Good deal....or expensive copy?

wints · Post by **wints** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 2:02 pm

Check this out from E bay Germany...Those inlays look the real deal but the rest... http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=87492&item=3762215003&rd=1

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 2:13 pm

Definitely NOT original. Notice the input jack says "Stereo-Sound" and does not have a serial number? That's just for starters......there are a lot of things wrong with that one!

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 2:17 pm

Run away!!!! Tuners, strap buttons, thumb rest, AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! And thats not even getting into details.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 3:21 pm

The text says that the bass is NOT original.

wints · Post by **wints** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 3:25 pm

Some things stand out a mile, but I thought those inlays were the best I,ve seen apart from the genuine thing and that fireglo is real close to my 73 version. At $820 that,s an expensive copy...

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 11:45 pm

Wenn die <<ad>> nur auf Ânglische wäre!

(with apologies for what's probably bad grammar!)

What I noticed also was the odd proportions of the horns/body.

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 4:47 am

It's no wonder RIC doesn't sell their truss rod covers - so many fakes out there! I was in a pawn shop last week and saw what looked like a 4001 hanging in the corner. By the time I was 10 feet away from it, I knew it was a fake - wrong pickups, tuners, input jack etc... The only thing that looked real was the TRC. I was going to talk to them about buying the TRC only, but I figured I wouldn't be able to convice them the bass was a fake. And it was only $850 US!

henny · Post by **henny** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:25 am

That went for $799.16.

*Bloody Hell* - I feel sorry for the poor/stupid guy who bought that.

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:35 am

look at the jack plate thats adead givaway .

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 11:49 am

$800.00 for a 4001 copy?? What's the world coming to? Every single part on that bass is a dead giveaway - the tuners, the body binding, even the truss rod cover. Only the fretboard inlays look remarkably like the real thing.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 12:20 pm

$800 for a Ric TRC ... and some firewood and some scrap metal ...

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 3:24 am

Think about it, some RIC lover will probably get that beast for Christmas from their unknowing wife or girlfriend. :0

Not me though, my wife is very skilled in the fine art of spotting a Fakenbacker.