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bassduke49 wrote: I'm cheering that they have finally decided on a different tailpiece/bridge (looks like an ABM to me).

Schaller 3D-5 bridge, they say in post...

bassduke49 wrote: Does anyone know what they are using for the model designation on this? It's not really a reintroduction of the 4003S/5, but will they call it that?

According to the FB post, yes,: 4003S/5

Easy to lose in the look at the new 5er: Matte black finish to be available on 4003 and 330 models.

https://www.facebook.com/ricguitars/pho ... 46/?type=3

For $16K I'd want the proprietor to be able to pronouce the name correctly!

This is compounded by the fact that the model year of the RIC instrument makes a difference, as they've only gotten more tolerant in the recent years, but anything we publish has to apply to all instruments. If you know what model year / tension is acceptable, why not tell the consumer? and if the ...

To go with your analogy, if GM insisted that only Pirellis should be fitted to their cars in order to maintain warranty, there'd be an uproar. No that is not a good analogy. Here is a better one. Actually, the first analogy is much better. And, no disrespect, your analogy is terrible. Look, Rickenb...

Is not an advantage of dual rods that adjustments can be made more to a player's liking - one rod tweaked to bring one side more in line to taste and somewhat independently of the other? I mean, not just an improved remedy to a potential neck twist?

From FB: Noir, one dealer priced it at $2700, 25 made, shipping soon.

Beautiful.

So, "not a one off"... assuming, then, a limited run?

Street price guess? $2400?

The OP did not mislabel. There was a post on Rickenbacker's FB page with that photo and the caption "The Blackbirds are coming" (since edited). Was referring to the facebook poster of April 2013, didnt use the term "OP." I can say firsthand that that teaser is having the desired...

That's, essentially, a 5 string Blackstar. That's what I figured - with there actually being the small dot fret markers, just hard to see in the low res photo. The bridge looks chrome but hard to tell. I'm sure it's a decently passed around photo (I mean, McCartney stuff doens't go unnoticed) and t...

This? (Which I don't know anything about but think the poster mislabled.)

Investigate the marketplace and appraisal sections here. I'm not sure how they work, never had the opportunity, myself. You say you've never sold an expensive piece of gear on eBay, but are you an experienced seller in other 'stuff'? I mean, eBay can be great and give good value, it can be a real mi...

He's doing quite well for himself... already in profit zone, assuming pickups and harness work correctly and don't come back to him as returns. He'll make hundreds off the whole thing eventually, if the completed (sold) eBay auctions of his are all from the same guitar. If he sells that hulk of the ...