1985 Rickenbacker El Dorado 250

  • $1,449.00
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This 1985 Rickenbacker El Dorado 250 features a double-bound body, bound rosewood neck, and gold plated hardware. Shielded single coil pickups that offer humbucking tonal characteristics. The modular electronics, loaded in the rear of the body, includes an active circuitry that requires no battery.     

 

Body: Maple in Jetglo Black finish.



Neck: Maple with a Rosewood fingerboard, 24.3” scale length, 1.68” nut width, 24 frets, pearl dot inlays.

 

Pickups/Hardware: Rickenbacker single coil pickups, Schaller tuning keys, replacement Kahler bridge, knurled dome knobs, plastic nut.

 

Cosmetics: This guitar is in great shape. It has light surface scratches on the body and numerous dings and dents. The back of the neck has a good chip and a good dent, but is very playable, and the frets show minimal wear. The back has true buckle rash. Overall, this guitar plays very well and sounds fantastic.



Modifications: Missing pickguard, replaced bridge (now has Kahler)



Playability: Our in-house guitar tech has inspected, setup, and restrung this instrument with a new set of strings. The neck is straight, the truss rod is fully functional, and the action has been setup low and comfortable.



Weight: 9 lbs.

 

Case: This guitar ships with a hard shell case, professionally packaged, and fully insured. .