Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Thanks so much everyone for your replies. After trying out a couple different ricks yesterday, I wound up buying this one! It just felt so good to play. I'll upload some pictures later on today.

Thanks for your replies. I should've re-phrased my question - I'm just trying to make sure it is a fair price, I realize that it is not a steal by any means. It did seem to me to be a fair price - which is why i am so wary of it! I would expect a place like GC to mark that up to at least $2000.

Forgot to mention that I foolishly forgot to ask if everything was all original..... not that I'd necessarily trust the sales people at Guitar Center. But here is the bass in question:

http://www.guitarcenter.com/In-Store-Vi ... 2090634.gc

My apologies if a similar question has been asked before (or if I'm posting in the wrong forum!). I'm looking into buying my first Rickenbacker bass. I found a used one at a guitar center and absolutely fell in love with it. It is a 1984 4003S, mapleglo finish, and it is priced at $1699 - it is in ...