please mind that i am player first.  i play guitars so unless i mention it directly in the description you can expect that i played the guitar or used the part. so it is not new. if you want new guitar please go to the store. there are only two guitars in my recent auctions that i played but once  and it is mentioned right there in the description. if you send me an offer to end the auction early it will go to /dev/null and if you don't know what it is i suggest to you to better yourself and google it.  .

all the auctions are as-is and no returns. it is auction duh! local pickup is cash only.
and please check my other auctions as usual - it is worth it
 

here is late 50's early 60's ROGER standart made by wenzel rossmeisel who created this label and named it after his son. this is  rare guitars for sure.  it sat somewhere on the wall for 30 years as a decoration. i flipped it to see the back and went talking to the owner about selling it.  so back to the guitar, i got it to study it. you don't see many german carve archtops anywhere. than it struck me - why not try to make it playable since the neck seems perfectly straight? it came with no tuners but plenty holes to choose from which tuner pattern to put on. the last set must have been schallers so i choose grover vintage deluxe i had around, there was no bridge and no tailpiece so i got nos goetz tailpiece that was used a lot on hofner, harmony and many other guitars from the 60's. i made the bridge base from piece of brazilian that i had left from other project and used metal top piece from my parts bin. i choose not to touch anything else. the neck angle is just as it came. it is steep becasue the original bridges were tall. someone glued those feathers to the top and gave it overcoat with who knows what egg paint.  i suggest to study the back of the guitar. that is the main reason i got  it.  there you have it! origins of rickenbacker fireglo color. origins of rickenbacker styling.  origins of rare rickenbacker archtops. take the top part of the carve and you also have 50's rickenbacker 800 body  shape and trace it and flip the bottom up and you have almost capri shape. this is solid wood & piece of history that you don't see often. it sounds great and is in my opinion cool as hell. what chance you have to come across rickenbacker archtop from roger rossmeisel era?
 

if you have a question

(real question) please do no hesitate to ask i'll get back to you as my busy schedule allows if you want some extra picture i will try to please you
but i will need your real email address since ebay massage system is useless for that.  the auctions will run its full length unless you hit buy now
if it is available .  i am not interested in any "trades".

PAYMENT & SHIPPING & PACKING & whatever

local pickup prearranged with cash only . i must insist that i will absolutely not accept  paypal payments for local pickup calls.

domestic shipping: lower 48 = ups ground , alaska & hawaii & territories = usps priority

international shipping : it is your call. i have good experience with airmail and express mail (it can be insured up to $5000 these days - so i was
told) but there are some size limitations there. if your country has smaller size limits i simply can't ship big 12 string d size or jumbo or bass
case to you with usps.  so please mind that in that situation ups or fedex....etc will apply instead.  usps, ups, fedex, dhl whatever you request i
will use. now  please understand that if you ask me to declare let's say $300 value on a package i will do it but it can't be insured for more and
so it is your responsibility to deal with it anything should happen to it. also i have no problem shipping to your friend/family member in usa so
they can bring it over for you if you feel it is better option. after all i lived in europe half of my life so i know both sides of the story. please
mind that it takes more time  for international to get it out and than it can be sitting at local offices of your country.

please give me and address in checkout and i'll send you invoice within day or two.

domestic paymen= evil paypal (cleared payment), personal check (around 10 days to clear), major bank money order, postal money order (is the
best) international payment = paypal or wire transfer (cleared payment) or if you have relative in usa they can pay me here like domestic  and i
can ship it to them if you prefare.

and just for sure again local pickup is with cash only and all the auctions are as-is and no returns.