If that's a Rickenbacker guitar that he's playing on the Ed Sullivan Show, it's entirely possible that it's the same guitar he bought at that downstate Illinois music store while he was visiting his sister.
tony b.
Very cool story, but George didn't play a Rickenbacker, but John did. The Rickenbacker name is on the head stock, parallel with the neck (see John's guitar). I'm pretty sure George is playing a Gretsch.
I was in 9th grade. And yes, it was quite the buzz. We watched it...even my parents. They sure changed the musical world, but I still loved R&B more.
