HOW MUCH?!?!!?!?

[mistahbenn]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-FENDER-1973-JAZZ-BASS-SCRATCH-PLATE-PICK-GUARD_W0QQitemZ150347301809QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Guitar_Accessories?hash=item230165c3b1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A3|66%3A4|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A3|294%3A200"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-FENDER-1973-...3%3A3|294%3A200[/url]

Wow is all I can say.

[fretmeister]

The plastic pickup rings for a 1959 Les Paul change hands for up to £10,000.

If you have a '59 and want it to be all original - then spending that will get your axe over £100,000 (sometimes they hit £250,000)


Madness.

[doctor_of_the_bass]

[quote name='fretmeister' post='513464' date='Jun 14 2009, 06:03 PM']The plastic pickup rings for a 1959 Les Paul change hands for up to £10,000.

If you have a '59 and want it to be all original - then spending that will get your axe over £100,000 (sometimes they hit £250,000)


Madness.[/quote]

How in the name of the Cosmos can you prove the authenticity of that kind of stuff (p/up rings!)???

Absolutely crazy.

Nick (Pickup Rings R Us - new venture!)

[Cat Burrito]

Does he do strap buttons too? ^_^

[fretmeister]

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='513544' date='Jun 14 2009, 08:06 PM']How in the name of the Cosmos can you prove the authenticity of that kind of stuff (p/up rings!)???

Absolutely crazy.

Nick (Pickup Rings R Us - new venture!)[/quote]


No idea!!

Some eijit will be carbon dating them next!

[doctor_of_the_bass]

[quote name='fretmeister' post='514018' date='Jun 15 2009, 11:53 AM']No idea!!

Some eijit will be carbon dating them next![/quote]

Ah! Thats given me an even better idea for my new venture: `Pickup Ring Carbon Dating R Us' ! Well done sir!