Makes me wonder how many Rickenbacker bass guitars got bought up from …

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Comment on K-On! Fuels Guitar Boom by KKitchen63:

Makes me wonder how many Rickenbacker bass guitars got bought up from used-guitar shops after FLCL came out…

The Heritage Cherry Sunburst Les Paul Standard that Yui set up with deserves recognition, too.

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