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Rickenbacher B6 PreWar Value?
Posted: 18 Oct 2004 5:36 am
by Alan Kirk
So what are these holy grail "moaning" steels going for these days? Anybody know?
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Posted: 18 Oct 2004 7:55 am
by Brad Bechtel
My guesstimate is between $500 and $1000 based on condition.
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Posted: 18 Oct 2004 8:56 am
by Ray Montee
Brad is quite accurate. I picked up a seven stringer for $350 about five years back and since then a number of six and seven stringers ranging from $500 to under $1,000.
You won't be sorry if you get a good clean one; one having not been messed with by some mechanical goon. Most are in remarkably good shape.
Posted: 18 Oct 2004 11:40 am
by Bob Stone
My guess is today's price would be closer to $1,000 for a nice one. And well worth it, I might add.
Don't forget to visit Dr. Aiello. "He who controls magnetism will control the universe." (Or something like that--from Dick Tracy comics.)
Posted: 18 Oct 2004 2:50 pm
by Jaime Miller
I took my 37 pat pend B6 to the Arlington Guitar Show this weekend to get a feel for value. It is in good shape. It is the one on Rick Aielo's site under restorations(Rick has it as a 1938 B6). Individuals that stopped me knowing what it was thought $900 was a good price for it. Two dealers offered $700 and $750.
Posted: 18 Oct 2004 2:55 pm
by Jaime Miller
My typer must of broke. I know its Aiello!
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Posted: 19 Oct 2004 12:34 pm
by John Tipka
Posted: 19 Oct 2004 2:41 pm
by Ray Montee
The HIGHEST PRICES I've ever seen for those particular models. Whew!
Posted: 19 Oct 2004 4:23 pm
by Dan Sawyer
Don't go by the Freedom guitar prices. They are very overpriced in almost every category of guitar. If you call them on the phone, they will often take a lower price.