RockWall Guitars in Münster has made it its mission to sell select, high-quality guitars and basses.

Specializing in Rickenbacker guitars and basses (authorized Rickenbacker dealer), we also always have instruments from other premium brands in stock . Our motto here is "quality over quantity."

We are based in beautiful Münster in Westphalia. You are welcome to come by and try out your dream guitar by appointment. Personal contact and good advice are very important to us.

Yours
Andreas/ RockWall Guitars

 

 

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Interview with Andreas from RockWall Guitars:

 

How did RockWall Guitars actually come about?
I started playing music and guitar at an early age. But besides making music, I became increasingly fascinated by the instrument itself. I wanted to learn more about how guitars differ and, above all, how they sound. Yes, and that's how I became more and more of a collector. In the process, I often had unpleasant experiences when buying guitars. So I thought to myself, there must be a better way. I wanted to offer guitars in the same way that I would like to buy them. Not only in terms of how the guitar is presented, but also in terms of the transaction and everything that goes with it. To meet this requirement, I now run RockWall Guitars.

 

Why the focus on Rickenbacker?
I bought my first Rickenbacker in the mid/late 90s. It had always been a dream of mine because Per Gessle from Roxette played one. At that time, the dollar had fallen significantly, and I had taken a summer job, so I went for it. It was actually my first really good guitar. It was the Rickenbacker 360 model in Jetglo (black). After that, I never really got away from these instruments and started buying more and more Rickenbacker instruments.
In 2016, the German Rickenbacker distributor visited and was impressed by the abundance of Rickenbacker instruments. Today, RockWall Guitars is one of the few authorized Rickenbacker dealers in Germany.

 

So you don't just make Rickenbackers with RockWall Guitars, do you?
You're right. It all started with Rickenbacker back then, but there are so many other great guitar brands, such as Gibson, Fender, Gretsch, and Duesenberg, to name just the most famous ones.

One of my principles is to only offer guitars of outstanding quality that I personally like. But I also have to feel a certain passion for each guitar, otherwise it won't even make it into my store.
I don't buy guitars just to make money; I have to enjoy what I do, and I have to be fully committed to an instrument before I offer it for sale.

 

Do you also buy used guitars and basses?
Yes, of course. All these great things have to come from somewhere. I also take guitars on commission. Commission means that I sell guitars and basses on behalf of customers, and when a sale is made, you receive your money minus the agreed commission for RockWall Guitars. [Further information on purchasing and commission]

 

As a collector, how difficult is it for you to part with guitars?
It's not easy, but at least I have it sometimes (laughs).
Seriously, I'm not rich, and my uncle isn't called Uncle Ben or anything like that, and I have to earn some money to live on. And secondly, I simply can't and don't want to keep every guitar I like, if only for reasons of space. After all, you can't play them all at the same time anyway. I must humbly say that I am happy to be able to do such a great job that gives me so much pleasure.

 

Why the name RockWall Guitars?
I racked my brains for a long time trying to come up with a name. Then I noticed this brick wall wallpaper in my living room, in front of which several guitars were hanging. So I started photographing the guitars in front of this stone wall wallpaper and came up with the idea of combining the company name with this stone wall wallpaper. BrickWall, Wall Brick, Another Brick in the Wall... RockWall. That seemed to be the magic word, which is also reflected in the guitar photographs.
Since I liked the name so much, my lawyer registered the trademark for me with the Trademark and Patent Office, and we were able to get started with the name "RockWall Guitars. "

 

Do guitars and value investment or capital investment also play a role for your customers?
Yes, the topic of guitars as an investment has become immensely important, at least since the 2008 financial crisis, and the steadily rising value of premium instruments in recent years speaks for itself. The virus crisis since spring 2020 has further fueled this growth in the market in a way I have never seen before. The trend is simply that more and more people want to convert their money into tangible assets, such as precious metals, classic cars, but also high-quality guitars. A guitar of outstanding quality will certainly always have a certain value, and last but not least, it's also fun to play.

 

What is the craziest story you have experienced with RockWall Guitars so far?
I can think of quite a few, but one is particularly beautiful:
A few years ago, a Gibson manager in the Netherlands named Werner came to me to sell one of his Rickenbacker instruments. We got talking and he asked me what my absolute dream guitar would be, the one I would love to own. At that point, it was quite clear to me that it would be a white Rickenbacker 360 with gold pickguards, like the one Per Gessle from Roxette used in the Joyride video, but it was only ever made once, for Per Gessle.

Werner knew the son of the then president of Rickenbacker, Ben Hall, who also worked at Rickenbacker. Werner asked how the white 360 with gold pickguards came about, but unfortunately no one at the factory could remember the guitar.
About a year after these events, I received a picture from Werner of 25 built 360 models in my dream finish. Rickenbacker had actually built this guitar for the first time based on Per Gessle's model. Originally, these were supposed to be delivered to Germany, but unfortunately for me, they ended up going to Japan. The crux of the matter with Japan is that Rickenbacker dealers based there are not allowed to deliver to Europe. After endless inquiries, I finally found a way, and just under two months later, it arrived: the Rickenbacker 360 in Snowglo with a gold pickguard.

A few years later, I was able to purchase another Rickenbacker 360 Snowglo, so I decided to sell my first one, "coincidentally" to a female Roxette fan. We got along extremely well right away, so we drove to Sweden together to attend the "Per Gessle Unplugged" concerts. After the concert, another dream came true: we actually met Per Gessle as he came out of the stage entrance.
Today, I am happily married to this woman, by the way.

Years later, I got in touch with Björn from Stockholm, who runs a music store there. He had arranged the Rickenbacker deal for Roxette in the late 1980s. A total of four different one-off instruments were built for Roxette. Björn is also responsible for this great Roxette poster that hangs in my office today and which I had been searching for for 30 years.

Incidentally, one of the 25 Rickenbacker 360 Snowglo guitars was later signed by Per Gessle. [Here are some photographs]
I am still in contact with Werner today, and I think it's great that we have never lost touch since then.

 

Is there anything else you would like to share with our readers?
A big thank you goes to my family, who have always supported me when it comes to RockWall Guitars, but especially to Per Gessle, without whom this guitar shop would certainly not exist.

~ As of November 2024 ~