...this might be a good bargain!!!

heinpete · Post by **heinpete** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:36 am

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-JAPANESE- ... dZViewItem

...looks like the chrome parts (except tuners), knobs, body white plastic cover and the PUs are original. If so, the price is hot. Somebody snap it for replacements!

heinpete · Post by **heinpete** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:40 am

here is a pic:

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:26 am

Hmm... I just took a look at the other pictures of the above 4001 copy, and I don't think there's one single Rickenbacker part on it - not even the toaster p.u. cover which does indeed look like the real thing though. Sorry.

heinpete · Post by **heinpete** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:34 am

...but tempting!
...I've never seen a copy with such a nice pickguard with the exact screw locations.

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:51 am

The checkered binding looks good....

david_schwab · Post by **david_schwab** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:50 am

I remember playing a MG Univox copy of a 4001 back in the 70's that had a bolt on neck like this one. It looked just like a 4001, except for the neck plate. Wasn't a bad bass.

philipharris · Post by **philipharris** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:56 am

Funnily enough I was in a guitar shop in Tokyo about three weeks ago and thought for a moment I'd found a check binding 4003 - then saw the TRC. I forget the actual name but it was a pretty good attempt.