Lennon (2026)
1964 Rickenbacker 325C64 Miami electric guitar
12” x 24”
Original, acrylic on canvas
Custom-made stained Tasman Oak frame.

1 of 1 exclusive original painting.
Each guitar in this collection is only ever painted once.

John Lennon, The Beatles. 1964 Rickenbacker 325C64 Miami electric guitar.
This guitar was owned by legendary musician John Lennon of The Beatles.

It was delivered to him at the Miami Hotel Deauville in early February 1964. It was a a gift from Rickenbacker while the Beatles were touring America for the first time and it quickly became his main guitar.

The instrument was first played in public by John Lennon during the on-set rehearsal for their second appearance on the Ed Sullivan show on 17 February 1964, just one week after they had appeared for the first time and taken the nation by storm.

It was a brand new 1964 Rickenbacker 325, painted JetGlo black and very much an updated version of his beloved 1958 Rickenbacker. The guitar was made specifically for Lennon after Rickenbacker president F.C. Hall caught wind that the band had been using their instruments.

Lennon played this new Rickenbacker as his primary instrument for most of 1964 and 1965.

It was temporarily out of commission during the Beatles 20-show run for Christmas 1964 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London after he dropped it on stage, rendering it unplayable. Once it was fixed, it served as his main guitar until the end of the Beatles.

After Lennon’s death, the guitar went to Yoko Ono. It is currently on display at the John Lennon Museum in Japan.

ARTWORK
12” x 24”
100% cotton premium canvas on board
Archival acrylic paints with artist quality satin varnish finish.

1 of 1 exclusive original painting.
Each guitar in this collection is only ever painted once.

Accompanied by this original artwork is a Certificate of Authenticity, Reverb collection card with hand-written note, two exclusive custom Kelly Maddocks logo guitar picks and a one-of-a-kind painted business card to match this artwork.

CUSTOM-MADE FRAME
This original artwork is accompanied by a custom-made, Tasman Oak floating frame. Each frame is hand-made in-house by Kelly Maddocks Studios and each is unique in nature, stained in dark oak to complement the artworks colour hues.

SHIPPING

Shipping Australia-wide is free of charge.
International shipping is an additional charge of $30.00AU.

Each piece is packed carefully and shipped via tracked, express courier.
You will receive tracking information once your artwork is dispatched. 

SHIPPING TIMES
Shipped from the studio via tracked, express courier between 9 - 15 November 2026.

This artwork and my artistic practice has no affiliation with Rickenbacker or the John Lennon estate.