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Is this bass OK?
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:30 am
by bob_atherton
http://cgi.ebay.com/MINT-Rickenbacker-4001c64s_W0QQitemZ7385433890QQcategoryZ41439QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
This looks a little odd, two basses shown in the add. The one in the case, the one I believe is for sale, looks not quite right...?
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:48 am
by shinynewtoy
Shouldn't that baby have a 60's pickup surround?
Nice bass though... if only they didn't cut the headstock in front of a mirror...
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:52 am
by leftybass
They are not the same bass IMO. They remind me of pics someone took at a past NAMM show and photoshopped the background out..
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:06 am
by bobcat
Yeah, why is the pickup surround a modern one?
And why is the headstock wrong? Oh wait, they're made that way *on purpose* . . . hehehehe.
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:34 am
by dswp
"Yeah, why is the pickup surround a modern one?"
That's the way the "S" comes from the factory.
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:28 am
by chefothefuture
This is supposed to be a recreation of Macca's.
The 70s surround is like his when the pickup
was changed to a high gain.
The ones pictured when the c64S was unveiled showed
a high gain instead of a horsey.
Wonder why they did that....
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:23 am
by shinynewtoy
Okay, now I get it. I thought all of the '60s reissues had the vinty surround. Thanks!