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Thanks for the heads up, Darren... bidding wars are not my thing, so I'll keep an eye out to see where the prices go. It's not exactly a "must have", I just thought it would be neat to have with the guitar. http://archives.rickresource.com/clipart/happy.gif And thanks much for your kind words ...

No worries John, I greatly appreciate your feedback. I've been playing for a long time, but am a complete newbie to Rickenbacker ownership; this is the first REALLY NICE guitar I've ever owned. So, any tips from serious Rickenbacker "disciples" such as yourself are most certainly welcome. http ...

Actually, I have one other question, although this one's comparatively silly... how difficult is it to find an original green polishing cloth? I know I can get a new one for 2 bucks, no biggie, but it would be nice to have the "original" with the guitar.

(And thanks much to Melissa and Gary for ...

Hi John-

The pickguard is indeed an opaque white Plexiglas piece, and has a stress fracture by one of the pickup mounting screws:

http://109lair.hobbyvista.com/pshop/450/45009.jpg

The earlier pics I posted were somewhat overexposed, due to my having the black guitar against a dark blue ...

Hi guys-

I laid out the guitar and took some shots just a short while ago; nothing creative yet, just some overall and detail pics. I'll get to work in Photoshop to get something a bit more creative in the Gallery, though. http://archives.rickresource.com/clipart/happy.gif

Here's an overall ...

Thanks much for the kind welcome, guys! I'm still somewhat in shock that I even own it... I found it in a damn flea market, of all places, near here in Virginia Beach. The guy who ran that booth *sort of* knew what he had- he said the FD code meant it was made in August 66 (close, but wrong... April ...

First of all, allow me to introduce myself... my name is Lynn Ritger, and I've been a Rickenbacker fan for years. Thanks to the info I found here on the board and on the RickResource site, I decided to pick up a positively mint 1966 450/12 in Jetglo with original case AND strap (serial FD 1166 ...