Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

This may have been covered in the past, but I was without internet service for well over a year and have missed a bunch of things at this forum. Does anyone have a picture of the Beatles performing where John, George, and Paul are all using their Ricks, or was Paul enough of a holdout that John and George had moved on before he started playing his bass?

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Jeff and Kenny: I do not think this ever happened. By the time that Paulie started getting serious about the Rickenbacker 4001S, the others had moved on to other things. While it could have been possible, the need for trying new things certainly reduced the likelihood of it happening.

I've never seen a photo of all three playing their Rickenbackers together. It may have happened in the studio but so far no photos have surfaced. Beat Instrumental Magazine or the Beatle Monthly magazines would have been the best possibility but I've looked through all those and there's no shots of the three Rickenbackers together. The only possibility might be to go through Sean O'Mahony's photos that never made it into publication although they were more than likely tossed years ago.

The only song I could think of where they all used Rickenbacker instruments would be If I Needed Someone. John was still using his 325 and I'm pretty sure he didn't start using the Casino until Revolver. Harrison undoubtedly used his 360/12 but there's a good chance Paul used his Rick on the song. Studio photos during the Rubber Soul sessions usually show his Rickenbacker somewhere in the studio and I know he started using it on this album, but I don't know if he did for every song. That's the only song I could think of them all using Ricks.