Possibly a good deal on a fixer-upper 4001

[ilan]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1970-Rickenbacker-m ... 500wt_1156

No affiliation. But for $799 BIN this could be a nice restoration project. Or leave it like this, I've seen worse mods.

Seller says 1970; it definitely isn't. Thick horns and 4001 TRC could indicate late 70's or early 80's.

[coolhandjjl]

Wonder what those PU's are? And the unusual pickguard to cover the original route's?

[rickenbrother]

That's not a bad looking mod. I'd play it the way it is. Sort of reminds me of Joshua's white 4001FL mod, which is also one of the better mods.

[ajish4]

I was eyeballing it too...

I couldn't tell if those were the stock pickups or not.

Someone put in a minimum bid, and the 799.00 BIN is gone.

It will probably sell for more than that now!

[coolhandjjl]

It's got the shedua stripe, wasn't that phased out ion the '70's?

[jps]

The shedua strip was phased in during '72 IIRC and lasted till the 4001 was discontinued.

[cheyenne]

Hmm. I think its kind of cool looking.

God knows we've seen worse mods.

[cassius987]

Someone put in a minimum bid, and the 799.00 BIN is gone.

It will probably sell for more than that now!

Yeah. I would think $799 for that guy would probably turn out to be a good deal; looks like the bass may need very little work if any. I ended up paying $750-800 for my 4001FL (I can't recall the final amount anymore) and I probably put more work into it than I would have with this bass. There were a handful of tiny flaws that the seller didn't photograph so I got a chunk of the $1,000 BIN back from that sale in compensation for undocumented issues. This bass may be similar--not a lot of photos, actually less than the 4001FL had and less detail. Nevertheless now that it's not a $799 BIN I bet it's going to go for upwards of that.

[wints]

Still can't figure why someone would place the opening bid and not just BIN!

[cassius987]

Still can't figure why someone would place the opening bid and not just BIN!

Maybe a friend of the seller, that's all I can figure.

[VRICKY63]

A bid of $720 on a $799 BIN ? What an *** ! Annoying !

[jaymi]

OH=Aug 75...I asked for the numbers.....prob has the super thin 756 neck....Love those!!! I imagine this bass roars even with the goofy pick guard...I would play it!