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Topic: Over Under For This Rick On EBay? |
David Soreff
From:
North Las Vegas, NV
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Posted 16 Jun 2009 7:29 pm |
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Just taking friendly wagers on what the final price might end up being on this:
Link to auction on eBay.
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 16 Jun 2009 7:38 pm It really depends how bad a bidder might want it............
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Only a bidder can determine what 'they' think the item is worth.
My guess: $550-$750.00...........a bit high on the end in my opinion. I've seen a couple of them go for considerably higher; some for considerably less. |
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 16 Jun 2009 9:32 pm
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Back in the fourties, in So Calif. this was the model Rickenbacher played by super player Ralph Miele. He was an excellent Hawaiian player and also played Western Swing with many of the So. Calif. Western Swing Bands. This is the first picture I have seen of this all chrome model.
Ralph always got a super tone on it and could really tear up "Little Rock Getaway".
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Ben Elder
From:
La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2009 9:49 pm Come on DOWN
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I'm sitting here at work literally, in the literal meaning of literally, just below the "Price Is Right" Studio 33, CBS Television City, Los Angeles. My highest bid without going over is $899, Bob....I mean, Drew.
Wait--the amp, too? (Clean Silver Hawaiian, pre-war, OHSC) $1050. And that's too low but we're in a Deprecession.
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Steve Hamill
From:
California, USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2009 5:04 am Gc
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Theres good condition Silver Hawaiian at the Guitar Center in Concord CA. I stop in every now and then to play it. They are asking 1299.00 with case. I have been tempted to offer $800, but I don't really need it. My B7 has cured a lot of lap GAS!
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Al Terhune
From:
Newcastle, WA
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Posted 17 Jun 2009 7:43 am
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I couldn't find it, but I would almost bet this is the same set that sold on ebay for $1,500 just a few weeks ago. Completely mint, it appears.
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Al
My equipment:
One heck of a Wife
The ghost of a red Doberman
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 17 Jun 2009 1:52 pm
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I think the coolest things in that auction are the case, the tuners, the pickup, and the badge on the amp.
Seriously, I've owned several amps and guitars like that, the amps are mediocre at best and any pre-war bakelite blows away any Silver Hawaiian....nice case though. |
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Billy Tonnesen
From:
R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 17 Jun 2009 2:28 pm
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| When Leo Fender came out with the 15" Speaker Amps with plenty of watts behind them, it was a Godsend for Steel Guitarists. Most Amps before Fender were 12" Speakers and pretty gutless for playing in big Dance Halls and Auditoriums. If you cranked them up to their full power you usually got distortion especially on the bass strings. Back in the early days there was no "Board" where a soundman could conrol the volume and mix the sound of the Band. |
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Robert Salomone
From:
Carefree, Arizona
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Posted 18 Jun 2009 12:08 pm
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Great looking Silver Hawaiian, clean ones are getting hard to come by, and when you consider the pittance it costs to get a clean one versus one that's been dragged behind the gravel truck it's a no brainer. My guess; it will bring $1200. or more.
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 19 Jun 2009 3:05 am
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Did anyone notice the seller's screen name?
Kind of ironic. |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 19 Jun 2009 5:40 am
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The excellent condition of this set should bring out the deep-pocket collectors, even in bad times.
I'll guess $1550. |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 20 Jun 2009 4:11 pm
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I worked one one of those some time back. I wasn't impressed at all with the tone, or the sustain.
Like Cartwright said, a bakelite blows it away.
They sure look great though. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 21 Jun 2009 10:30 am
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It's currently at $660, which means the bidders will probably jump in at the last minute.
I don't like the way eBay closes auctions while bidding is still going on. It doesn't benefit the buyer or the seller. You wouldn't see a normal auction where the auctioneer is standing with a stop watch. It would be a lot fairer if, once the closing time arrives, bidding continues until there has been no bid for two minutes. That would equate to the "Going, going, gone" in normal auctions. Many times I've been outbid with a couple of seconds to go. The seller could have got a much better price.
Here's a Bakelite version...
Link to auction on eBay. |
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Robert Salomone
From:
Carefree, Arizona
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Posted 21 Jun 2009 12:06 pm
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Those tuners are very hard to come by, and it's not because their great. I suppose with a little ingenuity one could fabricate some sort of metal replacement button, or just put on a plastic button.
I don't think that Bakelite is comparable, it's a post war model with the smaller size pickup. The Silver Hawaiin is from around 1936, just a different animal |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 22 Jun 2009 11:06 am But what about SNIPING?
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Hey Alan......
You CAN SNIPE on eBay and often times Win hands down in the last breath of bidding.
Early on, the wife and I lost numerous bids in the last seconds because we couldn't get into eBay or anyone of dozen other reasons.
THEN, we learned to SNIPE like the BIG BOYS do, and we started winning, Rick after Rick after Rick.
The wife then informed me we had been entirely too successful and put an end to it. |
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K.J. Tucker
From:
Texas
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Posted 22 Jun 2009 11:32 am Now you've done it Ray !
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You have let the cat out of the bag as far as winning on E-Bay ! LOL
That is the only way I can win with this slow server I have out here in the woods !
They just up graded me so maybe it will be faster .
Later
Tuck
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 22 Jun 2009 5:19 pm Re: But what about SNIPING?
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| Ray Montee wrote: |
| ...THEN, we learned to SNIPE like the BIG BOYS do, and we started winning, Rick after Rick after Rick... |
So you're the one who's been outbidding me...  |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 23 Jun 2009 1:40 pm
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| Wow! Hang tags and all! |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 27 Jun 2009 6:45 pm
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| You won a picture of it to hang on your wall. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 28 Jun 2009 11:28 am
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That's a whole lot cheaper than hanging the real things.  |
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