Funny eBay title

stts64 · Post by **stts64** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:42 pm

Since when MG is RARE on 4003?
Well.... Maybe in UK?

Check this out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/RICKENBACKER-4003-STEREO-BASS-GUITAR-RARE-MAPLE-GLO_W0QQitemZ160073002446QQihZ006QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:55 pm

A 4003 with a skunk stripe. That is rare....

rickboy88 · Post by **rickboy88** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:04 pm

It's a lot of money too when you factor in the repaired crack in the neck.

I wonder if they've got the year wrong. It would be easy to tell if they posted the serial number.

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:16 pm

Looks to me that the peg head is not quite large enough to be a 4003....I'd say it's a 4001 with a cracked neck that is clearly visible, and not a very good looking repair on the back of the peg head where the finish is worn off. What caused that, a Hip Shot Tuner maybe?

rickboy88 · Post by **rickboy88** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:20 pm

Good catch, Dale. Yep, the headstock is more 70's/early 80's sized.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:22 pm

It's not a 97 with the skunk stripe, and with the skunk stripe there it's probably not a 4003.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:31 pm

The production window is most likely 73-83, hard to pin down with such a small picture.

It doesn't look like it's got chequered binding, and if it had you'd think they'd have mentioned it in the description.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:19 pm

If the pickguard is original, that bass was made between mid-year '77 and the end of production for the 4001 which would be somewhere between 1980 and '81.

feedback · Post by **feedback** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:32 am

Chaps...It's a Musicground job...!

rickinroma · Post by **rickinroma** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:35 am

it is an ordinary 70s style 4001, not well repaired, and quite expensive too

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:58 am

Maybe expensive for the USA but it isn't a bad price for here in England.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:09 am

Definitely not a '97 4003. Gotta be 1970s or early '80s 4001.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:56 am

I asked them for the serial number last night via Ebay, we'll see if there's a response.