eBay Rickenbacker, simply horrific...

TonyR

As an owner of this particular model I find this rather unsettling and why anybody would do it is beyond me... art it certainly isn’t!

JerkMoans

Another satisfied Parcelforce customer.

mikeyrob73

@HarrySeven will have that back together in no time using only chewing gum and spit 

Seziertisch

The headstock logo plate is actually worth a bit. Rick won’t provide a new one without sending in a broken original first

Grangousier

Of course it's been smashed - it's the Pete Townsend model. Just be grateful you didn't see their Jimi Hendrix strat.

HarrySeven

mikeyrob73 said:

@HarrySeven will have that back together in no time using only chewing gum and spit 

True story.

ICBM

It looks like a sad attempt to recreate this...



If it was acquired without pickups it may have had some sort of structural defect anyway - it's hard to think of one that wouldn't be repairable, but I've seen a 90s Rick 12-string with a neck angle that was set so wrong at the factory that it would have required really major effort to fix - getting the neck out isn't easy due to the way they're fitted into a deep socket in the body.

Seziertisch said:

The headstock logo plate is actually worth a bit. Rick won’t provide a new one without sending in a broken original first

Having had a close look at the pic with it, I'm not sure it's genuine - neither the broken perspex piece nor the solid/raised-letter white one look right. If not that makes the remains worth much less, although the electrics, knobs, lower pickguard and five unbroken machineheads are still worth having, as are the truss rods if they're not bent.

The tailpiece and bridge are also missing.

chrisj1602

What a twat

prowla

It is weird seeing a Ric with an F-hole, but this is an RM 1998 model.

It looks like the original back-printed TRC broke and lost its backing, so they've knocked up a cheapie and written it with a Sharpie (you can get really good raised lettering ones for a fiver on aliexpress now).

I wonder if it is repairable?

ICBM

prowla said:

I wonder if it is repairable?

I suppose technically it is, but realistically I would say no.

I might make an offer for it though! Just for the parts, and low enough that I don’t expect it will be accepted.

prowla

ICBM said:

prowla said:

I wonder if it is repairable?

I suppose technically it is, but realistically I would say no.

I might make an offer for it though! Just for the parts, and low enough that I don’t expect it will be accepted.

There’s <£100 in parts there. 

sweepy

Surely, that’s the Only way to improve a Rickenbacker

skay

It looks smashing!

ICBM

prowla said:

There’s <£100 in parts there. 

I wasn’t thinking of offering that much .

I could also probably save something on the postage by not wanting him to send anything bigger than the neck.

maltingsaudio

Blimey just sold while I was looking at it 1bid 

ICBM

maltingsaudio said:

Blimey just sold while I was looking at it 1bid 

Wasn't me! I was going to offer £50 for just the hardware, and let him sell the woodwork separately.

simonhpieman

From what the seller says, it sounds a bit like they exploded it themself. What a tool.

ICBM

simonhpieman said:

From what the seller says, it sounds a bit like they exploded it themself. What a tool.

The way I read it, it sounded like he bought it like that as an art project - he claims the pickups were already missing so it doesn't sound like it was a complete guitar.

It's hard to believe it wasn't done deliberately by someone, though. One possibility is if was done in the belief that it was a fake due to the truss rod cover - Paypal has been known to demand the destruction of a perfectly good instrument after a claim like that...

https://www.channel4.com/news/destroyed-ebay-violin-could-have-been-saved-lawyer

prowla

Well, they did say "Any decent offer will be accepted", so I guess they had one.

TonyR

maltingsaudio said:

Blimey just sold while I was looking at it 1bid 

Well it takes all sorts I suppose!

ICBM

Now relisted at double the price.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Destroyed-Rickenbacker-Deluxe-1998-Rose-Morris-Townshend-Signature-Parts-for-Art/133419274772?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&amp;_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Delusional.