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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:54 am
by rob
Now that this auction is over and the Emporor left positive feedback, I'll let you know what it was he bought. It was a pickguard from off a Rickenfaker. He thinks it's real! For one, it has silver foil on the back of it where the pot/selector switch holes go for shielding. I don't think Rickenbacker does this on their pickguards.
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:05 am
by sowhat
A nasty boy you are, Rob...
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:21 pm
by rob
Yeah, call me a Polish Jew and send me a picture of a poison gas canister.......
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:37 pm
by sowhat
Well, i'm sure you know how to react to this kind of messages... but to get serious for a moment, the guy may re-sell it as original to an innocent buyer...
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:45 am
by atomic_punk
Count on it.
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:03 am
by jingle_jangle
...or pop it onto one of his San Diego Bitsas.
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:28 am
by phlemmy
was the pickguard listed as a fake/replica?
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:54 pm
by phlemmy
?
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:24 am
by sowhat
Good question, Sean... i second...
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:04 pm
by rob
Rickenbacker Style Pickguard. Since he was quick to bid, and he bid again when someone else bid made me think that he thinks it's real. The thing that gives it away as a fake is the shielding for the control cavity on the back.
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:31 pm
by sowhat
Hmmm... to me, this definitely sounds like "it's not the real thing", but... anyway, i'm not sure he thinks it's real, but that doesn't mean he would never try to sell it as real...
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:55 am
by phlemmy
Hmmm...no matter who was bidding on it, I would have put that I thought that it might be aftermarket.