Pre-War Ricky on eBay

Ray Montee · Post by **Ray Montee** » 24 Feb 2002 9:29 pm

For those of you still seeking that pre-war Rick, there is one now on eBay for just $450
and the seller says it's basically original except for the tuning pegs. Now's your chance

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 25 Feb 2002 7:26 am

Caution: This is NOT a bakelite, it's a steel bodied guitar.

Ray Montee · Post by **Ray Montee** » 25 Feb 2002 11:25 am

Actually, how might one describe it?

Ian McLatchie · Post by **Ian McLatchie** » 25 Feb 2002 5:53 pm

How to describe it? A complete waste of money! Rusted and heavily scratched, with replacement knobs and an extra hole drilled through the top, no case - for $450? Forget it! Surely this must be a planted bid.

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 25 Feb 2002 6:52 pm

This is the guitar in question. What a piece of junk. I rarely comment on other people's attempts to sell lap steels through eBay, but I pity the fool who buys this one at that price.
"Killer vintage patina" - heh.

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Ray Montee · Post by **Ray Montee** » 25 Feb 2002 8:46 pm

That guitar has had to see better days.....

And, there ought to be a law to prosecute anyone that would do that to a guitar.

And.......$450.00, as a starting bid? Surely the seller must be a comedian, right?
Or, does the public in general take steel guitarists to be little more than dummies?

Can't wait to see what the hi bid is going to be.

anewcomb · Post by **anewcomb** » 26 Feb 2002 8:45 am

This ebay one looks like a mess, but I have a prewar model 59 that is kind of nice. Has a loud wide-magnet pickup and has newspapers inside from '38. The jack is on the bass string side so you need to use an angle plug.

Here's what a new one looked like (I think the picture came from Rickenback company page.)

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