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Butchered Ruby
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:40 pm
by bassduke49
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:07 pm
by atomic_punk
Look away....it's not good. Why buy a Rick and change everything on it?
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:33 pm
by johnallg
Jeez, that is a shame.....
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:43 am
by blazer
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:23 am
by gray
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:00 am
by beatlefreak
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:13 am
by gearhed289
Somebody likes white plastic!
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:48 am
by inhuien
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:26 am
by hen_jin
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!
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:32 am
by qwezirider
(*4-2-5*)
Did I just say that in my outside voice?
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:21 pm
by blazer
Wanna see butchered? Look at this fender Telecaster which used to be an early fifties model...
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:01 pm
by beatlefreak
That's not butchered - That's a sin!!!
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:25 pm
by jps
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?
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:29 pm
by gray
I sure hope that thing was in a fire, or went through some other such trauma justifiable of such criminal treatment.
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:29 am
by kcole4001
Somebody got a little to excited with a sander!