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This Is The Pits!
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 2:51 am
by rickcrazy
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 3:33 am
by jwr2
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 3:41 am
by ojobob2
thats the most disgusting most tastlessly modified bass i have ever seen.
WHY redo it in nasty colours?
WHY a differnt bridge?
WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU WANT WOOD FOR A PICKGUARD?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 3:56 am
by jwr2
ok lets call it toilet-glo
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 9:51 am
by ojobob2
i bet you could restore it tho right? strip it to mapleglo
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 9:55 am
by rickfan63
That poor bass would need a lot of restoration to get it back to even LOOKING like a Rickenbacker. A real fixer upper to say the least.
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 11:44 am
by ricnvolved
The owner says the instrument has just been living in the case and not getting any use. It's no wonder to me. He's probably been ridiculed in the past about what he's done to it and is now embarassed to show it out in public. It would serve the little snot-wad right if he couldn't sell it; he oughta be made to eat it.
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 12:47 pm
by bigbajo60
Hmmm... a finish strip to maple... a pickguard, nameplate and pickup surround... some vintage reissue tuners and a tailpiece/bridge... maybe even add a neck toaster, and voila!
I might just bid on this miserable creature!
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 6:16 pm
by jeff_ulmer
I don't mind the blue so much, but that brown...ugh! Too much work for me.
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 7:16 pm
by eddier
Was this bass posted on April Fool's Day?
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 7:51 am
by tsarter
Being the owner of several basses that some consider ugly I will always try to give any bass a fair shake. Just can't go there with this one though. Fecal Burst?? There were some strange asthetic sesibilities at work with this one!
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 9:24 pm
by ken_james
Well I guess that I own the "fecal burst" 4000, I'll post pics after I do the refin, I'm thinking either White or Jetglo, Opinions? Also, does anybody have a bridge for sale?
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 3:06 am
by jwr2
Here's one source for parts ...
http://www.the-music-connection.com/ricpart.htm
I kinda like the trans blue look ... but without the brown blob center ... I would probably turn it into a 2 pickup bass
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 3:35 am
by tsarter
Between white or black, I'd go for white. I too like the blue though - just without the brown! After all is said and done I think you will end up with a nice Ric!
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 3:35 am
by tsarter
Between white or black, I'd go for white. I too like the blue though - just without the brown! After all is said and done I think you will end up with a nice Ric!