White Star?

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:54 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/RICKENBACKER-BASS-RARE-WHITE-STAR_W0QQitemZ140025231514QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:57 pm

It looks like a refin to me as the binding appears to be painted over.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:52 pm

Ken Swearingen says the seller sold it to someone else even though Ken hit the BIN button. You might want to avoid that seller in the future.

rickengeezer · Post by **rickengeezer** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:02 pm

The seller signed his name in the ad as "Godzilla"...anyone else find that moniker strangely familiar when associated with dubiously-described Rickenbackers?

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:05 pm

Good thought but the location is not right for his highness. ...unless he moved ...or was run out of town ....on a rail....

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:18 pm

He's still around....

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:40 pm

Cross-thread: this bass has already been discussed intensively in another thread:

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ricosound · Post by **ricosound** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:54 am

I don't think I'd want to be the seller to stiff Ken! I don't think it's good for your health.

alansan · Post by **alansan** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:07 am

Aw shucks, I thought this may have been a thread about anal bleaching...

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:42 am

doooooh!

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:25 am

Yeah...uhuh....he said anal!

kbhag · Post by **kbhag** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:30 am

I had a 4003S JUST like that. Ordered it new around '84...Snow White. Sold it like a Dumb***.

ricosound · Post by **ricosound** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:57 am

The time line matches up color wise. I know there was Jetglo V63s, most likely over a bad piece of wood, but I wish they had sprayed a few white just to keep it interesting.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:41 pm

The wood is not bad so much as visually imperfect.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:11 pm

I e-mailed the seller several times telling him it was not a whitestar they were a limited run from 87 etc even sent him the url from that section of this forum where it delineated the white, black and red stars. He kept insisting that several guys from the Ric booth at namm several years ago told him it was one. I told him he must have talked to the wrong guys. Was a kid or wrote like one or could maybe have been a scam artist as I threatened to report him but backed off when I found out he was "young" Actually he was a scammer as I just looked and he has 9 bass related items for sale right now. It was a regular 4003 with V63 pickups, it had binding or so it said in the ad.