Fraudulent Ebay Auction

surfrat29 · Post by **surfrat29** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 9:30 am

I just wanted to warn everyone about ebay auction #2526021151, the Fretless Rickenbacker 8-string bass. This auction is completely bogus. I own this bass and it is NOT for sale! The description was copied right from the My Guitars page on my personal website at fretless12.com. Thanks Gary for alerting me to this! Ebay has been notified. Hope they catch the *******....

admin · Post by **admin** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 9:59 am

The details for future reference.

Rickenbacker 4003/S8FL Fretless 8-String Bass
Item # 2526021151

Musical Instruments:Guitar:Bassther Brands

Current bid C $276.86 (approx. US $190.57 ) Starting bid C $200.00 (approx. US $137.67 )
Quantity 1 # of bids 2 Bid history
Time left 2 days, 13 hours +
Location Vancouver
Country Canada
Started Apr-24-03 02:03:08 PDT Mail this auction to a friend
Ends Apr-27-03 02:03:08 PDT Watch this item

Seller (rating) pacoarmenio(0)
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Member since: Apr-24-03. Registered in Canada
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Description

This is the only fretless 8-string bass guitar that Rickenbacker has ever made! The documentation letter sent to me by Rickenbacker in 1993 suggests that this "may be the only fretless 8-string bass on the planet."

Just another thing to worry about when buying over the internet I'm afraid.

surfrat29 · Post by **surfrat29** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:50 am

The auction has been cancelled and the sellers fake ID has been cancelled too, Thank You Ebay! If anyone happened to email this seller and got a response of any kind from them could you please forward it to me with all headers attached to [email protected]. I know who is responsible, I just need to cross the T's and dot the I's to make sure it never happens again! Thanks!

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 3:45 am

Hey Mark,
I requested photos from the guy, but something was definitely "not quite right" with this auction. No pics? No feedback? Private auction? Smelled like a scam a mile a way. I'll let you know if any e-mail comes my way but at this point I doubt it. Good luck nailing this guy!

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 4:34 am

As of this morning there are two fretted eight strings on ebay...oh, man, new Ric or new roof?

C'mon Paul, buy 'em both and save me from temptation!

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 5:20 am

Love the blue one - very nice!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 9:52 am

I have 2 4003s5's, a 1968 4001, a 4004L on the way ... Gee I think I need an 8 string ... it is really tempting ... especially because I just got a big tax refund ...

Has anybody ever strung a 4003s8 B E A D ????

Talk about growl ... I bet it would be awesome!!!

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 10:08 am

As I recall from his video Chris Squire tunes each pair a fifth apart...it sounded great.

Damn Syndrome is making my wallet itch.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 10:16 am

Squire did the E and A octaves and the D and G fifths

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 10:47 am

Hey ... that black one is a 4008 from the 70's ...

that is even more rare than the 4003s8 ...

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 2:42 pm

Anyone care for a Desert Gold 4004L?? Possibly the only one made with that finish.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 4:48 pm

Show us a picture ...

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 5:16 am

You can see a couple pics here:
http://www.homestead.com/aurs3/4004lDG.html

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 6:10 am

OOOOhh ... that is pretty ... sleek and nice ... I have a black one that is being shipped to me right now ...

I am thinking of turning a 4004 into a 5 string bass ... I have a bridge already ... I can make a nut and then I need one machine head tuner ... I will experiment with the 4004 pickups ... I may use 4003 high gain and reverse the polarity of the neck one like a jazz bass and wire it up volume volume tone for the controls ...

A few minor mods to make a killer bass ... I love the tight spacing of the 4003s5 ... it took me a while to get used to the 4003s5 but now it feels right and other basses feel wrong ... so I figured a 4004 would make a nice 5 string with a few mods ... and it would have the tighter spacing that I like ...

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 10:44 am

A pair of toasters might also sound pretty cool. It would definitely look the part. By the way, if you go to Rick's site and look at the section dealing with guitar components, you can get a part number for the one tuner you need and just order one. They also have blank nuts that you can cut yourself. I don't remember if they have 5-string nuts.