s Gene Clark Website
Lee Paxton’s Byrds Discussion Forum
Koji Kihara’s Byrds & Clarence White Pages
Tim Connors’ ByrdWatcher Website • Links Page
Richard Russell’s Byrdmaniax Website • Links Page
Raoul Verolleman’s Byrds Flyght Website • Links Page
Peter “McByrds” Santoro’s Byrds Tape Trading Page
Richard Russell’s Byrds Rare & Live Recordings List
Vincent Flanders’ Interview With Roger McGuinn
Willy Brauch and Mani Hurth’s Byrds Lyrics Page
David Reynolds’ & Marco Zanzi’s Byrds Lyrics Page
Harmony Central OLGA Archive: Byrds Chords & Lyrics
Harmony Central OLGA Search: Byrds Chords & Lyrics
Guitar Notes OLGA Archive: Byrds Chords & Lyrics
Official OLGA Archive: Byrds Chords & Lyrics
Guitar Tab Universe: Byrds Chords & Lyrics
Jonathan Bennett’s Byrds Lyrics Page
Nicklas Sandgren’s Byrds Lyrics Page
YAHOO! Groups: Byrdmaniaxlist
YAHOO! Groups: TheByrds
Usenet: alt.music.byrds
Byrds Tribute Bands
Andrew Gold • Byrds Of A Feather
Terry Jones Rogers • Younger Than Yesterday
Mark Telfer • The EarlyByrds
Byrds & Drugs
The Byrds & Drugs
David Crosby & Drugs
Roger McGuinn On Speed
Roger McGuinn On Speed
McGuinn On Booze & Drugs
Byrds Fashion
Fab Groovy Tinted Rectangular
Ben Franklin Mini-Shades (“Granny” Glasses)
The Byrds & Beatles • Lennon & Harrison Adopt Byrds Fashion
“Snake-eye” Jim Pomaville Models The Casual McGuinn Look
Byrds Live Performances
Raoul Verolleman’s Byrds Flyght • Byrds Concert Dates 1965-1973
Byrds Photographs
Google Image Search: The Byrds
Google Image Search: Byrds Rickenbacker
Raoul Verolleman’s Byrds Flyght • THE Online Byrds Photo Gallery
![The Byrds by Bud Scoppa [1971]](byrds_scoppa.jpg) |
![The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited: The Sequel by Johnny Rogan [Revised Second Edition, 1998]](timelessflight.jpg) |
Byrds Books
The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited: The Sequel [2001], Johnny Rogan
Roger McGuinn Comments on Rogan’s Byrds Biography
David Crosby Comments on Rogan’s Byrds Biography
Roger McGuinn’s Autobiography: A Byrd’s Eye View
eBay Auction Search: The Byrds [1971], Bud Scoppa
eBay Auction Search: The Byrds [1971], Scholastic Press
Selected Excerpts From the Scoppa and Rogan Byrds Books
Raoul Verolleman’s Byrds Flyght • THE Online Byrds Bibliography
Life On The Road: The Incredible Rock and Roll Adventures of Dinky Dawson
Byrds Memorabilia, Etc.
eBay Auction Search: Byrds
YAHOO! Auction Search: Byrds
eBay Auction Search: McGuinn
Entertainbilia: Byrds Memorabilia
Amazon.com zShops Search: Byrds
Amazon.com Auction Search: Byrds
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum • The Byrds
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| The Byrds inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. |
Final Byrds Jam • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction (Wed Jan 16 1991)
Final Byrds Jam • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction (Wed Jan 16 1991)
Final Byrds Jam • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction (Wed Jan 16 1991)
The Byrds • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction (Wed Jan 16 1991)
The Byrds • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction (Wed Jan 16 1991)
The Byrds • Hall of Fame Induction • “Roger McGuinn’s Hard Day’s Night”
The Byrds • Hall of Fame Induction • “Roger McGuinn’s Hard Day’s Night”
Press Release: Byrds Contribute Items to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
| McGuinn, Crosby & Hillman Reunite For L.A. Show Photo: Tuesday night, August 8, 2000 Photo: Tuesday night, August 8, 2000 Photo: Tuesday night, August 8, 2000 Photo: Tuesday night, August 8, 2000 Photo: Tuesday night, August 8, 2000 Info at David Crosby’s CPR Website Rolling Stone Article Vanity Fair Photo |
| U.S. PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE ~ THE BYRDS ~ • Trademark Ownership • |
Miscellaneous Photos, Etc.
