Need info on RG550 SN#

[finnman]

Hello,
Have a RG550 SN# F901070.
What would the manufacture date be. (1990?)
and what would a used, ugly, Copper color looking one go for?
With paint chips here and there, frets in good shape, and pretty dirty fretboard. Lic Floyd, maple neck, made in japan.
Thanks
Finn

[Accept2]

Re: Need info on RG550 SN#

Its an 89............

[Manyaxes]

Re: Need info on RG550 SN#

If It's that beat then no more than $250.00-$300.00 and a case would be great. Accept is correct, 89'.

[paddok]

Re: Need info on RG550 SN#

I love those RG550's. Great guitars.

[finnman]

Re: Need info on RG550 SN#

No case. A friend at work got it from his deceased friends wife. She has no idea of the value, so he asked me what she might be able to get. I always liked the RG550 look. The copper paint job (some kind of copper color) is yuck.
So: A kind of banged up, no case, needs major cleaning,
no whammie bar, ugly color.. would $200.00 be fair??
Finn

[nonamemx]

Re: Need info on RG550 SN#

Oh yeah, you can get a replacement bar at Guitar Center. The bar that they make for the new "Edge Pro" tremolos are the same as the old ones for the old "Edge" tremolos.

[Manyaxes]

Re: Need info on RG550 SN#

I would take it for $200.00 with the quickness!

[finnman]

Re: Need info on RG550 SN#

Thanks [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[jim777]

Re: Need info on RG550 SN#

Copper? Post a pic if you get it, OK?

[AfterForever]

Re: Need info on RG550 SN#

550s are great, I'm thinking of buying an old 550 in Purple Neon [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[finnman]

Re: Need info on RG550 SN#

I had to scan the pic.
I really don't know the name of that color???

[jim777]

Re: Need info on RG550 SN#

I think it's called Pink Salmon

[diablomozart]

Re: Need info on RG550 SN#

yeah that's definitely not the copper penny color they had on some of them...i remember when me and a friend first saw that particular color and we nicknamed it "yogurt"...lol...d.m.

[Shawn Lutz]

Re: Need info on RG550 SN#

yep. Its pink salmon. I had an RG 760 in that color, was a sweet guitar.

[finnman]

Re: Need info on RG550 SN#

There is a dime size paint chip on the face, next to the "I" in "Ibanez" on the black paint.
Also, there looks to be a crack on the body in the heal joint.
Can't tell if it's just the paint thats cracked without pulling the neck. It probably got there when the neck got wacked.
My co-worker told me we can work out something.
I'll post a review on it if I get it, and after I clean it up.