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http://cgi.ebay.com/L-K-REFUBISHED-RICKENBACKER-330-6STR-W-OR-RIC-CASE_W0QQitemZ7394195432QQcategoryZ41439QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Quite a story!

I have no idea why people invest so much time into such things, and then try to turn around and sell them. If it's as great as he says, and he took it on as his own personal project, why not keep it ? I don't think another person would find it to be so special, it's not a true Ric. Just silly ...

Yeah, surrrrre.

The guitar is probably a RIFF or something nice like that. The body does not look right. Also, since when is a 24-fret 330 inside a case that is clearly '60s? I smell "I have a Riff and want to sell it".

This is such BS. Those guards are not real RIC and I seriously doubt the bridge is. The more I look at this the worse it looks. And if the body finish is original, why is the soundhole painted black inside? What a crock.

I agree but the R tailpiece and the 12 string Vintage style truss rod cover look legit.

How can you tell the pick guards are not real RIC?

By the way, where is the 5th knob ?

Looks as if the peghead leans back awfully far, angled more like a Gibson/Epi. Could be phenomenoms of photography, but this guitar doesn't look right in most of its pictures.
And the upper tier scratchplate looks crazy!

>>where is the 5th knob ?

Yup... THAT is the question of the day.

Why are there no shots of the neck--which would be any serious buyer's major area of concern?

Ash, BTW, varies widely in quality and hardness. Some (old growth) is so hard that it rivals oak for weight and difficulty of working. New (farm grown) ash from the Midwest can be nearly as light as balsa, and although it has a nice grain, is not strong enough for a guitar neck.

Not only that, but unless the neck is built up like a Rick neck out of several pieces, there's a good chance of warpage down the line.

This is, of course, taking this listing's veracity as an assumption.

R tailpieces and TRCs can be purchased. And, of course, the black paint inside the soundhole is suspect.

The seller explains that he did not like the 5th knob so he rewired it without. The neck is also supposed to be homemade so in his fantasy world that justifies any neck silliness.

The upper guard has not curves at all. All bends are sharp. Not RIC.

The 12-string vintage TRC and the R are real. So the guitar is worth about $300 with the case, optimistically speaking.

The location of the controls is wrong, and the fretboard is the wrong species of wood and is unvarnished...His comment about the bolt-on neck is nonsense, as some serious work would have to be done in the heel area to make this work. Almost easier to do a glue-in neck replacement.

Hoist the sails ... its keelhauling time.

I like the part where he plains that the guy who replced the neck was a "master craftman"....the next line tries to explain the bolt on neck, lol.

That's because nobody is called a "Master Boltsman".