Rickenbacker Combo 400
Overview
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Product:
- electric guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1956 to 1958
Rickenbacker made the Combo 400 model from 1956 until 1958. This was the first Rickenbacker guitar with a tulip-shaped body and also the first featuring neck-through-body construction. The Combo 400 had a single pickup which was set into a recessed cavity in at the neck end of the body. Finish options were blue-green, golden and black and the pickguard was gold anodized aluminum. The pickguard on the 1956 models does not surround the pickup entirely - but does on the later 1957 models.
Source The History of Rickenbacker Guitars. Richard Smith. Centerstream Publications, 1987.
Specifications (15)
Controls
| Tone controls | 1 tone control |
| Volume controls | 1 volume control |
| Pickup selector controls | 2-way selector switch |
Electronics
| Pickups configuration | 1 single coil pickup |
General
| Finish colors | black finish, blue finish, gold finish |
| Made in | USA |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
Body
| Body material | maple body |
| Body style | tulip style |
| Pickguard material | gold pickguard |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
Neck
| Neck joint | neck through body |
| Neck material | maple neck |
| Number of frets | 21 fret |
Prices (3)
| Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | $174.50 | new | guitar-list | List price |
| 2017 | $8500 | good | ||
| 2017 | $2000 | good |
