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Here is something I'm pretty sure there will be limited demand for.
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Omphalos wrote:Here is something I'm pretty sure there will be limited demand for.
I saw that. I want it, but I wouldn't pay much money for it.
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i can't play guitar. Or afford that one. But I loves me some BSG. :D
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These are the kind of things people look at in 10-15 years and ask "why?" :)
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GamePlayer wrote:These are the kind of things people look at in 10-15 years and ask "why?" :)
More like, "what can I get on ebay for it now?
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That price is actually pretty reasonable all things considered, assuming it doesn't go way up. A standard American Strat streets for about $1100 - $1200, and even though it's not actually master built (which would have it starting at probably $3000) the fact that it was customized by two master builders does put the price up a fair bit, signatures don't really add much if anything though. As a collector item it's probably priced about right at anything under 3K.

I wouldn't buy it though, I prefer a guitar I can play without looking like a goof (I would like one of those sans-paintjob though...)
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What AToE said, a nice guitar messed up completely.

If you want an American classic you should go to the company who invented the electric guitar and get something like this.
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That's a bass guitar.
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Omphalos wrote:That's a bass guitar.
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Omphalos wrote:That's a bass guitar.
Yip, you’re right there. Or to be more exact it is a converted Rickenbacker 4000 Bass Guitar. :)
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inhuien wrote:
Omphalos wrote:That's a bass guitar.
Yip, you’re right there. Or to be more exact it is a converted Rickenbacker 4000 Bass Guitar. :)
I had a hunch that was the same inhuien I saw on some Rickenbacker forums! I'm saving pennies for a nice Ricky semi-hollow six string some day.


I was unaware however that they produced the first electric, are we counting the old jazz hollowbodies with the neck P/Us? Or are you talking solidbody? I was pretty sure Les Paul beat them there but I could be wrong....
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It was a solid bodied guitar type thing dubbed the frying pan, It’s more of a lap/Hawaiian affair than what we'd think of as an electric guitar but close enough to prevent anyone else being granted a patent.

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And guilty as charged re ric.com & rrf, it’s a fair cop. Did you post there as well?
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inhuien wrote:It was a solid bodied guitar type thing dubbed the frying pan, It’s more of a lap/Hawaiian affair than what we'd think of as an electric guitar but close enough to prevent anyone else being granted a patent.

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And guilty as charged re ric.com & rrf, it’s a fair cop. Did you post there as well?
Okay, I remember that guitar now, I'd forgotten that was by Rickenbacker (the pics aren't working for me though, I just remember the frying pan) - and no, I never posted there. After someone asked how to pronounce your name I figured I'd google it and see if it meant anything, T(A)U, Jacurutu and Rickenbacker sites where all that I found. Does it mean anything?
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Nope, not really. The only thing it means is I’m so unimaginative to still be using the same user name for the last… well forever .

Here are the links direct
http://www.rickenbacker.com/images/hs-patent.jpg
http://www.rickenbacker.com/images/hs-fryingpan.jpg
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Star Dust wrote:One word.

Creston

http://www.crestonguitars.com/gallery/index.php
They look like the usual Fender copies... are they of very high quality or have some kind of secret under them thar paint jobs?
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A Thing of Eternity wrote:
Star Dust wrote:One word.

Creston

http://www.crestonguitars.com/gallery/index.php
They look like the usual Fender copies... are they of very high quality or have some kind of secret under them thar paint jobs?
I like the colors. Seriously, I don't play anything. Wish I did, but I don't.
But, all my alt-country friends love these. They're custom made by this
dude in NY somewhere. Seems there's a waiting list if you want one. I
have no idea on price range, but I'm pretty sure you can expect to pay 2k,
give or take.

But like I said, I like the paint job. I mean, looking good has got to count, no? ;)
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