What do you make of this!

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:24 pm

I think I can say I've seen it all now...

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-RICKENBACKER-BASS-4001-MADE-IN-USA_W0QQitemZ300042925047QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:29 pm

Poor devil!

trancedental · Post by **trancedental** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:07 pm

I'd bring back capital punishment for that crime!

leesh · Post by **leesh** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:12 pm

Ouch...that ain't pretty.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:50 pm

I wasn't aware they did away with capital punishment.

edski · Post by **edski** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:07 pm

I don't know what you call the metal contraption towards the bottom covering the strings. It has a switch on it with a light????

That is too funny!

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:11 pm

OK, I'm about to duck and run for cover...EMG's sound fantastic on a Ric.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:22 pm

(Sound of object flying in the air)

The only thing I can say positive about that auction is this: at least the seller isn't asking $2500 for it!

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:28 pm

Some one made a huge effort to ruin a perfectly good bass.

There's nothing at all wrong with EMG pickups, except in this instance, their location (on a Rick).
There's not even much of the body left intact.

rickfan63 · Post by **rickfan63** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:29 pm

I like EMG's too I have them on my Jazz Bass. I just would never put them on a Rickenbacker. The RIC pick-ups work just fine IMHO. Why someone would do that to a Rick is beyond me.

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:20 am

Never say never;-)

edski · Post by **edski** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:21 am

No one has mentioned the whacked bridge. The "contraption" appears to be covering up some bridge rout damage?

Yeah that's a basket case.

linganstan · Post by **linganstan** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:40 am

whoever did that musta been the same guy who's been doing joan rivers facelifts............

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:54 am

I've seen this before. Its a factory stock Rick that was produced one afternoon when some "magic mushrooms" were accidently left on the break room table.

The switch activates a time circuit that sort-of "bends" the time-space continuum. Imagine a creative slant on the old "phase shifter".

Athough rare, it never really caught on.

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:08 am

I'd still rock it.