Are these worth this price?
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Are these worth this price?
This was on the Craig's list here in Appleton Wisconsin today. Are these going for this much? This could be a really slow sell in this area.
Rickenbacker Steel Guitar - 1955- - $3900 (Green Bay )
Reply to: sale-djgsd-1064282644@craigslist.org
Date: 2009-03-07, 9:23AM CST
Possibly one of one. Triple 8 neck, awesome condition, great tone and sound!!!!
Serious parties only please! 920-264-2265
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Rickenbacker Steel Guitar - 1955- - $3900 (Green Bay )
Reply to: sale-djgsd-1064282644@craigslist.org
Date: 2009-03-07, 9:23AM CST
Possibly one of one. Triple 8 neck, awesome condition, great tone and sound!!!!
Serious parties only please! 920-264-2265
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There is also another one for sale here...
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=150752
I like it
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=150752
I like it
Re: Are these worth this price?
No, they're not. He's off by about $2500.James Sutton wrote:This was on the Craig's list here in Appleton Wisconsin today. Are these going for this much? This could be a really slow sell in this area.
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I agree with Rick's $1500 "max" ....but I would pay $1800, if need be, were I gigging again at good wages. I had / played a C500 (C518 ... 10-8-8 version) for about 15 years. Actually learned Steel on it; BR6 in JB's Harrys studio and homework on the C518. I liked it ALLOT ...even after acquiring a number of other non-pedal steels to compare it to. I would actually prefer it over a B6 for variety gigs, due to the 3 necks and stable platform. The magnets material on that generation of horsehoe pickups charge stronger than earlier generations. A Real Time Analyzer reveals their tone with a bit of an also-audibly-noticeable bump in the low-mid range, ....the range often called "throaty", but is otherwise quite similar to the previous generations smile-like RTA's bar graph. It's heavy, and the original gray "ostrich" tolex case held up very well, although it's of the common thinner plywood inner construction not unlike multi-neck Fenders rather than heavier plywood common to pedal steel guitar cases. I quit playing out regularly in 2003; Sold the C518 two years ago for $1200 when one of my Sons went through a particularly challenging med condition. The Buyer thought he got a good deal and I thought so too. So did Son Dean !
I have another one packed away in cleaned-up water-damaged basket-case condition, that I will rebuild one day and surely be equally happy with it (probably when I get so old I require driving up to it in an electric get-around chair scooter .....if that project lays aside like too many do in my "retirement plan" ). Caveat: It's original case is trashed and requires a belt to hold it closed; But it looks like that's because of the water damage too and not because it wasn't hefty enough.
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I have another one packed away in cleaned-up water-damaged basket-case condition, that I will rebuild one day and surely be equally happy with it (probably when I get so old I require driving up to it in an electric get-around chair scooter .....if that project lays aside like too many do in my "retirement plan" ). Caveat: It's original case is trashed and requires a belt to hold it closed; But it looks like that's because of the water damage too and not because it wasn't hefty enough.
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Lee got one right after his Bigsby got ripped off years ago, he refers to it as the "Mobile Home" model. I guess he still plays it.Mike Neer wrote:I bought one off the forum a few years ago for $600. I sold it in '04 for $1000 (actually traded it for a guitar of equal value). It was a good steel, kind of wish I still had it, but it was a little awkward to play IMO.
Lee Jeffriess plays one of these, I think.
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Jim Konrad says,
Look at the pictures = they are in the same location in front of the fireplace.
It is advertised by Mark Shuda on the Forum - Instruments for Sale. Hopefully Mark will see this thread and get wisdom.
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It is not another one, but the identical one.There is also another one for sale here...
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=150752
Look at the pictures = they are in the same location in front of the fireplace.
It is advertised by Mark Shuda on the Forum - Instruments for Sale. Hopefully Mark will see this thread and get wisdom.
Aloha,
Don
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I did not say that. I said......Don Kona Woods wrote:Jim Konrad says,There is also another one for sale here...
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=150752
Please notice the ""Jim Konrad wrote:There is also another one for sale here..
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Lee actually sold his guitar to a buddy of mine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LFrvOjk ... re=related
He then sold it when I sold him a fender t8 stringmaster which I bought from ..... Lee Jeffriess
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LFrvOjk ... re=related
He then sold it when I sold him a fender t8 stringmaster which I bought from ..... Lee Jeffriess
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I have a few pictures of David Keli'i playing that model T-8 courtesy of Ken Ufton, but they are on my old computer. They were taken from the Keli'i session for his solo album on Maple.
This is one track---the harmonic tour de force, "Whispering Lullaby". He does sound great on that Rick console, but of course it's David Keli'i and he always sounds great to me.
http://freefilehosting.net/download/39dji
Edit to add, Roy Thomson put this clip up, I just grabbed it off an earlier thread.
This is one track---the harmonic tour de force, "Whispering Lullaby". He does sound great on that Rick console, but of course it's David Keli'i and he always sounds great to me.
http://freefilehosting.net/download/39dji
Edit to add, Roy Thomson put this clip up, I just grabbed it off an earlier thread.
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Is this guy; crazy!!!
I see this "Crazy #&*" dropped the price!