4003 S/8

rickde · Post by **rickde** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 12:03 am

Well well.... I wonder how much this is going to go for:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2548655917&category=4713

Anyone wanna start a betting pool to see who is closest? I bet the guy gets at least 3k for it.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:22 am

Bartolini pickups ... ARGHHH!!!

I'd say more like $1200.00 USD ...

Why did he mess with the pickups? @#$%^&* ... If you want the damn sterile sound of humbuckers ... get a yamaha, or Ibenez, or Dean, or whatever ... there are lots of manufacturers making those generic basses with big ugly soapbar humbuckers ... the whole point of getting a Rickenbacker is to have that single coil growl .... well ok there is also the neck and the look ...

It will cost at least $200 to fix that bass ...

banta · Post by **banta** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:31 am

I'd also say he will get around $1200-$1400. He still has the original pickups and didn't modify the body, so putting it back right would take no time at all. I've seen 4003S/8s sell on ebay for $800-$900, and I sold mine for $1435.

ojobob2 · Post by **ojobob2** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:34 am

He says the original pickups are there, just in a box , Jeff

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 4:43 am

then the buyer could take out the dreaded humbuckers and smash them to bits with a hammer ... or burn them ... ya ya fire fire ...

jeff_ulmer · Post by **jeff_ulmer** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 4:47 am

If I could afford another 8, I'd try a horseshoe in it. Save the humbuckers for something else.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 10:30 am

hey it went for around $1600 ...

Hey John Hall have you noticed how much the 5 and 8 string rics are selling for??? Maybe you should have 5 and 8 string models ....

dano · Post by **dano** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 11:23 am

Why not bring back the 4003s5 and 4003s8 while we're all waiting around for the 4004Cii5/8 to begin production?

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 6:12 pm

Now that sounds like a good idea.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 7:27 pm

Amen, Dan and Bob.

But can we have 8 saddles for the 8 stringers this time please?

rob · Post by **rob** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 7:43 pm

I'm still waiting for a 12 string bass from RIC..............For a long time, I guess.