Ouch

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:58 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/1980-s-Rickenbacker-4001-Bass-Guitar-Project-parts-ASIS_W0QQitemZ120100682941QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:59 pm

Just spotted it!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:01 pm

He says he took it to a repair shop, which kept it for 12 years, cut it into bits and he's selling the bits.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:04 pm

That makes MY bits hurt!

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:27 pm

Now that's quite the 'repair'!

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:38 pm

Dumpster diving.....

Y'know, that was quite a fall it must have taken, for this guy's story to be true. It takes a really hard blow to split the glue joints off the body wings AND fracture the neck inside the body wing encapsulation as well as a second fracture at the headstock.

Without the original jackplate at least, there is not much upon which one could base a rebuild. It would not be cost-effective in any case. Since it was MG originally, it should be somewhat better pieces of maple, though. So a crafty beginning luthier could make something of it as a legitimate RIC carcass, if only to learn woodshop technique without violating RIC trademark.

Don't I sound insufferably and unreasonably optimistic at times?

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:39 pm

Not even the fretboard is salvagable. Cheez!

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:45 pm

I'll bet if they had tried, they could have cut it into a few more pieces!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:49 pm

I'm thinking microtome...

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:55 pm

Geez, they might as well have taped a bunch of firecrackers to it while they were at it.

ram · Post by **ram** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:01 pm

Maybe use it for a piece of art?

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:02 pm

Bet it still sounds better than a Faker.

gray · Post by **gray** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:01 pm

If the price was right, maybe it would be good for the wings and the fretboard. You never know. IF the price was right. Otherwise you could glue it together and make a lamp. What a bummer for that guy. I'd have an aneurism if that happened to me.

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:03 pm

Another Rick-O-Kit!

Remember this one?

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:07 pm

That looks like it was a very nice Fireglo v63, what in the name of the wee man happened ?