Ebay Item # 2505900019 - Rickenbacker 3001 Bass

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Sat Feb 08, 2003 5:50 am

I think they just recently started making the Laredo with a Bubinga fingerboard - like in the last year or so. Before that, they all had maple boards...

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 9:05 am

As a post script, this 3001 went off for BIG money, relative to what they are worth:

http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=2505900019

It REALLY took a big jump at the end....

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 10:41 am

WOW! Over $1500.?? Thats more than double of what they usually sell for.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 11:12 am

Hey Phil, Rickenbackers DO get to England from the US. I sold a 325v63 JG to a really nice guy over there last year and sent it FedEx International Priority; it may have cost a lot ($180, split by both of us), but I sent it on a Friday and he got it on Tuesday, in time for a friend of his to use it in a Beatles tribute band!

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Mon Feb 24, 2003 11:29 am

JWilli: Yeah, I had the same reaction too; I'm sure it went for that kind of price due to its association with Geddy Lee......frankly, I would have like to have had it just for that reason alone. If the story about it is true, then it's a cool find.