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Kinda like a RIC Custom Shop, as long as you like the results.

Some Ebay auctions can be far more exciting than any sportgame.

winning bid : $10200

somebody really really wanted a wider neck 12

wim wrote: winning bid : $10200

somebody really really wanted a wider neck 12

Apparently there were two bidders who really, really wanted it. The next highest bidder was at $3920.

That extra .125 inch of nutwidth was worth $6K (along, of course, with the other unique goodies on this guitar)! Now there's something to leverage!

Introducing: the 360/12C63 SPC !

That just boggles my mind...I'm boggled!

kelly wrote:That just boggles my mind...I'm boggled!

If boggled means having a lump in your throat and a 1000-mile stare, I'm sure the winner of this auction is somewhat boggled, too.

I don't recall a RIC factory outlet one-off ever going for five figures.

Yeah, I guess I just never imagined a non-celebrity owned Rickenbacker could ever fetch that kind of price. Its really boggling!

Well that should make Eric happy.

winston wrote:Well that should make Eric happy.

Nice end of year bonus?

jps wrote:

winston wrote:Well that should make Eric happy.

Nice end of year bonus?

Nah nothing like that. Eric was given the gears over that guitar by a few people. The price it sold for says it all IMO.

Amen to that. Now watch all of "those people" drown in sour grape juice...

what a gift for Rickenbacker. This is the ultimate market research on how much people want a 660-style neck on a 330/360 body. And, consider it has the black hardware and binding, which is not as popular as the traditional-style hardware and binding. Wide neck hollow body 12s, MAKE IT HAPPEN!

I guess its time to paint my wide-neck 360's white and fish out some black hardware from the parts bin...

jsm610 wrote:I guess its time to paint my wide-neck 360's white and fish out some black hardware from the parts bin...

libratune wrote:

wim wrote: winning bid : $10200

somebody really really wanted a wider neck 12

Apparently there were two bidders who really, really wanted it. The next highest bidder was at $3920.

That extra .125 inch of nutwidth was worth $6K (along, of course, with the other unique goodies on this guitar)! Now there's something to leverage!

Introducing: the 360/12C63 SPC !

Very interesting bidding....sort of creeps up to just over $4K, then a jump to $10K....Why would anyone more than double an existing bid?