Cheap 4001's

sublimate · Post by **sublimate** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:14 am

Came across these while looking for something else. Don't know anything about them (what condition, if they're real, etc) and I have no connection with the seller, but for someone near S.F. it might be worth checking out:

"Rickenbacker 4001 ivory bass. $600"

"4001 Ric. Black. Mirror pickguard, sealed gears. $600"

"Rickenbacker bass with Alembic pickups
This is what we've been doing with our huge pile of Alembic pickups. Alembic made replacement pickups for Ric, so this lucky guy gets to have his neck-thru Ric basically turned into an Alembic bass. $800" This one has a pic at: http://www.fatdawg.com/rickenbacker.jpg

also,

"4001 Ric copy. Seville, good quality model. Black. $350"

These and a lot of non-Ricks were at:
http://www.fatdawg.com/bass.html

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:33 am

whoa, some great deals on there. thanks!

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:47 am

Did you check out the date at the bottom when the page was last updated?

1978!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 8:08 am

there was no internet in 1978!!!

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 8:15 am

Pass me that landing net! I've caught one.

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:04 am

there was internet in 1978, just not as we know it.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:07 am

Same goes for Al Gore...

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:25 am

I tried to get "online" with my ZX81, but it just wouldn't have it. Then when I got the Sinclair Spectrum (a 48k one, not the basic 16k) with its cassette tape drive... well, as they say, the rest is history.

alanz · Post by **alanz** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:27 am

Commodore 64 sprite programming totally rules, dudes.

In 1978 there were maybe 100 guys with internet access and all they did was post ASCII art porn using PDP-11s...

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:31 am

And things certainly have changed a lot since then, haven't they...

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:37 am

Err, you haven't seen the dinosaur PC that I am on now!

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:51 am

I was making sarcastic reference to how much things haven't changed regarding the Internet being used mainly for posting porn. Of course, now there's lots of educational violence, too...

If only its power could be used for 'Good' instead of 'Mediocre'...

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:20 pm

back to the original website, he has a "new" tbird for $1000 but it wasn't the finish i was looking for. he's got some odd stuff and obviously hates the "metal" guitars.

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:03 pm

This reminds me of the song "The Internet is for Porn" from the Avenue Q musical.

"The internet is really really great . . . FOR PORN!"

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:19 pm

ditto!