Rick Nielsen Autographs
Richard Alan Nielsen (born December 22, 1948) is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and leader of the rock band Cheap Trick. He is well-known for his numerous custom-made guitars from Hamer Guitars, including his famous five-neck guitar.
Nielsen was born into a musical family, with both parents being opera singers. His father, Ralph Nielsen, also directed symphonies, choirs and recorded over forty solo albums. During Rick's teens, the family owned a music store in Rockford, Illinois, and he learned to play a number of instruments. After playing drums for six years, Rick changed direction, learning how to play guitar and keyboards.
His first school band was The Phaetons, which mutated into The Grim Reapers (which later included Tom Petersson in its line up). The Grim Reapers became Fuse which released one poorly received studio album before disbanding in 1970. Nielsen joined Nazz for a short time (replacing Todd Rundgren) before forming the short-lived Sick Man of Europe in Philadelphia in 1972 with Tom Petersson, and drummer Bun E. Carlos joining soon after. In 1973, Nielsen, together with Carlos, formed Cheap Trick. Petersson joined later that year, and Robin Zander joined in the fall of 1974. Nielsen wrote almost all of the songs for Cheap Trick's first few albums.
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Current items with a signature of Rick Nielsen
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Traded items with a signature of Rick Nielsen
The most expensive item with a signature of Rick Nielsen (HAMER Rick Nielsen Model Electric Guitar Cheap Trick Signature JP) was sold in November 2025 for $2,525.86 while the cheapest item (CHEAP TRICK - RICK NIELSEN band signature logo guitar pick -(W-D8)) found a new owner for $0.01 in May 2021. The month with the most items sold (60) was December 2025 with an average selling price of $82.99 for an autographed item of Rick Nielsen. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2019 with $299.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.99 was January 2022. In average, an autographed item from Rick Nielsen is worth $82.99.
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