My latest - it wasn't a "model 430"!

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:33 pm

This one just arrived today. A few weeks ago I found an ad for a "model 430" in red with black trim, and correctly guessed it actually was one of these:

A Model 320 Red, ZI (September 1986) date code. Overall good shape (it needs a good cleaning), fretboard perfect shape, on the back there are some minor dings and a couple of marks that I think I can buff out, and the blend knob is missing its aluminum top insert. But the black bridge cover is there! Non-original HSC, as the seller said that the case it had (which may or may not have been the original one) was beat up badly. Not a bad deal for something one doesn't see too often.

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:39 pm

Did you get it for 430 price Gary?

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:12 pm

Not really, it was $840 with sales tax and shipping, a bit more than what a 430 would run nowadays. Not a bad price, though, for a 320 in an atypical color, I'd say!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:28 pm

Very nice Gary, congrats and enjoy it.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:41 pm

Very striking and unusual instrument, Doctor. This is #43, I take it?

Does it have the model number on the TRC?

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:07 am

It's #41, as my "head count" included this one and the 4003S/5 SPC that I'll be getting today (#42).

It doesn't have the model number on the TRC; I'll have to check to see whether my silver 320 has it (also a black trim guitar).

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:29 am

Just curious; it appears as though the model # TRCs were a fling in the earlier '80s.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:22 pm

and 70s too.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:54 pm

I wasn't sure about the exact dates, JW; thanks for beginning to set me straight.

What were they, ennyway?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:56 pm

Gary, if you're counting those which haven't landed yet, Aitch has filled his house, and I've got the most comprehensive Capri collection on the planet! LOL of course...

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 3:04 pm

Yeah..... and another one added yesterday! You do mean Ford Capri, don't you Paul? (smiley so small you can't see it)

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:43 pm

Actually, I looked at my from-memory sheet earlier today and realized that I had not included the 380L PZ, the 4003 Shadow, or the 4002 AUT (how'd I miss that?), so I think my count is off by three, making the current in-hand count 44 (the 4003S/5 SPC didn't arrive today, I'll get it Monday

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melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:00 am

Congrats on yet another Ric, Gary....

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:32 pm

Just between you and me, Melissa, I picked up another one on Friday. 650D!

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:56 pm

Let's see it, Aitch!

Some on the Forum have compared their sound to that of a Les Paul.... Cool!

Wow, your collection has really been growing fast lately! Congrats!