62 Foot Cheap Trick Guitar Crushing It At Hard Rock
Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick will have his signature black and white checkerboard guitar immortalized in a 62 foot model that will reside in Rick’s hometown, Rockford, Illinois. The giant…
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Hard Rock InternationalRick Nielsen of Cheap Trick will have his signature black and white checkerboard guitar immortalized in a 62 foot model that will reside in Rick's hometown, Rockford, Illinois. The giant Cheap Trick guitar will live in front of the Hard Rock Casino.
The exact measurements, according the mystateline.com, out the guitar at 62 feet and 10-inches tall, and 38 feet and 6-inches wide. The guitar should be in place before the Rockford Hard Rock's grand opening on August 29th, 2024.
Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesRick Nielsen playing his signature black and white checkerboard guitar. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Blackbird Productions)
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Neilsen's 400+ Cheap Trick Guitars
Rick has an insane guitar collection. He's sold guitars to Jeff Beck, Paul McCartney and lots of other rock and rollers. Check out RickNeilsen.com for an entire section dedicated to his Cheap Trick guitar collection.
Rick Nielsen has one of the largest and most impressive guitar collections out there. Gibson did an entire episode of their show "The Collection" dedicated to Rick Nielsen and his Cheap Trick guitars.
Rick's collection includes three Gibson ‘Korina’ Flying V guitars made in the late 1950s. Less than 50 were made. They are among the rarest guitars in the world. ’59 Sunburst Les Pauls, EMS 1235 Double Necks, and ’59 TV Juniors are all a part of Rick's guitar collection that he has massed over the last 50+ years.
