eBay, Germany: MK V Neck, Badly Damaged and Vastly Overpriced

[101Volts]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/174738314453?m ... &customid=

"needs:

* fingerboard reglued

* fingerboard leveling

* new frets

* new finish"

I may have posted it here before since I think this has been on eBay for 3 years, but if not, this one's nearly $1,000 for a MK V Neck that looks like it sat in a flooded basement for months. Sad end to it and possibly the guitar.

I can tell that it has the truss rod adjustment at the headstock, and it may be post-B1050, since I can't even tell if it had a date stamped on it in the first place. I can't tell the serial number in these pics.

$950 for a water damaged guitar neck. No wonder it's sat on eBay this long. I don't think it's impossible to rescue this one, but that price for what you get is exhorbitant. He'd have trouble getting $500 for it if it wasn't damaged.

- Austin

[Out of Limits]

With it being in Germany, I knew who the seller would be before I even clicked the link. They have a history of offering trash for ridiculous money. I don't think I've ever heard anything good about them.

[101Volts]

Oh. I wasn't familiar with them. It seems like they part guitars out a lot.

- Austin

[101Volts]

Out of curiosity for this badly damaged neck's serial number, I took the picture and put it in Windows Paint. I then cropped the serial number end, rotated it, and inverted the color so it would be easier to see.

It's B1318, I think.

1: It's a Truss Rod at Headstock model (which started at B900, roughly.)
2: I previously noted it had no dates on the neck heel. (Post-B1050.)
3: It still has the Ventures logo. (Pre-B1506, roughly. Oct 1966 to Mid 1967.)
4: MK Vs don't go past B1700, AFAIK.

The cropped, color inverted photo is easier to tell the digits with; barely, but they are legible.

B1313 was Ink Blue, B1323 was White. I can't tell what B1318 here was without more detail.

- Austin