Resources
Resources for Players and Collectors
The resources section collects the answers Steve gives most often: how to identify what you have, what to check before buying anything vintage, and what a part is actually worth. It is best used before you spend money on an instrument or a repair. Everything here is written from decades of handling these guitars rather than from a catalogue.
Guitar Journal
Notes from the workbench and the hunt. What came in, what it turned out to be, and what it taught.
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Buying, shipping, condition, trades and what happens when something arrives and it is not what you hoped.
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Not covered here? Questions get answered whether or not you are buying anything.
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A guide to the Rickenbacker twelve string, covering the headstock, the string order and why it stays in tune better than its reputation suggests, is planned once the content is ready.