Fake?

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:09 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rickenbacker-4001-c64-bass-Mac-Cartney_W0QQitemZ7395250548QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

what's with that trc? haha

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:12 am

"I will give the serial number to the buyer"

Thats big of him. I would hope to get the entire bass.

LoL!!!! He spent alot of hours getting that TRC correct huh ??

How loud can we shout FFFFAAAAAAKKKKKKEEEEE !!!!

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:25 am

That must be the new 2006 model with the new TRC design. Too bad they stopped making the shark tooth inlays. Kept the binding.

It will be gone by 5PM PST.

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:17 am

"Paul Mac Cartney played with this bass in a record studio in Paris ."

Yeah, they also exhumed Jim Morrison's body for this historic recording summit.

rickengeezer · Post by **rickengeezer** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:55 am

Yes, but because MacCartney had to keep turning the bass upside down to play it, parts kept falling off:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7395250548&indexURL=6#ebayphotohosting

Fortunately, some heavy-duty pickguard screws remedied the problem for him:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7395250548&indexURL=4#ebayphotohosting

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:57 am

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:33 am

That one's comical!

Did he find the Rickenbacker name in newsprint and glue it to the TRC?

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:58 am

I'd pay $1.00 for the bridge pup surround

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:02 am

Listing pulled already! JH must have gotten up early this morning. That's gotta be a record.

billy_sacco · Post by **billy_sacco** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:57 am

Was it a copy? It looked pretty close was it an ibanez lawsuit one? I know the nameplate was jacked but besides that?

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:05 am

The telling point was the bound body, but fingerboard with only dot position markers. Rick didn't have any production models that weren't fretless that way.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:35 am

The bridge routs were the wrong shape as well.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:43 pm

I should correct myself: The Shadow and the Lemmy have bound bodies without the sharkfin position markers. But, there's no mistaking them.