John Lennon
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John Lennon's 1964 Rickenbacker 325/12, serial DB151
Lennon's short-scale Rickenbacker is the guitar most people picture in Beatlemania photos, and this black 12-string version, played on tour in 1964, added the jangle of doubled strings to his rhythm parts. It went on show at the Met's Play It Loud exhibition in 2019, set in front of a drum kit as if the band had just walked off.
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