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Sold: 1989 Rickenbacker 381 - Jetglo
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Hi all,
Long version:
I have decided that as much as I genuinely love this guitar, its just too much money for a ham-fisted bedroom guitarist like me to have wrapped up in an instrument and I’d like to down size to something a little bit smaller (and cheaper). I bought this from a well-respected forumite in the summer of 2020 and with his permission I’ll re-use some of his description and pictures.
This is a 1989 Rickenbacker 381 in Jetglo. Apparently it “should” be a 381V69 vintage reissue but it was built with the ‘modern’ trim which makes it slightly unusual.
- It has period correct High-gain pickups but these are not the originals.
- Currently strung with custom Newtones with a wound G.
- It has the original case, which is in good condition given the age.
- It's very much 'player grade'. It's been refretted (well) with larger frets and the board lacquer stripped off - that makes it feel more conventional than most Ricks.
Now, the really important stuff. It looks like it's been dropped at some point - there's a small repaired crack from the low E tuner to the edge of the headstock along the length of the neck. The neck didn't break, nor did the neck joint, but it looks like it 'whiplashed' and shattered some of the finish off from around the neck joint - not a huge amount. This, and numerous other down-to-the wood scrapes and chips have been touched up with some black paint - it would look fine on stage but you can still see it up close. There's also a reasonable amount of finish checking. The upper layer of the pickguard has the lower pointy corner broken off.
I’m in Burntisland, Fife. I work in West-central Edinburgh in normal times. Absolutely no postage --- this is too expensive to entrust to a courier and I want the buyer to see it / play it before forking over their hard-earned.
Update May 2022 - no trades, thanks.
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Your Ric is an absolute stunner though, if I could afford it I’d snap it up. Best of luck with the sale.
I'm not going to bump this too often because I'm not *desperate* to sell it.
For the benefit of future readers / searchers, if its not marked as sold then feel free to assume its still available.
Ian
Lowering my expectations has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.