A couple of years back, I almost spent $500 extra to get a limited edition Chris Squire Rickenbacker bass guitar. I ended up getting the same model in better condition with a lower serial number. I just could not justify spending that kind of $ on a computer etched, plastic pick guard, and dots on the fingerboard instead of the classic Ricky triangles.

http://www.rickenbacker.com/news_ite..._id=2&news=old

It was $1899 new then.

Now, the vultures are trying to pick meat off of his dead body already.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rickenbacker...item3f4f806a1d