What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:02 am
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What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
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Re: What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:03 am
What is that **** around the tailpiece and why is it there?
Re: What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:25 am
I was thinking easy resto, until I saw the big chunck of replaced wood under the bridge covered by the mystery material. Forget it 
Re: What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:38 am
The seller has some negative feedback...
Re: What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:38 am
...some? 
Re: What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:42 am
Hahahaha I like the feedback he left for others:
This customer is a product of the devil LIAR! THIS IS NEGATIVE FEEDBACK!!
This customer is a piece of **** LIAR DOES NOT PAY THIS IS NEGATIVE FEEDBACK!
Re: What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:42 am
Really nice wood and finish on that bass. Too bad about that. 
I'd go for it to restore it, if the price didn't go crazy, but with that feedback, I'll pass.
I'd go for it to restore it, if the price didn't go crazy, but with that feedback, I'll pass.
Re: What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:25 am
Is this what we call ...ABUSE ?
Pour 4001
Pour 4001
Re: What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:45 am
poor bass needs some help
Re: What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:55 am
"This is your lucky day" 
He's right, lucky for me I'm not stuck with that thing. I like how the g string is on the wrong side of the tuner. Whatever that stuff is around and below the bridge looks crazy. Too bad, was probably very nice at one time.
He's right, lucky for me I'm not stuck with that thing. I like how the g string is on the wrong side of the tuner. Whatever that stuff is around and below the bridge looks crazy. Too bad, was probably very nice at one time.Re: What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:03 pm
..... right up until some idiot decided to make it " better "
Re: What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:53 pm
Just makes me want to cry! 
When i got my 4001 some jerk put a kahler 300 Vibrato bridge on it !!! I replaced it with an original bridge and tailpiece from Rick. 
only issues now are some small holes need to be filled above the tailpiece. other than that Good To Go. 
He also replaced rick pups with the Rick Seymour Duncan's. They sound great 
I may one day restore these to Ricks as well. 
When i got my 4001 some jerk put a kahler 300 Vibrato bridge on it !!! I replaced it with an original bridge and tailpiece from Rick. only issues now are some small holes need to be filled above the tailpiece. other than that Good To Go. He also replaced rick pups with the Rick Seymour Duncan's. They sound great I may one day restore these to Ricks as well. Re: What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:21 pm
This is YOUR LUCKY DAY! You just stumbled upon one of the most hard to find bass guitars ever!
Man oh man! This Bass is freakin awesome!
This Bass plays just as awesomely as it looks! It is a collectors item, and its still very very playable!
Re: What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:40 pm
Oookay..... I really liked this line:
"If your looking for a one of a kind "Ricky" here it is, ..." Ain't that the truth!
The mystery material looks like a rubber membrane or thin pliable plastic as it is rolled up at the edges, and covers god-knows-what kind of a wood "insert". Otherwise, very nice figured maple.
"If your looking for a one of a kind "Ricky" here it is, ..." Ain't that the truth!
The mystery material looks like a rubber membrane or thin pliable plastic as it is rolled up at the edges, and covers god-knows-what kind of a wood "insert". Otherwise, very nice figured maple.
Re: What is WRONG with people?! - Part Sept
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:08 pm
The mystery material is closed-cell polyethylene foam plastic, from what I can tell. It cuts with scissors, thus making it a friendly material to cover whatever hack lies underneath.
The seller, "musician's best friend" (I always thought it was a sense of humor until seeing this destroyed mine temporarily), sure can sling the BS. To wit:
"This is YOUR LUCKY DAY! You just stumbled upon one of the most hard to find bass guitars ever!
Man oh man! This Bass is freakin awesome!
This Bass plays just as awesomely as it looks! It is a collectors item, and its still very very playable!
This Rickenbacker is a strange one, it still plays very well, but it looks as if it was someones project and is not 100% original, it has EMG J Style Pickups. Also looks to have some custom wiring done to it, none the less it plays great and sounds amazing. It does not sound like a original Rickenbacker at all, however, but if your not in love with the tone, just buy the stock parts and bring it back to factory specs! its that easy!
"
Puh-leeze.
The seller, "musician's best friend" (I always thought it was a sense of humor until seeing this destroyed mine temporarily), sure can sling the BS. To wit:
"This is YOUR LUCKY DAY! You just stumbled upon one of the most hard to find bass guitars ever!
Man oh man! This Bass is freakin awesome!
This Bass plays just as awesomely as it looks! It is a collectors item, and its still very very playable!
This Rickenbacker is a strange one, it still plays very well, but it looks as if it was someones project and is not 100% original, it has EMG J Style Pickups. Also looks to have some custom wiring done to it, none the less it plays great and sounds amazing. It does not sound like a original Rickenbacker at all, however, but if your not in love with the tone, just buy the stock parts and bring it back to factory specs! its that easy!
"
Puh-leeze.