What's wrong with this bass?

[SixtyFour]

***Beside the advertised $ price $ ???

as in the previous post on the Beatles forum, the winner wins... [hint: the pix]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1976-Rickenbacker-4 ... dZViewItem

[henry5]

Don't know if it's just the pic but that tailpiece looks weird to me. But heck, what do i know?

[SixtyFour]

Don't know if it's just the pic but that tailpiece looks weird to me. But heck, what do i know?

look at the headstock, closeup.

[sowhat]

Strings?

[leftyguitars]

I thought that the back of the headstock wasn't correct. (But the auction itself has major warning flags flying - there is no way that I would bid on this one).

[jakeox]

That's funny. Seems like it's stable, but still.

[jwr2]

the main thing that is wrong with that bass is the price is 2 to 3 times what it is worth ...

[SixtyFour]

the main thing that is wrong with that bass is the price is 2 to 3 times what it is worth ...

+1 absolutely

another hint, [Sheena's very close] "look at the pix of the headstock, CLOSEUP."

[nukebass]

It's crossstrung? (Is that a word?). I wonder what the stress analysis of the headstock would reveal about this one.

[just_bassics]

The G and D srtrings are crossed at the tuners...

[SixtyFour]

The G and D srtrings are crossed at the tuners...

+1 the seller seems to be confused; @ $2,500.00 starting bid, this should be corrected before it ships.

[SixtyFour]

It's crossstrung? (Is that a word?). I wonder what the stress analysis of the headstock would reveal about this one.

The G and D srtrings are crossed at the tuners... :roll
+1 "Nukebass" hit it too.

[rikk]

That's a custom tuning job. Only elite bassplayers tune it this way. That's why the price is higher than a standard tuning bass. It's really worth double what he is asking

[bluepeach]

Weird. I'm going to take a guess and say that the nut is cut to low on the D string and they strung it to the G tuner (sharper angle) to stop the string rattle. Just a guess.

[rickenbrother]

That's a custom tuning job. Only elite bassplayers tune it this way. That's why the price is higher than a standard tuning bass. It's really worth double what he is asking

Yeah, remind me to install my strings like that the next time I change them so I can also be an elite bassist and increase the value of my basses. Maybe I'll even try winding the E string on the G string tuner.