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What's wrong with this bass?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:11 pm
by 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
Re: What's wrong with this bass?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:53 pm
by henry5
Don't know if it's just the pic but that tailpiece looks weird to me. But heck, what do i know?
Re: What's wrong with this bass?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:02 pm
by SixtyFour
henry5 wrote: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.
Re: What's wrong with this bass?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:04 pm
by sowhat
Strings?
Re: What's wrong with this bass?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:05 pm
by 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).
Re: What's wrong with this bass?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:13 pm
by jakeox
That's funny. Seems like it's stable, but still.
Re: What's wrong with this bass?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:18 pm
by jwr2
the main thing that is wrong with that bass is the price is 2 to 3 times what it is worth ...
Re: What's wrong with this bass?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:53 pm
by SixtyFour
jwr2 wrote: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."
Re: What's wrong with this bass?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:04 pm
by nukebass
It's crossstrung? (Is that a word?). I wonder what the stress analysis of the headstock would reveal about this one.
Re: What's wrong with this bass?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:05 pm
by just_bassics
The G and D srtrings are crossed at the tuners...
Re: What's wrong with this bass?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:14 pm
by SixtyFour
just_bassics wrote: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.
Re: What's wrong with this bass?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:18 pm
by SixtyFour
nukebass wrote: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.
Re: What's wrong with this bass?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:46 pm
by 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
Re: What's wrong with this bass?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:57 pm
by 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.
Re: What's wrong with this bass?
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:09 pm
by rickenbrother
rikk wrote: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.
