Butchered Ruby

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:40 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/1983-RICKENBACKER-4003-BASS_W0QQitemZ290140679868QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Could be a grain-free Burgundy, but I'm pretty sure it is Ruby. What a crime.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:07 pm

Look away....it's not good. Why buy a Rick and change everything on it?

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:33 pm

Jeez, that is a shame.....

blazer · Post by **blazer** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:43 am

No big deal, this one can be repaired. Find the rick pickups and a rick bridge and you're well underway.

When I think "Butchering" I think of people sawing up bodies or going completely through the body to install new hardware.

gray · Post by **gray** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:23 am

Someone give that poor ol' bass what it's screaming for. It'd be such a beauty with the right pickups and hardware back on it.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:00 am

I agree that this bass could be brought back to it's former glory without too much trouble. The worst would be if any routing was done when the pickups were replaced.

gearhed289 · Post by **gearhed289** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:13 am

Somebody likes white plastic!

inhuien · Post by **inhuien** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:48 am

It may not have been butchered but it sure as heck's been hit with the ugly stick. That said with 12 bids and only $280 bid someone should get a Bargain.

hen_jin · Post by **hen_jin** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:26 am

There's real wide divide between many folks here and those of us who don't mind a mod or two if it improves the sound or playability of a bass. I've recently learned the hard way that mods can affect values when you to to sell

But then, I sure wouldn't want to yank out the Darkstars & reinstall the original pups on my old Guild. Still, I wonder why those mods were made on the Ruby Rick? They have left the bass too messy even for me!

qwezirider · Post by **qwezirider** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:32 am

(*4-2-5*)

Did I just say that in my outside voice?

blazer · Post by **blazer** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:21 pm

Wanna see butchered? Look at this fender Telecaster which used to be an early fifties model...

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:01 pm

That's not butchered - That's a sin!!!

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:25 pm

Look at this fender Telecaster which used to be an early fifties model...

Isn't it still an early '50s Tele, just a worthless one?

gray · Post by **gray** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:29 pm

I sure hope that thing was in a fire, or went through some other such trauma justifiable of such criminal treatment.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:29 am

Somebody got a little to excited with a sander!