The attack of "Olivia"

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I'm not interested in a single one; not a lefty in sight. :(
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I'm a huge fan of the 1997 and '66 360/12, myself. If I had the money, I'd buy them in a heartbeat!
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Im liking the 660 BBR MMMmmm.
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Did anyone see the 4080 last night on Ebay with the BIN price of $3999.00? Olivia's got that one to. Item number: 170178978618
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wmthor wrote:I'm not interested in a single one; not a lefty in sight. :(
I'm with you Richard. Right handers don't know what it's like to see those incredible guitars and not be able to do anything about it. :(
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aceonbass wrote:Did anyone see the 4080 last night on Ebay with the BIN price of $3999.00? Olivia's got that one to. Item number: 170178978618
FG w/BT. :drool:

More power to Olivia's...for the rest of us, we snooze we lose.
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The 1968 "370" on eBay really caught my eye, naturally. It's my favorite model. It has some of the best birdseye maple I've seen on a Rick in a long time. The pictures do it justice. However, the picture of the inside of the control cavity depicted a hole that's kind of hard to dig your way out of. Clearly marked in black ink was "365". Not too many original 370's from that time period, but I reckon the number of retrofits out there is equal to the original population, which is truly a handful of guitars. Heck, McGuinn's first "370/12" began life as a stock 1964 360/12. If I had five grand to splurge on a 1960's 370, breaking out the screwdriver to look inside the body would be a top priority, before making a deal. For all we know, it might have been a factory upgrade not long after the guitar was built. Some of the ex-factory people might have a better perspective than I do, but that's my theory. Perhaps the folks at Olivia should do a little more research, to avoid awkward situations, like control cavity searches. :lol:
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37012mgvp wrote:The 1968 "370" on eBay really caught my eye, naturally. It's my favorite model. It has some of the best birdseye maple I've seen on a Rick in a long time. The pictures do it justice. However, the picture of the inside of the control cavity depicted a hole that's kind of hard to dig your way out of. Clearly marked in black ink was "365". Not too many original 370's from that time period, but I reckon the number of retrofits out there is equal to the original population, which is truly a handful of guitars. Heck, McGuinn's first "370/12" began life as a stock 1964 360/12. If I had five grand to splurge on a 1960's 370, breaking out the screwdriver to look inside the body would be a top priority, before making a deal. For all we know, it might have been a factory upgrade not long after the guitar was built. Some of the ex-factory people might have a better perspective than I do, but that's my theory. Perhaps the folks at Olivia should do a little more research, to avoid awkward situations, like control cavity searches. :lol:
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They seem to want to raise the profile of the vintage Ric market, and, increase values as well.
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How gosh-darned self-serving is that? :wink:
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aceonbass wrote:Did anyone see the 4080 last night on Ebay with the BIN price of $3999.00? Olivia's got that one to. Item number: 170178978618
I just missed the BIN :twisted:
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I tried to contact that seller a few times about one or two of their basses, they NEVER RESPONDED and that was THROUGH the Ebay system.

NOTHING turns me off of a seller faster than not responding to a question. :evil:
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ajish4 wrote:I tried to contact that seller a few times about one or two of their basses, they NEVER RESPONDED and that was THROUGH the Ebay system.

NOTHING turns me off of a seller faster than not responding to a question. :evil:
Same here, Tony.
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Unless I go to the "My eBay" section, I never have any idea that I have messages waiting as I don't get emails sent to me letting me know. I'm sure it's just a setting I need to change, but I imagine that many people are set the same way.
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Either way, if you're selling tens of thousands of dollars worth of guitars on EBAY, then you should be checking your EBAY messages.
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