Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

It seems that this guitar is being offered in a number of auctions on ebay. What do you think, would it gain the most return this way or if it was offered all in one auction ?

Here is the auction for the body, look at sellers other auctions to see the rest.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41439&item=3725894646&rd=1

What on Earth is this guy doing? In one of his auctions he's selling the kluson tuners, but to get the screws you have to win a different auction!

Wouldn't he have gotten much more money for a 1966 360/12 (regardless of the stripped finish) rather than by parting it out??

Parting out guitars is a fairly common practice. In many cases, you can make more money but selling a guitar as parts than you can selling the entire
guitar.

I'm kinda puzzled why someone would bid on the body, but not the jackplate with the serial number.

I know the seller and he has his reasons for doing this, according to what he said to me. He posted the guitar whole, and was insulted by several potential bidders who told him it was a worthless piece of junk as is.

Someone e-mail him and make him a good offer for all of it. He may be willing to end the auction.

I was real interested when I saw "it's A project" in the description. It doesn't look like a project, though - it looks more like a kit that's missing some very expensive parts.

He may well get more for it in toto by parting it out. More power to him, but what works for the seller isn't always a good deal for the buyer. It's very doubtful that a person who buys only the body is getting any kind of a deal at all unless they've got accumulated parts.

Let's do the math:
- tailpiece: $75
- bridge: $80
- pickups: $200
- pickguards: $35
- knobs: $15
- jackplate: ??
- wiring: $40
- tuners: $50
- nut: $50
- fret job: $200
- truss rod cover: ??

That's over $750 more that needs to be spent just to get a playable guitar - and it will still need a refin, won't have some unavailable parts, and can't be completely authenticated. If you value your time at all, and if you're not mechanically adept, it's not clear that the body is worth anywhere near the current $300 bid. You'd be better off buying a complete instrument.

BTW, I don't think I would classify folks who termed this guitar a "worthless piece of junk" as "potential bidders". I think "idiots" would be a more accurate term. It clearly has value - it's just that the pool of people who can realize that value is smaller when the body is sold sans hardware.