There's 90th anniversary XC Limited Edition 480XC electric guitar and 4005XC bass coming – and yes the guitar looks like a bass and vice versa. Rickenbacker provides scant information in its post ...

Rickenbacker International has a problem General Motors would love. The company that made the first electric guitar and instruments popularized by The Beatles can’t make them fast enough. “We ...

Below: John Hall, Rickenbacker International Corp. CEO, stands where cut boards are delivered daily to make the more than 25 models of Rickenbacker guitars. Trademarked shape ...

THE ICONIC Rickenbacker, beloved by John Lennon and Pete Townshend, has been around for 90 years. And its pioneering design made the rock 'n' roll revolution possible.

Today it was announced that two standalone guitars will be sold alongside the $250 full-band package of the game, to give gamers the illusion that they are, in fact, in the Beatles.

He explains: "The first electric guitar in 1931 was known as 'The frying pan' ‑ that's how it looked. For the first 20 years, electric guitars were somewhat clunky." ...