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$2900.00 BIN!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=7306727121&rd=1

I was ready to jump until I saw it was in Japan. I'd hate to see what the shipping and customs charges would be.

Do I see a 375F in the background?

Nothing wrong with Japan. Many great US guitars found their way to Tokyo back during "The Bubble Years" (1985-93). Back then the guitar stores near Ochanomizu/Honda or Shinjuku were like guitar museums... with prices easily double prices back in NYC.

My big surprise was that they were not trying to sell the 4001CS up in Tokyo. Maybe the Japanese "guitar bubble" popped?

Ahem-

****Unfortunately, there's no certificate, but as I bought it from the manufacturer, it cannot be an imitation.****

I suppose from the serial number you can trace that it's not a fake or otherwise tampered with, but if I were spending the nearly $3K on a guitar, I'd want the damned certificate.

But at $1900.00, I'll take one with or without the COA.

Really, You dont play the certificate anyway.

I understand what both Jeff and Scott are saying...and if you could win that auction for $2K then maybe the COA is not that important. But these guitars are already heady collectables. Doesn't having the COA make them more valuable?

Now, if you're like me, and never get rid of a guitar and buy an axe to play it, then the collectable value means less...and you can confirm that it's an actual CS via the serial number.

I still think it's a little fishy that the documentation is "lost"...

I bought a 4003SPC Tuxedo that didn't have a COA....but it came with a letter from Rickenbacker saying it was an actual Tux per the serial #. That was good enough for me but I also don't get how so many of the COA's are lost......if you buy a collectible bass you'd think you'd keep track of the paperwork .

I doubt all these were bought off store walls as collectables. Without Squire's name on it, I still think it's good looking. Back when these could be picked up in stock for a grand, I'm sure many were picked up as players. Musicians and the music business can be a funny thing. When you look at some of the drug induced mods that pop up from time to time, is it any wonder that things get lost besides brain cells?

I've "lost" the COA for my CS many times, and usually come across it when I'm cleaning out a closet or something, in fact I don't know where it is right now!

Sure is cool to own a Lefty CS... Only one I know to exist.

I hear there were 3 or 4 built. however?

This whole thread has inspired me to find my Blackstar certificate which I have filed somewhere at my office and photocopy it.

Q: I notice the recent seller of a Blackstar got a confirmation letter without a certificate. Just what is that? How is is done? (Yeah, you can guess why I am asking.)

Ronn, did you order your lefty CS with right-hand stringing?

That's what he plays, John, apparently he learnt on a righty upside down.