Description: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Selling vintage guitars every day for almost 5 decades and I can count on 1 hand how many of this fine model Rickenbacker model 450 I have had. Fresh in from a vintage instrument collector's estate I have been blessed with selling hundreds of fine pieces from it for 4 years now. What a fine fully original example with serial # 69 and the letter date code JK. The CTS pot dates all match from the 37th & 39th. week of 1960. 1373760.I cleaned the perfect working electronics and gave her a fresh set of Ernie Ball .10-.46 strings. Then she tuned right up and with just a few minor adjustment and we have a great playing, sounding, a gorgeous looking Fireglo Rickenbacker 450. Ready to play with a nice low easy string action and superb TONE! What an AMAZING guitar!Cosmetically very clean with some finish nicking and light wear as seen in the many pictures. The frets and fretboard show very light wear with no pitting in the frets. The machine heads work perfect.Comes with the grey Rickenbacker original fully functional hard case with no odors.Ready to ship and play.Guitar weighs 7 lbs. 13 oz.Ships fast and insured.Shipping box is 43x20x8"Shipping weight is 24 lbs.IN BUSINESS for 38 YEARS!!50 YEARS of VINTAGE EXPERIENCE! MICHIGAN GUITAR SHOW PROMOTORS Since 1989! Brick and mortar to the end!Visit out website to see the long list of celebrity musicians and groups we have serviced over the past 40 years.Gordy's Music has become a Detroit institution! Our shop was used as a filming location for the recent "Miracle in Motor City" Christmas movie on Lifetime (featuring Smoky Robinson). We've supplied gear for movies including "Bill & Ted Face The Music" with Keanu Reeves. We've got decades of celebrity customers, including recent visits from Beck, Eric Johnson, and we just sold Billy Joel's bassist an SG he is in love with. Just last month 2-9-2024, Andre 3000 and his group stopped in to browse as they were playing Masonic Temple that night and right after that 2-12-2024 we sold an old oil can Morley Wah Vibrato pedal to Credence Clearwater Revival's thee John Fogerty!We are having and have had a lot of fun here at Gordy's Music! I was just remembering about 35 years ago a tour bus pulled up to our little shop, and who rolls right in and hangs out for an hour? Lenny Kravitz and his entire group, right about the same time I was selling guitars and chauffeuring around Dee Dee Ramone, who had an apartment a block down from my house.
Price: 4750 USD
Location: Ferndale, Michigan
End Time: 2024-11-20T16:07:29.000Z
Shipping Cost: 150 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Brand: Rickenbacker
Type: Electric Guitar
Model: RICKENBACKER 450
