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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:35 pm
by ginger_lee
just a webcam..no im in nova scotia canada..
ill see what i can find..my hard drive packed up 2 weeks ago an i lost everything on it, ill get the pics out an scan some k?
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:36 pm
by rickfan60
Mine is a '79. The Badass was added in late '80 to address an intonation problem. I have the original tailpiece and will reinstall it someday.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:36 pm
by walker
WOW, Ginge! Camera quips aside, that is some gorgeous neck grain.
Again with the Rickenbacker tradition of inconsistency, I notice that Ginger's & Ted's have different bridges.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:38 pm
by walker
(Thanks, Ted. Sorry, RIC.)
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:39 pm
by rickfan60
Ginger: That one in Austria is not original. It was apparently made from a fretted one.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:42 pm
by ginger_lee
ahhh ok
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:45 pm
by relayer4u
Question is, how much would a clean one like the maple birdseye that Mike Parks had when I bought my Squire sell for today?
$10K $15K?
Only $3,395 just a few years ago...
Kick your self AGAIN people!!!!
LOL.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:53 pm
by walker
Well Ray, Ted or Dave or Ginger could post their 4002 on Ebay with a reserve of a million dollars, start the bidding at $500 and see how high the bids climb... I think it would break the $20,000 mark. (MY bet if someone starts a pool.)
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:54 pm
by simer4001
Well I guess I don't scare you Alex.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:01 pm
by relayer4u
So... $3,395 might have been a good price back then?
LOL!
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:13 pm
by relayer4u
Point is, I read lots of carping about the current price escalation of the collectable and classic Rics.
If you go back to May / June 2001, the internet was a lot slower and harder to find things on. Now that many have cable and DSL speed, and things like ebay have come to life, the competition for the great Rickies has gone through the roof.
If you think that 4003 Shadow is going to be any cheaper next year, forget about it. When you see your dream for sale, buy it if you can stretch to afford it. Rickenbackers will never be cheaper tomorrow than they are today. Great for those that already gots, bad for sudden GAS attacks!
Cheers!
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:13 pm
by simer4001
Maybe if RIC releases what they have it may lower the price on the used ones. That makes economic sense. It helps control inflation.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:28 pm
by rickfan60
Seriously Alan, did you really see 4002s in the factory?
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:57 pm
by alanz
Seriously?
No.
But there were some suspicious looking items in the cage near the break area...
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:15 pm
by walker
Hmmm... sounds like we, as a forum, should see these pictures and disseminate the evidence in hopes of drawing a reasonable hypothesis.
What say ye, good people?
