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The rarest bass ever..

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:40 pm
by gareth
If they ever made one. This is the inside traycard of our album which is obviously manipulated for effect, but does anyone know if there was ever a left handed LK made ?

Re: The rarest bass ever..

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:49 pm
by leftyguitars
They made three leftys and I have them all! :D

Re: The rarest bass ever..

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:14 pm
by leftybass
leftyguitars wrote:They made three leftys and I have them all! :D
...and the dish ran away with the spoon.... :wink:

I keep mine next to my left-handed '58 4000, lefty '67 Bantar and my left-handed '59 315...with left-handed Kauffman.... :mrgreen:

Re: The rarest bass ever..

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:23 pm
by leftyguitars
:oops: Caught out! :oops: - :lol:

Re: The rarest bass ever..

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:49 pm
by sloop_john_b
Huh, and all this time I thought it was the 4005LH Lightshow Slant Fret 4-pickup Silver/BT!

Re: The rarest bass ever..

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:02 pm
by simer4001
I have all of those models and i paid 1 cent. I paid with a 1934 penny.

Re: The rarest bass ever..

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:40 am
by doctorwho
Three, eh? So this baby, one of supposedly three known, matches that rarity level:
RM3261 FG
RM3261 FG

Re: The rarest bass ever..

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:10 am
by leftyguitars
This one really is 'one of only two ever made'. :D
4005 front 1 comp.jpg

Re: The rarest bass ever..

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:06 am
by jwr2
a one of a kind bass ...

a 5 string fenderbird ...
fb5 028.jpg

Re: The rarest bass ever..

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:35 am
by 2112
Someone here told me that this is one of three known to exist. :roll: :shock:

I don't know.

Re: The rarest bass ever..

Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:16 am
by 4001_kenobie
doctorwho wrote:Three, eh? So this baby, one of supposedly three known, matches that rarity level:
RM3261FG-1.jpg
now thats something you dont see every day...very nice.

Re: The rarest bass ever..

Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:05 am
by antipodean
2112 wrote:Someone here told me that this is one of three known to exist. :roll: :shock:
Because of the Badass? :mrgreen:

Re: The rarest bass ever..

Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:08 pm
by 2112
antipodean wrote:
2112 wrote:Someone here told me that this is one of three known to exist. :roll: :shock:
Because of the Badass? :mrgreen:

No, the Jetglo color.

Hey, I know it takes away from being origional but the Badass is a hell of a lot eaiser to intonate than those friggin' Rick bridges.
Tighten the string, check the intonation. Not right. Loosen the string, GUESS the correct placement of the saddle, tighten the string, check the intonation.
Repeat over and over until the strings are stretched out dead and half of the life of them is left.
Talk about aq stupid way to set the intonation. Just exactly how is somebody supposed to turn those saddle adjustment screws located where they are?
I'm sorry, but I'm not a big fan of the origional Rickenbacker bass bridges.
My CS has one (of course) and I'm not changing that for obvious reasons, and my 1980 BG 4001 still is all origional. That bass will remain that way as well. But they are a ***** to adjust.

Re: The rarest bass ever..

Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:00 pm
by aceonbass
It's not hard to modify the stock bridge to work as well as the Badass.