So, what's all this then?

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:57 pm

It does not look like an S but it has a dot neck. It appears to be a '75 to early '77 4001.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rickenbacker-4001-Maple-Glo-Late-70s-Early-80s_W0QQitemZ7381937445QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:13 pm

Must be a replaced board to go with all the mods.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:26 pm

Maybe it has started life as a FL.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:30 am

It's a faker, period.

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:40 am

Sergio, are you sure? If that's the case it's one the best fakers I've seen. Asuming it has the double truss.

edski · Post by **edski** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:43 am

Not that I'm an expert at any rate...but the neck heel looks wrong, and the PU surrounds don't seem quite right. But hard to tell with 2 pics from that distance...

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:16 am

I concur with Sergio, it's a faker! The seller knows it too, which is why we only see pics from a km away.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:42 am

Yeah, it has a rather short neck heel. Good point. I did not notice that before. While not conclusive proof, it is suspicious. Some fakers are amazingly accurate on the outside but the shapes of the hidden body routes usually tell the true tale. I wonder if the seller would provide closer pics and perhaps some under the TRC and guard.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:47 am

Here it is.

How very convenient that the original jackplate is gone...

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:53 am

Yeah, those jack plates aren't very reliable and need to be replaced often....

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:14 am

The price is way too high if it is real, since everything has been replaced!

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:31 am

It doesn't look right. Neck heel is rounded, and has dots with binding. My vote is fake.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:35 am

fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffake!

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:27 pm

The strap button on the upper horn is in the wrong place.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:48 pm

The heels are rounded on all of mine:'76, '77, & '81.