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Topic: 1929 Century Lap Steel |
Gary Lynch
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Creston, California, USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2006 6:02 pm |
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Is it a pre Fry Pan Rickenbacher?
Auction on eBay.
[This message was edited by Brad Bechtel on 22 December 2006 at 09:07 AM.] |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Posted 21 Dec 2006 6:34 pm
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It's a mid-1930's "Century Singing Electric". The pickup was made by Rickenbacher, but not the body. Whether Rickenbacher assembled the guitar for another distributor or simply supplied the pickup is unclear, according to George Gruhn. It's rare, but it sure ain't worth 20K  what's the world coming to?!
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[This message was edited by Doug Beaumier on 21 December 2006 at 06:57 PM.] |
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John Bushouse
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Posted 21 Dec 2006 8:24 pm
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| What do you mean it's not worth 20K? There's even three pictures of it. Of course, I'd go for a discount, seeing as how the seller only threw in one punctuation mark. |
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Dan Sawyer
From:
Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2006 4:22 pm
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"only one exclamation point"
and the seller has zero feedback and lots of spelling mistakes. Hmm… doesn't exactly inspire confidence. |
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John Dahms
From:
Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2006 5:54 pm
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I don't have one of these but I'll make anybody on the forum this deal:
For only 15 grand, I'll find you one and drive it to your house, set it up and tune it the way you like it. How's that for a bargain?
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 24 Dec 2006 6:04 pm
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Actually , no exclamation points. If he had thrown some in, I would've had no choice but to hit Buy It Now. And if he had put L@@K!! in the title then I would have probably gone an extra grand.
I wouldn't mind having that guitar. At around 3% of his asking price. |
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 25 Dec 2006 4:53 am
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Darn! I was just about to buy it (just for the knobs-my fry pan needs one), when I noticed that the sellar has zero feedback.
..what are these people thinking?!? |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 25 Dec 2006 7:53 pm
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| Has anyone here ever heard how those sound? It would be pretty hard to beat a Ric frypan. Of course a 20 grand wall-hanger would be neat!!! |
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