Google Image Search: Roger McGuinn
Kevin Bayne’s Roger McGuinn and Gene Clark page
McGuinn and George Harrison with the “Hard Day’s Night” Rick
McGuinn, Crosby and Dylan - Roy Orbison Tribute (Sat Feb 24 1990)
McGuinn, Dylan and Crosby - Roy Orbison Tribute (Sat Feb 24 1990)
Dylan, McGuinn, Crosby and Hillman - Roy Orbison Tribute (Sat Feb 24 1990)
Dylan, McGuinn, Crosby and Hillman - Roy Orbison Tribute (Sat Feb 24 1990)
Dylan, McGuinn, Crosby and Hillman - Roy Orbison Tribute (Sat Feb 24 1990)
McGuinn, Smith, Clapton, Dylan, Petty, Cropper, Young - Bobfest rehearsal (Oct 1992)
Wood, Harrison, Cash, McGuinn, Dylan, Lynch and Dunn onstage - Bobfest (Oct 16 1992)
Dylan singles out and salutes McGuinn onstage at the close of Bobfest (Oct 16 1992)
| • Roger McGuinn of THE BYRDS • “King of the 12-String Electric” Guitar World, February 1996, p. 58 “King of the Rickenbacker 12-String Guitar” BAM, January 9-10, 1997 “Captain Rickenbacker” Guitar Player, May 1997, p. 42 “12-String King” Guitar Player, May 1997, p. 47 “Captain Rick” Guitar Player, December 1997, p. 79 “King of the 12-String Guitar” The Florida Times-Union, April 2000 “One of only a handful of guitar players in the world who have had two* signature guitars named after them” GuitarSam eZine, February 9, 1999 “The Most Famous 12-String Guitarist of All Time” GuitarSam eZine, February 9, 1999 * Not including Roger McGuinn’s new Martin 7-string limited edition acoustic |
| • McGuinn’s Rickenbacker Comments • |
~ SPECIAL BYRDS MODEL RICKENBACKERS ~
SPECIAL-ORDERED AND CUSTOM-FITTED AT THE FACTORY WITH
THE RARE 4-KNOB 2-TOGGLE PARALLEL-MONO “BYRD” WIRING
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| Henry McGuinn’s 1966 Rickenbacker 325Byrd 6-String Serial number: FA 284 |
McGuinn’s 1966 Rickenbacker 325Byrd 6-String
Henry McGuinn’s 1966 Jetglo Rickenbacker 325Byrd
Henry McGuinn’s 1966 Jetglo Rickenbacker 325Byrd (Close-ups)
Henry McGuinn onstage with 1966 Rick 325Byrd at Vox Fest 2000
David Crosby With McGuinn’s 1966 Rickenbacker 370Byrd 6-String
Crosby onstage with McGuinn’s Rickenbacker 370Byrd (circa March 1966)
Croz onstage with McGuinn’s Rick 370Byrd and McGuinn (circa March 1966)
Croz backstage with McGuinn’s Rick 370Byrd and Byrds (circa March 1966)
Croz gettin’ into it onstage with McGuinn’s Rickenbacker 370/6Byrd (1966)
Croz gettin’ into it onstage with McGuinn’s Rickenbacker 370/6Byrd (1966)
Crosby backstage with McGuinn’s rare 1966 Rickenbacker 370Byrd (1966)
Croz playing McGuinn’s Rick 370Byrd onstage with Byrds (ca. Oct/Nov 1966)
Byrds duty and sold at a major Hollywood music store • November 1966 “If this is the same instrument I saw, it was a JG 370Byrd with the famous slide-switch- vox-treble-booster. It was on consignment at Splevin’s music center (which was inside Wallach's Music City on the corner of Sunset and Vine Street in Hollywood) in Novem- ber 1966. I was looking for my first Rick 12, and the salesman there (Randy Carlton) said that one of the Byrds had come in to put it up for sale. This guitar had a round laser-cut sticker on the upper horn, and if I remember right another one on the head- stock. I played this guitar, but didn't buy it (stupid...) because it didn't work in stereo. I ended up with a Fireglo 360/12 instead. You live and learn sometimes.....”  |
~ THE EXTREMELY RARE 1960s-70s RICKENBACKER 370/12BYRD ~
NOTE TO COLLECTORS: BEWARE OF VARIOUS HOMEGROWN OR AFTERMARKET RETROFITS.
| “A 370/12 guitar from the factory wired like McGuinn’s, except for the treble boost, was a Model 370/12Byrd which was avail- able on a special order basis.” -- Rickenbacker, Smith, p. 86 | |
| “This was never a standard product and done only on a hand- ful of custom guitars.” -- RIC CEO John Hall, Tue Sep 5 2000 |
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| 1966 Rickenbacker 370/12Byrd Serial number: FE 1837 |
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| 1966 Rickenbacker 370/12Byrd Formerly Matt Preble's guitar |
| 1967 Rickenbacker 370/12Byrd Serial number: GH 3700 |
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| California's Gold • The Blackouts • Guitarist Gary Martin’s McGuinn-autographed mint 1967 Rickenbacker 370/12Byrd |
| 1960s Rickenbacker 370/12Byrd and Steppenwolf |
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| Heavy Metal Thunder • Steppenwolf guitarist works out on a 1960s Rickenbacker 370/12Byrd |
| 1972 Rickenbacker 370/12Byrd Serial number: LK 1398 |
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| Don Andrews’ rare 1972 Rickenbacker 370/12Byrd KISS axemen Paul Stanley and Vinnie Vincent have played this one |
1973+ Rickenbacker 370/12Byrd
1973+ Mapleglo Rickenbacker 370/12Byrd
Modern-day Descendant Of The Rickenbacker 370/12Byrd:
The 1980s-90s Limited Edition Rickenbacker 370/12RM
(1000 MODEL 370/12RMs PRODUCED)
Rickenbacker 370/12RM
Guitar Center: Rickenbacker 370/12RM
The Music Connection: Rickenbacker 370/12RM
Guitar Base Guitar Mall: Rickenbacker 370/12RM
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| Rickenbacker 370/12RM |
VOX Treble Booster
VOX V840 Treble/Bass Booster
VOX Treble Booster Schematic
VOX Treble Booster Schematic
VOX Treble Booster Schematic (Large)
VOX Treble Booster Schematic (Large)
Modified VOX Treble Booster Schematic
VOX V8401 Treble/Bass Booster
Onboard Compressor/Sustainer, Etc.
