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jps wrote:

rickfan60 wrote: Did I miss anything?

'67 Jetglo 4005WB

Please Jeff...you're #1...

if they had titles on guitars like they have on houses, and it showed the sale back then, at $175...then nothing to this day? Kinda like people who bought their homes for $5000 or something...

rickfan60 wrote:For rarity, there are probably a bunch of one-offs out there that have not yet surfaced. Celebrity guitars are a different category - not rare per se.

The ones we know or have some vague idea about:

'67 JG 4005WB owned by Jeff Scott 1
DCM Proto 1
4005LH 2
4001/8 2
4005LS 3
4004 RCA ?
4005/5 ?
4005/6 ?
4005/8 ?
4005/S Blackstar 1?
Shadow 50-60
4004LK 60
DCM 75th 75
Tuxedo 120 (or 125)
Redneck 125 (so says the cert anyway)
Bonafide RM ?
4002 Probably less than 200
4080 Probably less than 200
4001 21fret ?
GF Model ?
Blackstar 200
4001CS 1000


Did I miss anything?

Hey, I've got one on that list!
How rare is my MG 1969 4000?

Ted, I think there is another JG 4005WB. Wasn't there one in that Japanese collection? Let me check, I think I have a pic of it from his website which is no longer in existence.

Did I miss anything?

I thought the rednecks were a run of 38 instruments?

And this might be on the list:
Redneck/8 -> 11 instruments

I remember playing a Blackstar s/5 years ago at "The Bass Player" In sydney and it had one of those funny 5 pole almost Hs reissue pickups. It was kind of like the bass that Darth Vader would play if he was in a cool band!
Should have nabbed it.......

weemac wrote:I remember playing a Blackstar s/5 years ago at "The Bass Player" In sydney and it had one of those funny 5 pole almost Hs reissue pickups. It was kind of like the bass that Darth Vader would play if he was in a cool band!
Should have nabbed it.......

You could build a band around a bass like that!

Then there's the 4003S-8 Redneck. Owned by a forum member.

And somewhere along the line I've heard of a white 4002 that was produced.?? Anyone have any memory of this or was I just dreaming??

Again I ask, does a Left-Handed 4003s 8-String fit in here??? I would really like to know how many of these were produced.
Was mine a special order, or were a certain number of these made???


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The White Zone is for the loading and unloading of passengers only????

I would guess a leftie of any "unusual" model would be pretty rare. I think there was a leftie Tuxedo that changed hands not too long ago, and a righty Redneck 8 that got gobbled up in Germany. The problem is that we have only empirical data on most (except for the certified limited edtions, and even those might be inaccurate) and RIC is not in the position to tell how many of this or that were ever made. Even if full access was allowed, the amount of records to dig through would be staggering. There would be no way to know if you had "all" of the information anyway.

If I can get my book published, there will have to be a lot of hedging; "Believed to be less than a dozen xxxxx were made" or "only a handful of xxxx were finished like this one," etc., will have to suffice for the number hungry out there.

I remember that lefty Tux!

This is the closest that I have to a lefty tux bass...
Well, the bloke who sold it to me said it was a bass!

How's this for a timely listing?

http://cgi.ebay.com/extremely-rare-1966 ... dZViewItem

What!?!?!? Only 60 pictures? I feel shortchanged, somehow...

Seriously, though, you'd almost think that those guys are lurkers here, wouldn't you?

Gosh I hope that 4005WB sells at that price.

sloop_john_b wrote:Gosh I hope that 4005WB sells at that price.

I'd be very surprised...