This 330 looks very much like a guitar from a store in Adelaide which was sold recently and then resold via ebay, a 2003 model if I am not mistaken. I have played it in the shop a few times over a number of years, very nice colour. It did have one issue with a very deep nick (almost a knife cut) in the 4 or 5th fret right under the G string, which put me off, plus the massive price mark up this particular store applies to its stock.
I believe this is the reason it did not sell for years. The last time I saw it, a pretty radical fret job had been performed on it, certainly no more cut evident in the fret. As a result the frets looked very flat almost jumbo, but it still appeared to have some wear left in it.
Hope you got a good deal on it.
I ended up import/buying a brand new Ric from the Asia-Pacific distributor before the credit crunch impact, at a fraction the stores asking price/s. This store was asking AUD$9500.00 a month ago for a 360/12C63, any takers. I hope RIC keep the current Asia/Pacific (Japan) distributor arrangement in place, at least it provides an alternative source to protect against this sort of situation
More pics when I can nab the camera from my lovely wife....
