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Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:19 pm
by jnbass
damn!
A real Redneck, not too many of those around here...
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 2:50 am
by atomic_punk
Gary,
Thanks for the pics! And it's nice to see the progression! I don't see many pics of one with the lights exposed like that! And it's great to see it lighting up!!!!!!!
Your basses are gorgeous, too, by the way! Did you say you're a "hack" bassist?
I doubt that...
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 3:12 am
by ken_james
Yeah you just had to show a picture of a Redneck didn't you? I have a nice home for it when you decide to sell it.
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 8:55 am
by doctorwho
Kendall and Jared, that Redneck was an eBay sleeper a couple of years back. The dealer didn't know what it was and had some generic "Rickenbacker Bass" title for the ad. Additionally, the pictures in the ad were really bad and didn't show the red fretboard very well. I suspected what it was, and downloaded the pictures and tweaked them enough to discern the micro dot markers and then knew what it was. I think I paid only $800 plus shipping for it.
"...I call that a bargain..."!
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:03 am
by ken_james
I remember that auction, I was at Ft Carson and couldn't bid. So when do we cut a deal?
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 10:35 am
by ilan
"... The dealer didn't know what it was and had some generic "Rickenbacker Bass" title for the ad. Additionally, the pictures in the ad were really bad and didn't show the red fretboard very well. I suspected what it was, and downloaded the pictures and tweaked them enough to discern the micro dot markers and then knew what it was. I think I paid only $800 plus shipping for it."
Gary - that's EXACTLY how I found my Shadow two months ago on CraigsList.com! The generic (and misspelled) "Rickenbacher bass" title, the dark lousy picture, tweaking it with PhotoShop and discovering the black dots on the fretboard and the checkered binding... Only I paid $750!
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 1:29 pm
by doctorwho
That's one nice bass, Ilan! There are some bargains to be found out there, it just takes patience, and as in our cases (no pun intended), a little extra effort.
Kendall, I'll put you in the #1 position on my sell-to list for the Redneck, but it won't be anytime soon, for sure ...
By the way, Mike Parks has dibs on the 4000FL BG (he was drooling when I told him about it shortly after I bought it).
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 2:05 pm
by ken_james
Gary
I'll remember that! The weird thing about your bass, was right after you got it a Redneck 8 string came up for sale, if I remember correctly it sold for approx 1400. From what I can gather there were 38 Rednecks, 11 of which were 8 stringers.
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:38 pm
by doctorwho
Yep, I remember that, and I bid on it but wasn't bidding high enough.
Too bad there aren't any 8-string Tuxedos and Blackstars ... or are there?
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:08 pm
by jnbass
saw a pix of a Redneck 8 here some time ago, what a beauty!
Never seen a Blackstar 8, yet.
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:43 pm
by ilan
Hey Gary - want to see the "before" pic? (with an ugly w/b/w guard - probably to match the cat):
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:56 pm
by dave4004
That's the "before" you restored it, but "after" you lightened up the listing pic. I remember when you found it, the pic was so dark you couldn't even see the cat.
Great find.
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 3:30 am
by ken_james
I haven't seen any 8 string models, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. I do know of a leftie 5 string "blackstar" though.
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 6:45 am
by ilan
Dave, that's true, the cat was a surprise, but check out this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3714092841
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 10:50 am
by doctorwho
Yikes! That's like selling an igloo using a picture of it taken in a snowstorm ...