And with its list price of $249.50, the 325 was in good company with Gibson’s Les Paul and Fender’s Stratocaster. Hall theorized, would lend a touch of class that was lacking in its non-archtop electrics.
Capris were semi-hollow thinlines with the uniquely identifiable “extreme cutaway body” and on some models, a “slash”/catseye sound hole. Rickenbacker’s Capri line, which included all models numbered 310 through 375, was designed by Roger Rossmeisl with the intention of dressing up the company’s product line. Rickenbacker’s model 325 was introduced in 1958 – three years after the all-solidbody Combo series, 25 years after the Electro Spanish/Model B, and just in time to launch the brand to superstar status in the electric guitar realm. In the case of the 325, the 3 designates it as a semi-hollowbody style, the 2 denotes its 3/4 scale, and 5 indicated it was equipped with a vibrato tailpiece.tailpiece. Rickenbacker model numbers describe their layout, features, and appointments.The digits following it are production numbers. The first of a two-letter prefix indicates year (starting with A in ’61), the second letter designates month. Rickenbacker serial numbers are stamped on the jack plate.Any Beatle tribute band worth its salt.John Lennon photo: David Redfern/Redferns. By the late 1950s, the oversized pointy-topped logo plates were doing double duty as truss rod covers.Individual closed-back Kluson Deluxe tuners with metal buttons were used on most Rickenbackers from this period.The 325 has a ridiculously short scale – just 21″, qualifying it as a 3/4-sized guitar.Rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot position marker inlays.By the time this guitar was made, Rickenbacker had switched to heavier maple bodies. By ’64, an f-hole was standard and the guitar was called the 325S. Although all 325s are at least semi-hollow, most had no soundhole, while some had a characteristic catseye opening.They were standard on virtually all models throughout the 1960s. Collectors call the twin-plastic-insert units “Toaster-top” pickups.Collectors call the twin-plastic-insert units “Toaster-top” pickups. If they don’t match, something has been changed. CHECK! Look at the colors of the truss rod cover and the pickguard. Early ones were clear acrylic painted (from behind) with metallic gold lacquer, later were white plastic. Rickenbacker took the scratchplate a step further with its two-tiered approach.
The plastic knobs were also used on Fender Mustang guitars and basses. The acrylic control plate hosts two volume controls, two tone, and a blend, plus a pickup selector switch.In 1962, the Ac’cent Vibrato replaced the original Rick’s standard Kauffman unit, which was derived from a nearly 30-year-old design – and notorious for taking the guitar out of tune.
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