Hard to tune

lars · Post by **lars** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:39 pm

Can't be easy to tune this one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1976-4003-RICKENBACKER-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ7342483458QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Er..... a 76? No....

bob_the_bass · Post by **bob_the_bass** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:44 pm

Who strung that !?

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:49 pm

more like a 96.

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:23 pm

"Priced to sell" Ha ha ha !

endlessbassic · Post by **endlessbassic** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 2:02 pm

..i think that's the trick for maintaining proper tension on the truss rod cover.. heh.. yeah.

ali_b · Post by **ali_b** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:27 am

and the case does't look 2 foot longer than the bass

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:59 am

Bid on it! Its worth it just to get the strap.

edski · Post by **edski** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 1:00 am

New case...TRC doesn't say "Model 4001"...

Not sure about the veracity of this being a 70's model.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:11 am

it's late 90's 4003.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:34 am

What could people hope to gain by stringing their Ricks like this? I see it a lot. Does it "look cool" or something?!

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:35 am

My call: 1996

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:36 am

It looks like it might be a 86,4003 its got the fatter horns typical for 80s early 90s,and the case is not 29 inches longer then the bass,as for the strap,thats to die for.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:46 am

I thought 96 also as I posted early in this thread, they didn't use those cases at least until the early 90's I'm pretty sure. It's also got the ribbed pickups which weren't around again until sometime in the 90's, not sure of the year. The basses horns were the same from about the mid- late 70's until the late 90's so you can't go by that. I have never seen a 6' 2" case in my life unless it was an upright case.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:57 am

Hmmmm...a 6'2" case could double as a canoe if you got into a bind. I think I should bid on it!

I agree on the pickup bars beginning in the '90s. I have a couple '87s and an '88 that don't have the bars. I have a '94 that does have bars.

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:01 am

You guys are probably right i just wasn't sure when in the 90s they changed the shape of the 4003 to resemble todays,now we know 97. And Jeff definitely a nice canoe if you find yourself up a creek.