Circa 1935 Rickenbacher "Model B" Bakelite Steel Chromeguards - SoldThis is an early Chrome pickguard variant of the other later Ricky Steel we have! Rare to see 2 in a store, but we just love them! The BEST sounding Steel going around, heavy, Solid bakelite construction with a powerful pickup that makes Tube Amps pay attention! Prewar, with what was soon to become a politically incorrect brand name, (WW 2 was around the corner) causing the company owner Adolf Rickenbacher to change the spelling of his surname to the

Minimal playing wear

Gone - but contact us for other fine Les Pauls

It has all the case candy that came with it and the condition is mint

It is difficult to tell the difference with these guitars

an Amp and an Echo unit and this was one of the successful ones over many years…Yes

"Made exclusively for Schoenberg Guitars by CF Martin & Co" says the Brass Plaque inside the guitar on the neckblock

What the pics don't tell you is how much "spank" it has tonally

With their 17” wide body

headstock  script and in the ebony fretboard markers

For one year only and in very low numbers

According to Schoenberg records

Here's an unusual Gibson model