But it is a thousand dollar premium for a 4003SW that has been painted black and has a different color pickguard and truss rod cover.
Well, it's not just black, to start with.How much do people pay for custom paint colors on a car?
Those sparkles must cost a dollar each.
Yeah, but they're Rickenbacker sparkles.
Rickensparkles™. And your sparkles better not be too much like theirs or you'll get sued for sparkle infringement.