Nice old Electro good BIN price -$550

teb · Post by **teb** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:46 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rickenbacker-Electro-ES-17-FG-Same-as-425-for-less_W0QQitemZ7371002417QQcategoryZ41439QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 5:50 am

Gone in a flash! Nice guitar. Did someone here get it?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 5:52 am

Mr. John Minutagio, Forum member.

teb · Post by **teb** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 6:43 am

What's it really worth? I sat there and thought about pulling the trigger on it, but I'm not much of a vintage guitar collector and cosmetically that huge hunk of pickguard kind of bugs me, so I passed. I figured that it was underpriced but had no clue whether it was by $50 or a lot more.

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:27 am

A great buy IMO.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:29 am

Very nice.... I've got one like it, but mine has a few more dings and scratches in it..... Congrats, John!

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 8:13 am

Nice, I would of pulled the trigger if I would have seen it in time.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 8:14 am

The prices on these and the corresponding Ryder variants have been going up - like all Rick prices (!) - so $550 was a good buy. Congrats, John!

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:33 am

I thought about it also. Could have sent it to Curmudge for a refin, but as Todd said, not much to refin with that massive pickguard.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:19 pm

It's the companion to my ES-16, except standard length scale. Outside of that, they could be twins. The burst on the back is particularly beautiful.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:51 pm

It's gotta be worth more than $550! I don't really like big pickguards but it's a neat piece. In good shape too. I bet it sounds pretty cool as well.