anyone here order bernie rico jr? check this!

[Steinmetzify]

Went to send it to a bud and saw that. Wonder if somebody warned him? There were a couple guys on SSO that recognized their guitars...

EDIT: checked that thread again just now; looks like dude that has them is going to try to get the guitars to their owners, at least the people that recognize their guitars and can back it up.

 

[cardinal]

^ from what I understand, multiple folks may have been told the same guitar was "theirs." Maybe no good ending to this sad story.

 

[maddnotez]

Went to send it to a bud and saw that. Wonder if somebody warned him? There were a couple guys on SSO that recognized their guitars...

EDIT: checked that thread again just now; looks like dude that has them is going to try to get the guitars to their owners, at least the people that recognize their guitars and can back it up.

So these are other peoples stolen guitars?

That red 8 went for a grand...or at least he said he had that offer...

lol big difference between $75 and $8,000.

I'd buy one for that steal price but I wouldn't pay much more. Don't really know the story or the deal with these guitars.

That red 8 went for a grand...or at least he said he had that offer...

That's ridiculous.

I don't know if I worded it wrong or what, but what I said was: he got an offer of $1,000 for the red 8 string. That one basically only needed tuners and a pickup. I don't see $1,000 as a huge obstacle for an 8 string BRJ; did you guys think I meant $8,000?

lol yes that is how I read it.

 

[Steinmetzify]

So these are other peoples stolen guitars?

Yeah, basically.....there's a huge thread on SSO if you want to read....story is BRJ offered a 'Black Friday' sale and these guitars were about half price or so...he still had mostly a good rep back then. Bunch of people freaked out with joy and paid in full. Dude ended up in mental hospital and nobody got their guitars, or at least not very many. I think there were over 100 ordered IIRC...SSO is blowing up on this. Would have been horrendous karma to buy.

 

[maddnotez]

So these are other peoples stolen guitars?

Yeah, basically.....there's a huge thread on SSO if you want to read....story is BRJ offered a 'Black Friday' sale and these guitars were about half price or so...he still had mostly a good rep back then. Bunch of people freaked out with joy and paid in full. Dude ended up in mental hospital and nobody got their guitars, or at least not very many. I think there were over 100 ordered IIRC...SSO is blowing up on this. Would have been horrendous karma to buy.

Damn, what made this guy go to the mental hospital? His guitar making skills were too awesome and he just couldn't handle it.

That is crazy, and well I guess if they are other people's guitars then this is kinda bs. I did just read a little on it and as I can see, there are duplicates of more than 1 person claiming the same guitar is theirs? It does sound like a nightmare.

I somehow knew I was not going to end up with a half finished Rico for $100

 

[RJF]

Holy crap I never heard about this. It's the Cameron disaster all over again.

 

[RJF]

Here is the thread over at SS.org.
http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/luthie ... e-203.html

What a read! I missed this back when it all went down. As mentioned, looks like the guy that has the guitars is trying to get them to people that can prove the guitar belongs to them. Hopefully they find their rightful homes. Sad part is there are probably a lot of guitars still missing.