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4003 S/8
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 12:03 am
by rickde
Well well.... I wonder how much this is going to go for:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2548655917&category=4713
Anyone wanna start a betting pool to see who is closest? I bet the guy gets at least 3k for it.
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:22 am
by jwr2
Bartolini pickups ... ARGHHH!!!
I'd say more like $1200.00 USD ...
Why did he mess with the pickups? @#$%^&* ... If you want the damn sterile sound of humbuckers ... get a yamaha, or Ibenez, or Dean, or whatever ... there are lots of manufacturers making those generic basses with big ugly soapbar humbuckers ... the whole point of getting a Rickenbacker is to have that single coil growl .... well ok there is also the neck and the look ...
It will cost at least $200 to fix that bass ...
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:31 am
by banta
I'd also say he will get around $1200-$1400. He still has the original pickups and didn't modify the body, so putting it back right would take no time at all. I've seen 4003S/8s sell on ebay for $800-$900, and I sold mine for $1435.
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:34 am
by ojobob2
He says the original pickups are there, just in a box , Jeff
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 4:43 am
by jwr2
then the buyer could take out the dreaded humbuckers and smash them to bits with a hammer ... or burn them ... ya ya fire fire ...
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 4:47 am
by jeff_ulmer
If I could afford another 8, I'd try a horseshoe in it. Save the humbuckers for something else.
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 10:30 am
by jwr2
hey it went for around $1600 ...
Hey John Hall have you noticed how much the 5 and 8 string rics are selling for??? Maybe you should have 5 and 8 string models ....
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 11:23 am
by dano
Why not bring back the 4003s5 and 4003s8 while we're all waiting around for the 4004Cii5/8 to begin production?
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 6:12 pm
by rictified
Now that sounds like a good idea.
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 7:27 pm
by paul_yan
Amen, Dan and Bob.
But can we have 8 saddles for the 8 stringers this time please?
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 7:43 pm
by rob
I'm still waiting for a 12 string bass from RIC..............For a long time, I guess.