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by evolu_Archive
PM'dhoneyisfunny wrote:It's a 67 MkV. Photos and detailed descriptions are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlinYou get: refinished body shell, neck with all attachments (tuners, nut, trussrod cover - i.e. impossible to find rocking horse shit stuff), repro pickguard, trem block and unit with fault (see pics).You need: pickups, electrics/knobs/switches, neck screws and plate, bridge, strap pegs.The previous owner liked the 'slanted neck pickup' design so band-sawed the last fret diagonally and re-routed the body to twist the neck pickup a few degrees. Looks cool. I didn't even notice it when I got it. Neck is hands down the nicest feeling neck I've ever held, possibly re-fretted as the wire looks good and looks marginally fatter than the stock Mosrite wire but it's been done well.I worked out a sale with someone who then came by a pristine one and opted for the easier option. I then sold it again and it's been knackered by the CITES agreement worries as the fretboard is likely Brazilian rosewood. This means exporting it out of the UK runs the risk of customs seizing it as it doesn't have a CITES certificate stating I didn't cut down a tree to make it.It's a ballache as it's sitting there in a box ready to be posted.I'm half tempted to restore it but I think I went crazy last year and I have 7 Mosrite-type guitars. I am a proper twat, I know. And part of me thinks if I ever get a MkV I'd like a stock Ricky-Wilson-blue one. So it's in this weird no mans land of for sale/not for sale.I was asking 450 which I think is very fair considering a complete one in B condition is getting on for $2000 these days. You could get the correct parts and restore it correctly or fit a new bridge and tail and make a total downstroke weapon with this thing. Happy to hear any trade suggestions - just after an Echoplex at the moment but hit me with anything that springs to mind.