RICKENBACKER 355JL (JOHN LENNON LIMITED EDITION)

  • Rickerbacker 355JL John Lennon Limited Edition

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1990 to 1994

RICKENBACKER produced the 355JL JOHN LENNON LIMITED EDITION between 1990 and 1994. A total of 691 were made and each came with a certificate of authenticity. The John Lennon Limited Edition was entirely handmade in America from solid Eastern Rock Maple with a rosewood fingerboard. The 355JL came with a vintage vibrato as standard (a unique feature within the Rickenbacker product line). Rickenbacker also located some of the original tooling which allowed faithful recreation of the original headstock, pickguard and nameplate. The bi-level white pickguard has a John Lennon signature and one of John's self portrait cartoons.

Also available in this limited edition JL series was a 3/4 size 325JL model and a 12 string 355/12 JLmodel.

Specifications (24)

Body

Body materialmaple body
Body shape featuresdouble cutaway
Hollow bodysemi-hollow body
Pickguard shapebi-level pickguard

Hardware

Bridgetune-o-matic bridge
Hardware colorchrome hardware
Tailpiecetrapeze tailpiece

General

Configurationleft-handed configuration
Finish colorsblack finish
Made inUSA
Number of strings6 strings

Controls

EQ or mix controlsmix control
Pickup selector controls3-way selector switch
Tone controls2 tone controls
Volume controls2 volume controls

Fretboard

Fingerboard inlay materialpearl fingerboard inlay material
Fingerboard materialrosewood fingerboard
Fingerboard position markersdot fingerboard position markers

Neck

Neck jointneck through body
Neck materialmaple neck
Number of frets21 fret
Peghead (headstock)painted headstock
Tuner layoutthree-each-side

Electronics

Pickups configuration3 single coil pickups

Prices (3)

DatePriceConditionNameComments
1991$1300.00new
2017$850excellent
2017$350good

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