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Good choice on the Mercury. They have great necks. I used to have an army of those things. I still have about 8 of them left, but they are the 92-93 models that had a Floyd and 24 fret necks. If you are looking for another, one of my old ones is sitting in Songbird in Toronto. Its been there for about 3 years which is scary because its such a great guitar but people just walk past it becuase its not fancy. Its a MG102, which is the same as this one, but has 2 humbuckers, and its painted red............

 

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The RS series guitars were made in Asia, not the USA.............

 

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I know some of the people at Washburn very well. The custom shop wasnt opened until 1992. There were some US guitars made before that in 1990 and 1991, and these were the N4s made by the Stephan's Custom shop in Seattle. The RS series guitars were made in 1987 to 1989, and had a list price of $669 for the RS10, and $599 for the RS8. They were a great deal when they were new, I think I have some of the old ad slicks from back then..........

 

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Yup, N4s are Nuno's. I can email you a copy............