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80. Those are one of the holy grails of guitar collecting.

Thu Sep 4, 2014, 04:34 PM

Sep 2014

Ric made very few of them between '70 and '75. Saw one at a local music store in '73 or '74, where I got my Ric 4001 bass back. BIG money for a clean one that works.

See: http://www.normansrareguitars.com/rickenbacker/

Twenty thousand fish.

Also: http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/electricguitar/pop-ups/04-07.htm

I'd bet Roger's is one of the only 12s that Ric built in that configuration.

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