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A copy that tempted me...
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:37 pm
by bob_atherton
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rickenbacker-4001Bass-copy-not-Gibson-Fender-PRS-Burns_W0QQitemZ7356905318QQcategoryZ33039QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Got to be honest, I nearly went for this one. I need a fitted case for an old 4001, and it would have been fun to have sorted the setup on this one and sold it on Ebay again. Too many other things going on in my life at the moment.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:04 am
by marc61
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:15 am
by rickcrazy
My, what a strange-looking 4001 copy. As we say in my country (Portugal, Europe), 'it is neither meat nor fish', meaning it is neither an exact 4001 copy nor a Fender/Gibson copy.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:16 am
by marc61
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:17 am
by marc61
A definate oddity.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:06 am
by beatlefan
?????
The case is cool....
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:44 am
by ken_swearingen
I thought it was a 4002 at a glance.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:13 am
by atomic_punk
I think the bridge needs to be pushed back a little farther...
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:10 am
by henry5
It actually resembles a John Birch, although it isn't. A friend of mine has one of those; wierd but interesting.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:11 pm
by bobcat
Actually, I wouldn't mind having a copy like that, because then I could have a Bartolini P/J bass and not feel guilty about gutting a real Ric to do it.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:50 pm
by bob_atherton
OK, I know you guys are taking the p**s but I really could have done with the case & at 150 UKP I bet I could have made a small profit out of it, and it might just have been an interesting bass, kind of Ric meets Fender meets Gibson T/bird.
Ok.... it would have been totally **** !!!!
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:32 am
by henry5
Not necessarily Bob, you never know with some of these oddities....
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:52 am
by dminer
Speaking of tempting faker basses, this Shaftsbury 330 copy bass looked kind of interesting to me...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7357262036
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:38 pm
by bob_atherton
Damn, should have bought it with the BIN of 150 UKP. It was relisted and sold for 245UKP.... Doh...
