What is WRONG with people?! - Part Neuf

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:51 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rickenbacker-4003-M ... dZViewItem

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:55 am

LOL, I was wondering when we'd see a thread about this one.

Whoever did this is an idiot, pure and simple.

It's a very clean bass, other than the 'embelishments'......

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:58 am

O-M-G!

That is shocking, tragic, and ugly.

I can't believe anybody could do anything so flat-out stupid.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:55 am

If I was having a nightmare about one of my Rick basses, it would look like that!!

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:48 am

Cut pieces?!? It looks like it's had bites taken off of it!

BlueAngel · Post by **BlueAngel** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:55 am

There's a thread about it on the RIC forum too. I actually wondered if it might have been the victim of a 'domestic'

.

At least it's a fair starting price - the hardware and the case are worth that, or more. If you were really determined to salvage as much as possible, the fingerboard and truss rods might be useful to someone too. The rest of it just deserves a decent burial...

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:42 pm

This one definitely deserves a place of dishonor in the Hall Of Shame.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:02 pm

It could be a candidate for a doubleneck conversion, but the bass would definitely need to be on the bottom!

captsandwich · Post by **captsandwich** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:05 pm

If I was a lefty & it stayed cheap, I'd buy it. Nobody's ever going to see me play it, so as long as it plays & sounds like a 4003, I wouldn't care what it looked like.

berth · Post by **berth** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:18 pm

As if someone cut the ears off of a dog (cat/human/....)

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:32 pm

doctorwho wrote:It could be a candidate for a doubleneck conversion, but the bass would definitely need to be on the bottom!

I thought the bass usually was on the bottom..

(Sorry, couldn't resist...)

kiramdear · Post by **kiramdear** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:36 pm

Hanging is too good for this guy.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:50 pm

Why do I think there's an ex-wife somehow involved with the story of this bass? With a chainsaw . . .

stringsncords · Post by **stringsncords** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:55 pm

My thoughts exactly, John! NASTY! What's the penalty in California for assault on a home-grown musical instrument?

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:57 pm

That was the first thought that came to my mind, JH!

Anyone remember the V63 that was run over by an angry wife? I have a picture of it here somewhere.

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