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Thread: '52 RI special edition flametop 2002--Where can I get one?

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    '52 RI special edition flametop 2002--Where can I get one?

    I fell in love with this guitar when I saw it :http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...item=931864295
    Is it easy to find another like it? Thanks

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    52 flame

    Guitar Center carries these; I think they are proprietary.

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    Thanks Ron!! Its nice to get at least one response! What do you mean by proprietary?? Thanks!!

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    I mean that Guitar Center ( and Sam Ash and MF, maybe?)commissions these special "designer editions," which are basically reissue 52's, with fancy maple burst laminated tops and backs. Very, very pretty alternative to butterscotch, although not "authentic" I guess. They did the same thing with the 62 custom, with body binding and maple cap and these are also very nice guits.

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    Thank you Ron. That was very kind of you for offering the info. Happy Holidays!

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    That's a lot of cash for a veneer top and back. Just my two cents.

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    re:

    There is one at the Local Mom & Pop's here in NC. It is a truly beautiful instrument, very light and resonant...........and VERY expensive. $1699 - just a little more (ok, a lot more) than I would put into a tele. I'm sure there's room to negotiate, but by the time I added tax........
    They've also got a copper '52, pretty reasonable that I'm considering.

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