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by (PunchyStrummer) » Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:56 am
Have you checked the jackplate? The serial number, if it's on there, can be decoded at Rickenbacker's website.
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by (ram) » Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:49 am
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by (wwh) » Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:28 pm
Thanks for that, unfortunately the numbers on the jack plate have mostly been lost to time.
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by (bassduke49) » Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:24 pm
Can you post a photo of the jack plate? The two letter (or numbers or combination) at the "top" of the jackplate are a date code. The "bottom" numbers are a serial. The digits are stamped in, so you should still see them.
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by (jps) » Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:42 pm
wwh wrote:Thanks for that, unfortunately the numbers on the jack plate have mostly been lost to time.
bassduke49 wrote:The digits are stamped in, so you should still see them.
Yeah, the S/N can't be "lost to time" unless the plate is seriously rusted.
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by (antipodean) » Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:41 pm
jps wrote:wwh wrote:Thanks for that, unfortunately the numbers on the jack plate have mostly been lost to time.
bassduke49 wrote:The digits are stamped in, so you should still see them.
Yeah, the S/N can't be "lost to time" unless the plate is seriously rusted.
Or the plate has been replaced....
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by (cjj) » Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:04 pm
antipodean wrote:jps wrote:wwh wrote:Thanks for that, unfortunately the numbers on the jack plate have mostly been lost to time.
bassduke49 wrote:The digits are stamped in, so you should still see them.
Yeah, the S/N can't be "lost to time" unless the plate is seriously rusted.
Or the plate has been replaced....
Or it's not actually a Rickenbacker. The case isn't...
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by (jps) » Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:14 pm
The bass looks quite real, to me.
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by (chrisdski) » Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:22 am
If no plate pull the pick guard off and find the dates of the pots (if they are original). There may be some markings in the routed out area also.
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by (bassduke49) » Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:21 am
Certainly the case is not a Rick case, but made to fit one (or may have come with a Rick copy). But the chassis and hardware look genuine to me. I'd still like to see the jack plate.
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by (sloop_john_b) » Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:48 pm
That is 100% a real Rickenbacker.
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by (doctorwho) » Fri Mar 15, 2019 3:28 am
chrisdski wrote:If no plate pull the pick guard off and find the dates of the pots (if they are original). There may be some markings in the routed out area also.
+1
The pots have date codes that will help in establishing an approximate date for it.
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by (wwh) » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:30 am
Thanks for all the info guys. The bass is getting a setup at the moment so I haven’t been able to get a picture of the jack plate but I’ll take one once I get it back.
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