The Ken Roberts model not only has a pickup, the neck is also ‘extended’ to meet the body at the 17th fret, and it has a vibrato tailpiece designed by Doc Kaufman. This exceptionally rare example is in good playing condition. Most people associate the first electric guitars with Leo Fender or the Gibson Les Paul, but the Rickenbacker ‘Frying Pan’ lap steel guitar predated those by almost two decades, appearing in 1931.
Rare
The Gibson Thunderbird Bicentennial, as seen here, is a fairly rare bird. In black or ‘ebony’, only 91 were made in 1976 with 411 built over the entire run
This instrument has sold
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