Odd tailpiece position

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:05 am

Check out the position of the tailpiece relative to the body end on this leftie on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RICKENBACKER-LEFT-HANDED-CUSTOM-SHOP-4003-JETGLO-BASS_W0QQitemZ120137870909QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

xsubs · Post by **xsubs** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:11 am

32" scale bass

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:21 am

OK, yeah, I just saw it mentioned in the "For Sale" section, too. Now that's an interesting oddity. Makes me wonder if the "custom shop" was RIC or somebody else. If it's real, and someone here buys it, I sure would like photos for the book.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:00 am

I think its creepy. Its just not natural looking. Its like that girl on the Exorcist that spins her head around backwards. I look at it and have to look away.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:31 am

I asked and the seller said the original owner had it done at RIC's custom shop when he ordered it.

jojo99 · Post by **jojo99** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:55 pm

The bridge pickup on this bass is now quite a bit closer to the bridge...interesting.

basshawk · Post by **basshawk** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:10 am

The picture of the 330 is in there just to make you say "HUH?'

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:06 am

Hmm... A short-scale 21 fretter. Pretty rare. If at all real, that is.