Any suggested source for info on Rickenbacker Model 59?

Colin Black · Post by **Colin Black** » 5 Apr 2000 1:49 pm

Hey, y'all. I just bought a Rickenbacker lap steel off of eBay, and in another thread you all were kind enough to give me some more info on it than what I had, but I'd still like to learn more. Sounds like it's a Rickenbacker Model 59. Six strings. The auction said that it was made in 1937. Can anyone suggest a website (or, if nothing else, a book) where I could find some more info on this guitar?

Thanks a million,

Colin

wayne yakes md · Post by **wayne yakes md** » 5 Apr 2000 2:07 pm

Check out "Brad's page of Steel" by Brad. there is a sublisting "Old Steel guitars" and there is a Richenbacker listing. So go back to the beginning of this website "Bob Lee's"!

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 5 Apr 2000 2:21 pm

Most of the information listed on my web site is from Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars and is reprinted courtesy Miller-Freeman Publishers.
There are a couple of good books specifically on Rickenbacker guitars - check with J.K. Lutherie or your local music store.

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Brad's Page of Steel:
www.well.com/~wellvis/steel.html
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars

Andy Alford · Post by **Andy Alford** » 5 Apr 2000 4:44 pm

Rickenbacker has alot of history with pictures on their site.

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 5 Apr 2000 5:21 pm

Call Elderly Instruments in Lansing MI 517-372-7890 and ask for the book titled Rickenbacker by Roger McGuinn copyright 1997 Centerstream Publishing.

If you don't find it in hear, you are not apt to. This is the complete history of the Rickenbacker Company and has a zillion photos and much on steel guitar including your model guitar.

Well worth the price of $25.00 I think.

God be with you,

carl

Garryharris · Post by **Garryharris** » 5 Apr 2000 6:46 pm

Have you checked Rickenbacker's web site? I briefly looked at it.

Ian McLatchie · Post by **Ian McLatchie** » 6 Apr 2000 2:14 am

Colin: I believe the book Carl refers to is The Complete History of Rickenbacker Guitars
(1987), by Richard R. Smith (Roger McGuin wrote the foreward). It will tell you everything you want to know.

Colin Black · Post by **Colin Black** » 6 Apr 2000 5:43 am

Thanks, folks. Nothing on the Rickenbacker web site about this particular model (good reading, generally, though), so I'll try the Complete History of Rickenbacker Guitars by Smith.

This forum is a tremendous resource! Thanks again,

Colin

Mark Durante · Post by **Mark Durante** » 7 Apr 2000 2:54 am

Make sure you look under catalogs, (1930's), at the Rickenbacker site, there are pics and info about models 59 and NS, which is a similar model also. Be forwarned the dates they have on their catalogs are very inaccurate