Very dumb 12 string question

[fabandgear]

John Hall has already addressed the firm's preferred pronunciation on this post:

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Re: BACK-er. Ricken-BACK-er.
by John Hall (johnhall) » Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:24 pm

[Halbert]

And if the short A is now correct, then would not the current owners
name be pronounced Hal?

This current owner would be pronounced that way....