The Real Deal?

wints · Post by **wints** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:22 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7385597653

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:31 am

I dont think so...the TRC doesn't say Made in USA on it, and the treble PU surround is really throwing me off...but I don't see a lof of fakers with 2-pc. pickguards. ?????

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:35 am

It could be a legit 4003 with some wear, if it is the buyer stole it.

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:40 am

It doesn't look right. None of the hardware fits straight.

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:02 pm

The pick guard looks uneven at the split. I don't have an early 4003 to verify, but it looks fishey to me. A $300 BIN tells you something's up. Steve pointed out the TRC does not say "Made in USA." It also does not look like a neck thru.

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:29 pm

Someone already bought it.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:17 pm

It looks real to me. But I'm thinkin' it wasn't made in 1970.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:59 pm

Oh, there's NO WAY that is a '70, more like an '82, IF it's real.

banta · Post by **banta** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:08 pm

It looks like a real early '80s 4003 to me. What a great deal.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:25 pm

looks like a bolt on to me.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:34 pm

Charly, I think you're right, there is no neck-thru on that bass, that is what was throwing me!

cwk · Post by **cwk** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:12 am

No stripe?

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:38 am

Yeah....but there was never a stripe on a 4003.

*Except for that one rare example early 4003S MG owned by a forumite that has a MAPLE skunk stripe.

frode · Post by **frode** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:02 am

How can you say that this is a faker? Looks real to me exept for the TRC and the two piece pickguard that first came in the 80´s

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:12 am

I think it might be a bolt-on, you usually see the neck-thru on a MG, on this one you can't see it.