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Do they make 'incredible money'? There's a string of 70's and reissue parts doing the merry-go-round on ebay at the moment. The sellers are trying to get too much IMO and keep ending the auctions early, relisting the parts in a different way with different opening prices and BINs. People try to lowball, thinking they'll get a bargain then lose interest when the reserve isn't met. There's one seller with $198 as the opening bid price on a '73 pickguard, $475 on a '73 body, $675 on a neck etc. When you can buy a whole guitar in good condition, with case and fairly original for ~ $1-1.2K why would anyone sensible buy these items?

You're best served to put the original parts back, sell the 'upgrades' by themselves and sell the original condition guitar if it's in good nick. Unblemished unmodified always brings best bucks - or if it does sell with mods gets less than you'd think. Unless you got a real bargain when you bought, you're not going to make a bundle on your '62 when people can buy new ones direct from Japan for ~$600 landed.

You might sell the body for a lot, and maybe the neck. But whether you can sell the whole shooting match, and not be left with orphan hardware is another matter.

FWIW, '62s seem a little bit of a poor relation to 52's both new and s/h. But even guys who buy 52's new have to eat a little loss s/h, unless you keep it for ten years. Even then, in real terms you still lost because the replacement price jumped, too.