My name is Simon and I own a music shop called Ayr Guitar in the town of Ayr on the west cast of Scotland. I would be very grateful if someone could help me regarding a very early Rickenbacker that a customer sold to me a couple of years ago.
It's a Rickenbacker Premier Vox Spanish Electric guitar from, I think, 1935. Over many years of running two music shops in Scotland, I have come into contact with 2 or 3 of this model, but they have always been black bakelite with chrome panels and with 2 knobs. As you can see from the attached photos, this one is made of brown bakelite with (I think) brass panels and only has one knob. Just as exciting, the lady sold it to me with the original amp and case that it came with. I had heard about this package, but all the ones I had seen previously only came with a case. Online research seems to verify that this is about as rare as unicorn p**p!
I have spoken to Rosetti, the Rickenbacker distributor here in the UK, and David Chadwick (my Rosetti sales rep) recomended that I contact you, as he had never seen anything like it and believes it may be a prototype of sorts. I would be very grateful if you could have a look at the photos I have attached and let me know what your thoughts are on this extremely historically important instrument.
Many thanks and my very best wishes to you all,
Simon McCrindle
Ayr Guitar.
