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Topic: Pre-War Ricky on eBay |
Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 24 Feb 2002 9:29 pm |
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For those of you still seeking that pre-war Rick, there is one now on eBay for just $450
and the seller says it's basically original except for the tuning pegs. Now's your chance |
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 25 Feb 2002 7:26 am
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| Caution: This is NOT a bakelite, it's a steel bodied guitar. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 25 Feb 2002 11:25 am
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| Actually, how might one describe it? |
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Ian McLatchie
From:
Sechelt, British Columbia
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Posted 25 Feb 2002 5:53 pm
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| How to describe it? A complete waste of money! Rusted and heavily scratched, with replacement knobs and an extra hole drilled through the top, no case - for $450? Forget it! Surely this must be a planted bid. |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 25 Feb 2002 6:52 pm
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This is the guitar in question. What a piece of junk. I rarely comment on other people's attempts to sell lap steels through eBay, but I pity the fool who buys this one at that price.
"Killer vintage patina" - heh.
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A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 25 Feb 2002 8:46 pm
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That guitar has had to see better days.....
And, there ought to be a law to prosecute anyone that would do that to a guitar.
And.......$450.00, as a starting bid? Surely the seller must be a comedian, right?
Or, does the public in general take steel guitarists to be little more than dummies?
Can't wait to see what the hi bid is going to be. |
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anewcomb
From:
Astoria NY
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Posted 26 Feb 2002 8:45 am
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This ebay one looks like a mess, but I have a prewar model 59 that is kind of nice. Has a loud wide-magnet pickup and has newspapers inside from '38. The jack is on the bass string side so you need to use an angle plug.
Here's what a new one looked like (I think the picture came from Rickenback company page.)
 [This message was edited by anewcomb on 26 February 2002 at 08:49 AM.] |
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