How sexy !comes with a matching pair of briefs.

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:01 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rickenbacker-4003-scratchplate-pickguard-pick-guard_W0QQitemZ7369824679QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:09 am

So let me get this straight...The guy did a bad job making a pickguard, so he wants to sell it, and if the demand for bad pickguards is there...He'll make more...

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:10 am

Thank God he is only going to make one more!

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:35 am

He should get together with that mvp guy who makes those ugly eagle guitars.
Maybe they could make the whole guitar out of cardboard

ojobob2 · Post by **ojobob2** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:41 am

what the hell is that on the TRC? odd

throw_this_away · Post by **throw_this_away** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:41 am

oopps

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:53 am

Let me get this straight...man has beater bass, leopard skin cardboard PG, no knobs, no strings, lives in a tip in Reading (judging from the "Still Life with Sour Milk" photos)...but he needs 99p in a hurry, so...

Two guesses: 1.) He's on the dole; 2.) He rolls his own.

Someone needs to write a book called "EBay Pitiful"...

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:29 am

If a 4001 bass could have a nightmare about a pickguard, that's what it would look like.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:35 am

The bass is already living on the set for "Eraserhead".

Whaddya think, guys, should his photo be the cover shot for the 2006 Forum Calendar?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:50 am

Or maybe January...you know, to start the year off right...

ric620 · Post by **ric620** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 8:05 am

"Rickenbacker changed the design of the 4003 slightly in 1974"

The seller has a firm grasp of changes to Ric basses over the years.

;-P

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 8:05 am

He will only sell to the UK. I was ready to hit that bid button, but I'm here in the states. You know good kindling is hard to find.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 8:22 am

Plus, the shipping at the "International Rubbish Rate" would cost an arm and a leg...

It's a ten-day auction. No doubt about, he's wiley and knows his market!

In this case, "BIN it" is a wholly appropriate reponse...

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 8:25 am

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 8:43 am

I just looked at the enlarged pic

Those are Egyptian symbols, "Eye of Horus" I believe, kind of swirled about with a photo editor like Photoshop then printed. Can't quite make out the trc.
The cats like it