Paul Weller autographed 1988 Rickenbacker 330 Custom Liechtenstein WHAM!!! Print
This guitar is truly one of a kind... There are a few Paul Weller signed Rickenbackers out there, but I know of none other in North America (all others are in Europe/UK); only a few of those are dated by Weller himself, and none of these include a Liechtenstein-print Rickenbacker 330. The previous owner of this guitar had the custom paint job done after a meticulous study of Weller's original Liechtenstein print guitar, which was on one of Weller's late 70's Fireglo 330's that had its neck broken, and was never re-set to Weller's liking, so he had it custom painted by hand (somewhat sloppily, I might add, as I saw the original up close at the ABOUT THE YOUNG IDEA exhibit at Somerset House in London, summer of 2015). The guitar was only used a handful of times during The Jam for photo shoots or videos (e.g., Start!) where Weller rarely played the guitar, but posed with it for pics/videos. Anyway, the original owner of this guitar had this 1988 Jetglo 330 professionally redone after looking over numerous pics of Weller's custom original. Once completed, he then pursued Paul Weller over the course of three year's worth of L.A.-area gigs during the late 2000's, hoping to get him to sign the guitar. After making a nuisance of himself long enough, Weller finally relented, and came out after a show to look a the guitar. By Lee's account, Weller was ..."stunned and exclaimed, '"This is spot on, mate!'", then signed it: "To Lee, Peace! Paul Weller 2010." Lee had it for seven years until he recently decided to put it up for sale. After negotiating with him for a few months, I finally managed to pry it loose from his Palos Verdes home, and here it sits on my wall...
Perhaps the OLNY Paul Weller-signed Rickenbacker in North America, it's a meticulous Liechtenstein print to boot. This guitar has its original late 80's case, a Gibson Humbucker in the neck, a see-through pickguard, Schaller tuners, all just like the original. The paint job is immaculate, and she plays beautifully... An absolute pop art knockout. She's available, but she ain't cheap... $7000
Perhaps the OLNY Paul Weller-signed Rickenbacker in North America, it's a meticulous Liechtenstein print to boot. This guitar has its original late 80's case, a Gibson Humbucker in the neck, a see-through pickguard, Schaller tuners, all just like the original. The paint job is immaculate, and she plays beautifully... An absolute pop art knockout. She's available, but she ain't cheap... $7000
