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only on the 'bay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2375574551&category=4713

If I had 10K- 4002/5 LTD Ed Spirit of 76 RIC Annv Model, hand delivered...

You could buy alot of nice ricks for 10k.

Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop sniffin' glue...

I'm gonna bid 500 for it.

10K.. right.

Someone e-mail the seller and say, "....I don't want FIVE of them...." LOL

This is seriously getting out of hand. When I bought mine over a year ago, I thought that 2 grand was too much! Little do I know. This guy needs a serious reality check. Looks like he hasn't changed the strings in about 10 years, either. See ya next year when your BIN price is gonna be $15,000! What a moron...

yeah, his description (diatribe) is a little heavy handed & unnecessarily angry.

Grrrr.....

Hell, I could probably get Chris Squire to come to my house for 10K.

Mine's worth $50,000.

So it says the item will NOT be relisted, instead it will be put back to gain even more value...
I wonder if that turns out to be true or not...
I guess I haven't done my "homework" as he refers to it, but I don't see why #22 is worth five times what #800 is worth? But it only takes one sucker with a lot of $ to make for a fancy payday, so I wish hime luck...

For me ... I'd rather have a 4001v63 than a 4001CS ... also I'd rather have a v63 than a c64 ... as a player I think it looks tacky to preform with some other bass player's signature model ...

I have a cream colored Ric ... but it is a 4003s5 with black trim ... not a Squire model ... and I have a black jazz bass with block inlays ... but it is a five string and it has a different pickguard and pickups than a Geddy Lee model ...

I could see #1 or #1000 having some significance for someone, but a low number doesn't mean jack to me.

I like my CS, and it may have better long term investment value than a v63 would have. Since this and my other "player's" models are just a part of my collection, I don't worry about playing out with them. In the case of my Fenders, they had mods that I prefer, like the Badass bridges and better feeling necks, so it made sense to buy both a collector's piece and and instrument that I didn't need to modify myself.

That said, not all signature models appeal to me, which makes their value a lot less.

Jeff,
I understand how you feel, as I had a down payment on a Squire, which I think was number #66 in the series, and was ready to buy it. But it had a big chip in the paint next to the bridge, I already had a v63 Mapleglo, and I badly needed to upgrade my amplifier and speakers, so had the store apply the money to an amp purchase. I've kicked myself for doing that ever since, hey I could be $9,500 richer now!

I could probably refinish my 4001 to look just like his and it would cost less than 10K. Much less.

I think I read a post quite a while back, that mentioned some neck problems with the earlier CS models anyway. My mapleglow V63 does the CS vibe just fine.

He's fishing. There's no way he'll even get his $5000 reserve. For that much, you can have a mint '64 4001S. For $10,000 you may be able to get a '64 Rick signed by Chris Squire himself.