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Thanks all for your input.

Here are some more pics. I guess it should be refinished. The guy that originally owned it must have played it for hours and hours a day. There are divots in the fretboard and the finish on the back of the neck and the top-back of the body is worn. I bought it in Edmonton, Alberta.

I didn't play it ...

How would I go about determining a value on my guitar? I've searched the year and model and I haven't found anything.

Hey Ron -

Thanks for the comments. Oops, that was a typo on the year. The year of manufacture was 1966. CJ thought it was an RM1997. (Bear with me, I just learned today that some ric's have a 4 digit model number). I bought this guitar in Canada, if that makes any difference (the case that it came ...

Hey Graham -

The S/N is fi2911.

Hey All -

Attached is a pic of a Ric that I bought years ago (whammy bar is not on the guitar in this pic). From what I can tell so far it's a model RM 1997 that was produced in Sept 1996. Can anyone shed anymore light on this? I've done some searches, but I haven't found out much. Thanks.