Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Final clarification;

When Top Shelf received this bass, the estate's paperwork had it listed as a "prototype" an considering Tom Petty's long relationship with Ric, it would be safe to assume that Rickenbacker made it. It even came in a silver Ric case.
Who knew! We only found out after the ad ...

Let me clarify this Brian;
The Epstein estate is not selling this collection to pay off tax debts or any other financial woes. Why would anybody assume that? I sell a few personal instruments every year, and its nobody's business why I'm selling them. It's a real waste of my time to respond to such ...

Hello,

Rick Turner emailed out shop and confirmed that this particular bass was made about 15 years ago by a builder who'd like to remain anonymous.
Rick stated that he wired the controls with push/pull pots for each pickup for a "no load" set up and also custom made the guts for the toaster ...