1968 Rickenbacker 365 in Birdseye Mapleglo

This guitar is about as clean, sturdy, and solid as a nearly fifty two year-old guitar can be. She features a lovely aged Mapleglo finish, striking birdseye Maple and flame figuring on the top and back, checkered binding on the body, binding along the neck, and pearloid sharktooth fretboard inlays--all beautifully yellowed over the decades. The neck on this guitar is absolutely dead straight, and the frets have surprisingly little wear. As a result, her action is marvelously low and easy. The guitar came to me with 70's Grovers installed; I preferred a more stock look, so I exchanged these for a rare set of 1968 Klusons with white (yellowed) buttons which matched the switch tip for a unified look. As with all my Ricks (even vintage ones), I swapped out the original factory white platic guards, TRC, and knobs for top of the line "vintage gold" pickards from Pickguardian, gold-on-brown Rogan stove top knobs, and a custom made matching gold Rickenbacker-logo truss rod cover. The guitar, of course, comes with its original plastic and knobs, and its original hardshell case that shows fifty years of wear--very cool. Just a tad of buckle rash on the back, vintage Ricks don't get much cleaner and better playing than this... $5000