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Brentm
Username: Brentm
Registered: 03-2005
| Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 9:04 pm: | |
http://www.qksrv.net/click-1802666-10381315?loc=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI .dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D7397549392 The serial number sticker is weird. Is this a refin? |
Jeffsailor
Username: Jeffsailor
Registered: 01-2004
| Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 7:39 am: | |
Brent, Not only is the sticker odd, the serial number is not 1 letter + 6 numbers as it should be for that vintage. I wonder if that sticker is covering the "real" serial number. Obviously its hard to tell from the pictures if its a refin, but that finish was offered on the PF series. If I were to guess, I would say its NOT a refin. But I bet someone, at some point, didn't (or doesn't) want anyone to see the real serial number. js |
Ibanezfreak1960
Username: Ibanezfreak1960
Registered: 03-2004
| Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 1:51 pm: | |
here is the sticker in question
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Brentm
Username: Brentm
Registered: 03-2005
| Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 3:28 pm: | |
Here's the sellers response. I got a little testy about him publishing my eBay ID on the question I submitted.. am 100% shure about this guitar #1 I did not know that publishing your name was poor form. So sorry , My bad. This guitar was bought new in 1979 or eary 1980 in Bridgport WV. And is 95%.like new. And nothing fishy about it at all. By the way it is not just a sticker, The serial number plate is inset in to the headstock. So get a biding man.
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Artistseeker
Username: Artistseeker
Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 9:33 pm: | |
Fishy! Here is another trying to hide a serial number: http://www.qksrv.net/click-1802666-10381315?loc=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI .dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D7398173844 If they are going to hide these like this, why do they bother having a shot of the headstock??? |
Brentm
Username: Brentm
Registered: 03-2005
| Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 11:13 pm: | |
HOT OR NOT!? Heh.. Obviously most of the folks here are saavy enough to know that when a seller hides something, there's a reason. There's always some uncertainty when dealing with used merchandise... It's unfortunate that searching the database that the authorities matinain is next to impossible (without merchandise in-hand). However, as a seller. I'd be more prone to releaseing the serial number, and dealing with someone that had a claim against the guitar, rather than hiding it and passing on the bad karma. |
Jasma
Username: Jasma
Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 3:18 am: | |
http://www.ibanezregister.com/Gallery/PF/gal-pf300.htm Hi Brent, I do have this PF300 and that does'nt have a serial no., only a sticker where the serial no should be saying: "Grafton Garanty 480 IBANEZ". The Guitar is absout mint and original , so I wonder what does that mean??? You cant tell on the photo but it does say PF300 on the truss cover. |
Brentm
Username: Brentm
Registered: 03-2005
| Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 10:07 am: | |
Jasma, thanks for the tip. That is strange, I wonder why they left the factory without the standard serial number. |
Russellhodgson
Username: Russellhodgson
Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 7:17 pm: | |
The Plot Thickens!!!!!!! |
Pitviper
Username: Pitviper
Registered: 08-2005
| Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 10:12 pm: | |
I agree with Brentm's summation. There's something thats not right there..most likely stolen. |
Johns
Username: Johns
Registered: 02-2001
| Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 8:39 pm: | |
Here's a 1978 PF300 with fancy tailpiece on UK Ebay. Please use the ICW-friendly URL to place bids, if possible: http://www.qksrv.net/click-1802666-10381315?loc=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI .dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D7410359902 item #7410359902 |
Pitviper
Username: Pitviper
Registered: 08-2005
| Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 11:11 pm: | |
Whats really cool about that one is the seller stages the guitar outside in the dirt...both front and back! Gotta love the respect there., |
Johns
Username: Johns
Registered: 02-2001
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 8:36 am: | |
Pitviper: That's not dirt, it's mulch! Makes all the difference in the world. |
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