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Re: '73 mapleglo checkerboard binding.
« Reply #30 on: January 30, 2012, 08:58:36 AM »
 Mine for $1,700 :)
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Re: '73 mapleglo checkerboard binding.
« Reply #31 on: January 30, 2012, 09:01:40 AM »
Congrats!
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Re: '73 mapleglo checkerboard binding.
« Reply #32 on: January 30, 2012, 12:26:06 PM »
Good deal!
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Re: '73 mapleglo checkerboard binding.
« Reply #33 on: January 30, 2012, 01:51:08 PM »
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Re: '73 mapleglo checkerboard binding.
« Reply #34 on: January 30, 2012, 05:02:25 PM »
It is a good price if it plays well.
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Re: '73 mapleglo checkerboard binding.
« Reply #35 on: January 31, 2012, 01:24:11 AM »
Nice catch!  Looks like it was well loved, and so that's probably a good sign!   8)
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Re: '73 mapleglo checkerboard binding.
« Reply #36 on: January 31, 2012, 05:35:27 AM »
 I have been in contact with the seller seems like a nice guy, he says it plays great and i won't be disappointed.
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Re: '73 mapleglo checkerboard binding.
« Reply #37 on: January 31, 2012, 05:26:13 PM »
Should that have a toaster next to the neck?  I had a 73, and I'm pretty sure it had a 6 pole toaster in the neck position...but then again maybe it was earlier?
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Re: '73 mapleglo checkerboard binding.
« Reply #38 on: February 01, 2012, 12:50:39 AM »
All toasters are 6-pole. Checkerboards typically have a toaster, the change from checkerboard to plain binding was before the change from toasters to high-gains, but '73 was a transition year and everything is possible.
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Re: '73 mapleglo checkerboard binding.
« Reply #39 on: February 01, 2012, 12:08:52 PM »
  I had thought that it should be a toaster but as ilan says '73 is a transition year. I'm not bothered either way.
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Re: '73 mapleglo checkerboard binding.
« Reply #40 on: February 03, 2012, 01:42:37 PM »
 WTF? UPS said it was supposed to be delivered on the 2nd. On the 2nd it was in Buffalo NY, today the 3rd it is in Syracuse NY. Come on folks Rochester is between Buffalo and Syracuse. How hard can this be ?
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Re: '73 mapleglo checkerboard binding.
« Reply #41 on: February 03, 2012, 05:02:19 PM »
Scotty don't lose that Riccy... hmm... I feel a song coming on...

Congrats and looking foward to seeing the pics... 8)
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Re: '73 mapleglo checkerboard binding.
« Reply #42 on: February 04, 2012, 05:38:47 AM »
 lol Kenny I won't lose the Ricky. I really should not have bought it but it seemed like a good deal, I'm busy flogging stuff to cover it. It certainly looks like a "Scott" bass
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Re: '73 mapleglo checkerboard binding.
« Reply #43 on: February 06, 2012, 01:28:20 PM »
 VERY disappointing, The truss rods are bent, pushed into the truss rod cavity. Looks like someone tried to dig under the nuts to get a wrench on them  :rolleyes: I emailed the seller, there is supposed to be a seven day return policy.
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Re: '73 mapleglo checkerboard binding.
« Reply #44 on: February 06, 2012, 05:21:43 PM »
Quote from: godofthunder on February 06, 2012, 01:28:20 PM
VERY disappointing, The truss rods are bent, pushed into the truss rod cavity. Looks like someone tried to dig under the nuts to get a wrench on them  :rolleyes: I emailed the seller, there is supposed to be a seven day return policy.

they are easy to bend back just takes a little patience....not a huge deal...
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