Starr Labs SQ-1 Super Squeezer (Photo)
Starr Labs On-Board Guitar Electronics
Starr Labs On-Board Electronics Price List
Orange Squeezer Compressor Schematic
Rickenbackers Reputed To Have Once Belonged To McGuinn
Richard Thompson’s Strange Rickenbacker 12-String
Hard Rock Cafe’s Modified Rickenbacker 12-String
Andrew Gold’s Modified Rickenbacker 12-String
Johnny Marr’s “McGuinn”(?) Rickenbacker 360
Rare, Vintage & Collectible Rickenbackers
Oyama Katsuyuki’s Rickenbacker Collection
Björn Eriksson’s Rickenbacker Models Library
Björn Eriksson’s Online Rickenbacker Galleries
John Williams’ Rickenbacker Collection and Galleries
Peter McCormack’s Famous Artists’ Rickenbackers Gallery
Dave Stewart Onstage With His Rare White Rick 370/12RM
Dave Stewart Onstage With His Rare White Rick 370/12RM
Jimi Hendrix and The Who with 1960s Rickenbacker 360/12
John Simmons’ Custom 1968 Rickenbacker 370/12
Jimi Hendrix’ Lefty 1960s Rickenbacker 360/12
RIC’s Santa Ana Rickenbacker Collection
More Rickenbacker Resources, Etc.
Björn Eriksson’s Rickenbacker Page
Peter McCormack’s Rickenbacker Resource Page
Peter McCormack’s Rickenbacker Registration Page
Peter McCormack’s Rickenbacker Research WebRing
Rare Vintage Collectible Rickenbacker Information Page
Peter McCormack’s Richard R. Smith Shipping Totals Page
Peter McCormack’s “Toaster” Pickup DC Resistances Page
Peter McCormack’s “Toaster” Unwinding Procedure Page
Peter McCormack’s Rickenbacker Registration Links Page
Joe Martone’s Rickenbacker Resource Links Page
Gerard Lanois’ alt.guitar.rickenbacker FAQ Page
Glen Lambert’s Vintage 325 Connection Page
Björn Eriksson’s Rickenbacker Links Page
John Williams’ Rickenbacker Links Page
Peter McCormack’s Rickenbacker Forum
Guitar Center Vintage: Rickenbacker
eBay Auction Search: Rickenbacker
Guitar Base Search: Rickenbacker
Usenet: alt.guitar.rickenbacker
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Professional Luthiery and Expert Advice
Steve Soest (formerly of Rickenbacker)
Soest Guitar - Orange, California
Mark Arnquist (formerly of Rickenbacker)
Master Luthier: Mark “The MD” Arnquist
Meet Mr. Wizard: Luthier Mark D. Arnquist
Luthier Mark Arnquist: A Rickenbacker Miracle
Luthier Mark Arnquist: Another Rickenbacker Miracle
Luthier Mark Arnquist: Modifying 360/12 String Spacing
Luthier Mark Arnquist: Bass Bridges and Adjustment Hassles
Google Groups Archives: Luthier Mark Arnquist on the Usenet
REH Video • Guitar Shop: Setup & Maintenance by Mark Arnquist
Luthier Mark Arnquist • Upgrading Paul McCartney’s Rickenbacker
Mark Arnquist • The Rickenbacker Forum: Ask A Rickenbacker Luthier
Mark Arnquist • The Rick Forum: Archives - Rickenbacker Luthier 2000-2001
![The Complete History Of Rickenbacker Guitars by Richard Smith [Centerstream, 1987]](ricksmith.jpg) |
![The Rickenbacker Book by Tony Bacon and Paul Day [Miller-Freeman, 1994]](rickbacon&day.jpg) |
![Rickenbacker: Pioneer Of The Electric Guitar by Naoki Ogane [Japanese - Rittor, 1995]](http://web.archive.org/web/20001009223147/http://www2.wbs.ne.jp/~tatado/images/ricks/ricken.rit.jpg) |
Rickenbacker Books
The Complete History Of Rickenbacker Guitars [Centerstream, 1987], Richard R. Smith
The Rickenbacker Book [Miller-Freeman, 1994], Tony Bacon & Paul Day
Rickenbacker: Pioneer Of The Electric Guitar [Japanese - Rittor, 1995], Naoki Ogane
Internet Guitar ResourcesHarmony Central - Guitar • GuitarElectronics.com • GuitarSite.com
GuitarLinks • Guitar.com • GuitarNet • GuitarNuts
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