In 1999, Cradock was presented with a Rickenbacker guitar by Weller for his 30th birthday.

Page played overdubs with a Telecaster on this recording, and also a Rickenbacker 12-string guitar.

Petty went into the control room, and put the original demo tape on, which featured just him and a Rickenbacker 12-string guitar.

Rickenbacker guitars sold in Europe had traditional f-shaped sound holes until the 1980s.

The guitar solo intro (which returns at the end of both choruses) was performed on a 12-string Rickenbacker guitar.

In more recent years, a diverse cross-section of artists have started to favour Rickenbacker guitars.

It a rock composition of heavy drums, chiming 12-string Rickenbacker guitar with bass and keyboard accompaniment.

"The 'Ric' Rickenbacker guitar by itself is kind of thuddy," he notes.

Butler used his Rickenbacker 12-string guitar on country tinged songs.

Roger McGuinn installed one into his Rickenbacker guitar in the 1960s.