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Kinda surprised nobody has pointed out this baby yet:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2548001292&category=4713

Strange that a truss rod cover would be missing, but it looks pretty authentic. Any forum member is welcome to purchase it for me as a birthday present.

It's in Rickenbackers for sale in this forum, they e-mailed me back and thought the serial numbers began with 1K, they thought it was May 69, that should be IE, maybe they misread the I as a 1. I don't know where they got May from though.

If it was a Fireglo in better shape I'd romp on it. It looks like it needs too much work for what they are asking.

I kinda like the Jetglo, this is the first 4005 I have ever seen in that color. Fireglo is definitely better looking though.

Fretless!

I had a '67 4005WB in Jetglo. I am going to see the bass in question tomorrow evening, he lives not too far from me. I'll let you guys know what I think of it.

OK, here's the scoop on the 4005FL: It is a real Rick, S/N IK***, made in Nov. '69; the fingerboard has been replaced with a slab of Rosewood with plastic inlays at the designated fret positions; the action is pretty high as the neck has a lot of bow in it that probably will be hard to adjust out, if you play URB perhaps this won't be an issue (see further comments); the nut is not original; the truss rod nuts are chewed up and there is wood carved out below them so this has been messed with; the fingerboard is separating from the neck down to around the 4th fret position and there is a crack in the neck on the treble side about 3 1/2 inches long; the TRC is long gone, it will never be found (he actually thinks he threw it away !); the neck PU is bent up a bit and it is mounted kind of funny; all the o-rings for the PUs are missing; some of the controls are wired backwards; all the pickguard screws are missing, it is only being held on by the thumbrest screws; many screws are rusted; there are a lot of extra holes in the body from various places where strap buttons were placed at different times and currenty has two Fender style buttons in the wrong place; the tailpiece end is attached at a funny angle; the body has a fair amount of dings here and there, plus a lot of buckle rash which does not go through the finish however; it does have original tuning keys and checker binding. Overall this bass is not worth anywhere near the asking price IMHO. It is a beater. The photos on eBay hide a lot of sins!

Sounds like a perfect fixer-upper! Shucks!, are you hotshot do-it-yourselfers gonna let a few sandtraps scare you off??!! You chicken$*#% momma's boys oughta consider it a *privilege* to get that bass back in working order!

~LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL~

jps,
Many thanks, not only for providing such detail, but also for taking the time to go check it out.

I'll accept that challenge, click on my name, e-mail for address, no personal checks please.

To his credit, the seller did update the ad listing with some (although not all) of the information that Jeff passed along to him.

Big surprise, it didn't sell!

You do-it-yourself fixer-uppers around here missed out on a good opportunity.

Hey, for $100 I'd take it off his hands. What a mess someone made of a great bass!