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Check out the Rick body shape under the 'Sandberg' category:

http://www.station-music.de/bass/used_basses.html

You'd think that they would know better.

Looks like a shrunken body with full-scale horns...a bit odd and tiny at the bottom...and, yeah, there is some gro§e Unwissenheit operating here. Or perhaps gro§e Arroganz?

Quite Teutonic, or should I say that it looks like a RIC that's been Teutonicized?! Stocky, like one of the Valkyrie.

Look at the headstock... it's got the Rath "2 up, 3 down" tuner arrangement.

paologregorio wrote:Quite Teutonic, or should I say that it looks like a RIC that's been Teutonicized?!

Well, the original 4000 bass was designed by Roger Rossmeisl...

Apart from the nice tobacco burst I think its badly proportioned and lacks the grace of the original. I had heard that Sandberg made good quality instruments though.

"Well, the original 4000 bass was designed by Roger Rossmeisl..."

We're not sure, actually. There is some thought that Paul Barth and "some travelling musician from Texas" thunk it up. I'm still waiting for definitive information.

A five string Ric ... if only Rickenbacker would make such a bass ...

It is wide enough for finger style and the pickups will cover all 5 strings ...

That's spelt "Walkure", and Brunhilde is much prettier than that! Although Ortlinde is cuter....

chefothefuture wrote:That's spelt "Walkure", and Brunhilde is much prettier than that! Although Ortlinde is cuter....

Ah, thanks for the correction. No offense intended towards the "Walkure"

paologregorio wrote:

chefothefuture wrote:That's spelt "Walkure", and Brunhilde is much prettier than that! Although Ortlinde is cuter....

Ah, thanks for the correction. No offense intended towards the "Walkure"

Don't thank John...he left out the umlauts. As did I.

I'd say it's time for Wotan to lower the boom on these copies.

jingle_jangle wrote:Looks like a shrunken body with full-scale horns...a bit odd and tiny at the bottom...and, yeah, there is some gro§e Unwissenheit operating here. Or perhaps gro§e Arroganz?

Most likely, a little of both.

sloop_john_b wrote:I'd say it's time for Wotan to lower the boom on these copies.

Might as well release Odin, too ...
(picture from eBay Item # 190117706412)

My computer keyboard doesn't have umlauts.....