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Wow is the word. This one's on its 4th ride thru ebay, this time $1K less on the BIN.

Takes a special kind of buyer . . .
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Hahaha... Yeah, it is pricy, but it IS gold plated, he thinks. First time I've seen it on the bay.
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That ought to go in the RIC museum.
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Re: WOW!! I would say "whoa"

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OK, stop drooling and fawning.

1. I would like to preface this post, to those of you who know me through this board and those of who might be here for the first time, by saying that the early history of Rick lap steel guitars is very poorly documented.
2 ten years ago I thought I had an in depth knowledge of this subject.
3. since then I have learned much more, and I have cone to realize, that the more I learn, the less that depth of knowledge becomes.
4. I own three prewar frypans and have seen and played many more.
5. I have bought at least one lap steel from the seller of this instrument and consider him to be a very knowledgeable and honorable man.
6. There is little doubt in my mind that this is an excellent example of a prewar A22.

Given all that, there are a few things that don't seem quite right about this spectacular looking piece.
1. I don't think it's really gold plated, as evidenced by what appears to be a white metal appearance of the inside of the top of the headstock and the upper back of the headsoock and what can be seen of the inside of the pickup routing.
2. The fret board position markers appear to be holes extending from the surface into the hollow neck.
3. The logo plate appears to be completely gold plated. The mounting screws are not.
4. The three on a plate tuners don't quite fit exactly right.

From my perspective the only Frypans worth $5K are the very early model A25s.
I wouldn't go much over $2k for this one in an auction.

Sorry about the rant. I never did know when to shut up.
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jimk wrote:That ought to go in the RIC museum.
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