OUCH! This is painful to look at!

[jwr2]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Origional-Old-Ricke ... dZViewItem

How can somebody treat a bass so badly?

[rickboy88]

From a few pics it looks to have had major water damage.

[blueflamerick]

It's a Katrina bass.

[rickfan60]

How can it be fetching $200 already? That is insane.

[rickcrazy]

I fear she's a goner Is that a 1973 date code on the pot casings? Chances are she's a November '73 or November '74 4001. Good for parts then - forget about the bass proper.

[bassduke49]

But then, there are some who would pay that for a plexi TRC.

[jingle_jangle]

Another Katrina victim...the center, neck-through portion has warped and curled up. This leads me to say it'd be a tough restoration, though not impossible. However, flood survivors usually have the wood grain opened way up and are likely to re-warp following any attempt to stabilize them.

[rickenbrother]

But then, there are some who would pay that for a plexi TRC.

That and the output jackplate.

[alanz]

He sent me an email saying the letters on the jackplate are MK.

[rickboy88]

MK 5833 makes it a build date of November 1973.

[ben_brown]

Exactly