A sad 3000 on the Bay
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- RickyBubba
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A sad 3000 on the Bay
Been watching this one for grins, and it finally got a bid, but took forever.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rickenbacker-ba ... 2c74fed0ab
Just a sad sight. Love the tail strap button, and the neck attachment. Ugh….. Could be cleaned up, but much of the value might be the OHSC.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rickenbacker-ba ... 2c74fed0ab
Just a sad sight. Love the tail strap button, and the neck attachment. Ugh….. Could be cleaned up, but much of the value might be the OHSC.
- sloop_john_b
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Re: A sad 3000 on the Bay
DiMarzio Model P, Badass bridge, brass nut...bet it sounds HUGE.
- rickyfricky
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Re: A sad 3000 on the Bay
AND 21 Frets!! 
Watch those teeth, Marlin. I'm not sure we've properly sedated the beast . . .
Re: A sad 3000 on the Bay
This one ain't very happy either. It was put under a bed and left to rust for 15 years. The modded one at least got played.
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- bassduke49
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Re: A sad 3000 on the Bay
Yeah, and that one even had its tuners put back on upside down. Guess it takes all kinds.ilan wrote:This one ain't very happy either. It was put under a bed and left to rust for 15 years. The modded one at least got played.
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- RickyBubba
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Re: A sad 3000 on the Bay
I hadn't seen the 2nd on on the Bay…not pretty either, but would likely clean up fairly well. Yeah, those tuners are just plain stupid.
Re: A sad 3000 on the Bay
I think both are good candidates for a short-scale single-pickup version of Todd Bradshaw's re-bodied 2030.


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Re: A sad 3000 on the Bay
I thought about them, and even have the first body that I built sitting in a closet all by its lonesome, but that's a lot of money for a neck and some hardware that looks to be in pretty nasty condition. Plus....I think the next one would probably need to be a hollow body to keep things interesting. It's one of those "Do I really need another project at the moment?" kind of things.
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Todd, if you ever go crazy and want to move the bound one, let me know. Yeah, like that will ever happen.teb wrote:I thought about them, and even have the first body that I built sitting in a closet all by its lonesome, but that's a lot of money for a neck and some hardware that looks to be in pretty nasty condition. Plus....I think the next one would probably need to be a hollow body to keep things interesting. It's one of those "Do I really need another project at the moment?" kind of things.
