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PostPosted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:15 pm 
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:34 pm 
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D'ya think the neck got cracked 'cause someone was drivin' it too fast ??? Nice Ping tuners, tho.....


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 6:16 pm 
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I got, ahem, distracted last week, so I didn't make a run for this one. Someone could have had it for $200 shipped last week. It's got to be some kind of prototype, which is a mixed bag as far as value and desirability. I wish it had a logo on it, that, and that the neck wasn't damaged.

There is some chipping down by the neck pickup showing primer or another coat of paint, so who knows what this body looked like originally. The pickups are in backwards, incorrect truss rod cover, there are non-matching screws in the neck plate... someone has been tinkering with this one and its barely stock. Yet, I'm on the fence about bidding.

You should at least grab a shot of the headstock for your website Mick, I don't think we'll see another one anytime soon.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 7:14 pm 
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I got, ahem, distracted last week, so I didn't make a run for this one. Someone could have had it for $200 shipped last week. It's got to be some kind of prototype, which is a mixed bag as far as value and desirability. I wish it had a logo on it, that, and that the neck wasn't damaged.

There is some chipping down by the neck pickup showing primer or another coat of paint, so who knows what this body looked like originally. The pickups are in backwards, incorrect truss rod cover, there are non-matching screws in the neck plate... someone has been tinkering with this one and its barely stock. Yet, I'm on the fence about bidding.

You should at least grab a shot of the headstock for your website Mick, I don't think we'll see another one anytime soon.


:wink: already grabbed it the first time around :)

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:17 pm 
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Dammmit! Starsky's got a bid. Which one of you guys is making a run for it? Speak up now, or I may have to make you work for it..! Mike.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:06 am 
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Dammmit! Starsky's got a bid. Which one of you guys is making a run for it? Speak up now, or I may have to make you work for it..! Mike.


I have nothing to do with this, Mike. I am busy waiting on that x150 to get closer to ending. Let's steer clear of each other on these 2.. m'kay?? :D

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 11:55 am 
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Well the seller has cancelled the bid and pulled the auction... double-gosh-darnit. Probably never get another chance at this one, unless it gets parted out. This should be a lesson to me to strike while the iron is hot.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 5:01 pm 
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It's Baaaack!

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 5:11 pm 
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Yeah, only this time it's a slightly HIGHER buy it now... dagnabit! This guitar is driving me crazy. Should I bite the bullet? I really want to see it up close, but I've already got six slab bodies! Somebody give me some direction, as I'm totally incapable of making up my mind.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 5:17 pm 
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Seller states that the Bridge is a MMK45 and the Neck pickup is an Ibanez. I wonder if he shipped it to somebody, they found out that they both weren't MMK's and sent it back? Which means that its been tinkered with even more now... decisions, decisions.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:25 pm 
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STARSKY.

STARSKY.

STARSKY.

that help any? :rofl:

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