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What the?!
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:46 pm
by sloop_john_b
http://cgi.ebay.com/rickenbacker-4001-WHITE_W0QQitemZ220107205008QQihZ012QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
The phrase "cut to 1963 specs" is a little scary for me, and I wish it had a horseshoe. Otherwise, that BIN would have been hit about 4 minutes ago.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:56 pm
by congerz83
Wow! Right down to the split bridge. Hate that black pickguard.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:25 pm
by johnallg
1996 4001... Do they mean they took a 1996 4003 and made it into a 4001? It is a beauty, though I would have a white pickguard.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:14 pm
by seabass
The square heel looks like it was a V-63. Why oh why?
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:14 pm
by seabass
.....and where did he get that surround?
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:21 pm
by jaymi
Looks to me like the surround was handcut to look like that. It does look like a V63 just refin'd...ah well, ya know, everyone likes THEIR own customs....
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:46 am
by wints
It sure looks like a V that has been "spec'd" out.
Throw on a HS and get rid of that awful black guard and you have a great looking and sounding bass.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:43 am
by maplered
I actually like the looks of the black guard. I wanted to keep an eye on this one but it seems a little pricey for a refin.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:04 am
by rickaddict
Somethin' ain't right about that bridge. The chrome saddles look like they're from an AllParts bridge. I think the string holes are a little too circular as well but its hard to tell from the photo angle. Could be a complete Allparts unit with the "missing tooth" gap cut into it, or it could be an Allparts bridge/saddle insert on a RIC tail.
I also want to know why the seller hasn't included any front photos of the headstock/TRC. Did somebody try to paint a vintage re-issue TRC black and goof it up? Did he use a black raised-letter TRC? I guess we'll have to buy it to find out!
Not a fan of the black 'guard, but that does look like a V63 to me. Note the dot neck(missing the last dot so its not a 4003S), square heel, and 1/2 inch spaced toaster.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:27 am
by sloop_john_b
He lowered the BIN.
This is tempting to say the least.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:14 am
by sloop_john_b
...and gone!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:52 am
by rickaddict
Congrats Elys!
So where does that put your Rick count?
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:09 am
by sloop_john_b
I dig it Elys. Good choice. Leave the black pickguard!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:43 am
by elysrand
And congratulations right back atcha, John, for getting Andy's 4004Cii!! It is a beautiful bass
Your 4004L blue boy sold faster than I have ever seen one sell before. Even I didn't get to it in time
Methinks ye underpriced it a wee bit....
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:45 am
by elysrand
Gosh, Jeff, I think at about 19 so far. Soon to be 22 in about a week, after UPS arrives. This one will make it 23.
I have a really bad case of RAS, made worse by seeing all the great Ricks on display last Saturday at MARF II