"Methinks a fake", he said.....

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Mon May 22, 2006 12:53 pm

What say y'all?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Rickenbacker-4001-Bass-Project_W0QQitemZ7417126142QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:02 pm

Tuning pegs give it away.

Nice sharpie paint job on the back..

wints · Post by **wints** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:02 pm

I think your right John.

Might be worth it, if it stays cheap for the TRC and are they real Grovers?

Calling Dave Pascoe...

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:03 pm

Good grief! I sure hope it's a fake. What a sad mess.

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:03 pm

Fake Grovers.

It has just the slots w/o the lettering.

wints · Post by **wints** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:05 pm

Too funny Dave,

Identical post timing about the same specific subject. The psychic connection at work!

2000 posts...Have I been here this long

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:17 pm

That fretboard color looks off, along with the inlays. Those look like sparkly, non full-width.

green_us90 · Post by **green_us90** » Mon May 22, 2006 2:05 pm

edski · Post by **edski** » Mon May 22, 2006 2:59 pm

We should have a protocol of grabbing the pic so that latecomers can see the abomination...

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Mon May 22, 2006 3:00 pm

Wints, congrats on # 2000! You've either been here too long, or you make the most of one-word comments ...

wints · Post by **wints** » Mon May 22, 2006 3:09 pm

I think it's the definitely the former Gary.
Of course we never used to count posts back in 2000/1 when I first found the forum.

I can still hear my old English teacher now, moaning that he had twice as much to read whenever I presented a homework essay...

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Mon May 22, 2006 3:32 pm

Andy...2000?? Whew.

..ahh yes, I can remember when he was but a wee lad....with a white RM1999...

LOOK where I'M at!!!!!! COOOOL!

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Mon May 22, 2006 5:24 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-4001-Bass-Project-Rickenbacker_W0QQitemZ7417358592QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It's BACK for LESS!

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Mon May 22, 2006 9:58 pm

...and bidding has ended already...

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:51 am

Here are the pics:

The routing is all wrong.
It'd be worth $50 for the hardware.