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Original case??? I've never seen one like this!
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:21 am
by leftyguitars
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:23 am
by rickaddict
Sure the case is original,....original for FAKERS!!!
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:49 am
by leftybass
It's not a factory case, but it's not the first Rickenbacker bass in the UK I've seen with a case like that. There were others for sure. What the relationship is, if any, I can't say.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:54 am
by jingle_jangle
It's too loose-fitting to be a proprietary case.
Prob for some other brand, or possibly a European in-stock number???
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:00 am
by wints
My green RM1999 came in a case exactly like that. I think they are possibly for the Shaftesbury copy basses of that era.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:07 am
by leftyguitars
The Shaftsbury bass wasn't a 4001 shape, it was a 330 shape.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:14 am
by chefothefuture
It's a far east thing.
Way back when on 48th st in NYC, prices were 40% off list,
but that didn't include a case. If you couldn't afford the stock case, these were less $$$ but not as cheap as a chipboard case.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:04 am
by bob_atherton
My 72' came in a case like this, quite like it, works well.
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:07 am
by wints
Your right Peter...Thank you for the reminder. Then it's the Japanese copies....
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:41 pm
by rickcrazy
Yes, it is a Far East thing. I've seen a few locally. Good for storing real Rickenbacker basses though...
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:57 am
by rogerf
Back in the '70s, I had a friend in high school that bought a 4001 bass copy made by Aspen. It came in a hardshell case exactly like the one in the picture.