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WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS "VERY RARE"
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:47 am
by johnny_rick
http://www.umanovguitars.com/store/deta ... rodid=3449
Any opinions on the price? What would they be asking had this been a righty?
Re: WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS "VERY RARE"
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:47 am
by weemac
Not that rare and quite overpriced....
On the bay and right handed this would be $1500 tops at the moment...
Eden.
Re: WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS "VERY RARE"
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:09 am
by badeggs
Someone got ripped off...but if they're happy, that's all that matters!
Re: WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS "VERY RARE"
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:14 am
by kiramdear
Righty headstock and inlays, lefty body and dot markers. How common is that?
Re: WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS "VERY RARE"
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:20 am
by falconfixer
^assuming it came from the factory that way and not just a poor mash up of parts to foist off on an unsuspecting public...
Re: WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS "VERY RARE"
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:14 am
by rickaddict
kiramdear wrote:Righty headstock and inlays, lefty body and dot markers. How common is that?
That's how RIC made lefty 4001's for years. They're not all that rare.
But as I'm sure you all know...Things have a habit of becoming rare,
when they're for sale! 
I'm not sure when RIC changed over the tooling to make mirror-image lefty basses.
Re: WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS "VERY RARE"
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:17 am
by rickaddict
falconfixer wrote:^assuming it came from the factory that way and not just a poor mash up of parts to foist off on an unsuspecting public...
Anything's possible, but I'm 95% sure it came from the factory like that.
Re: WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS "VERY RARE"
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:43 am
by rickfan60
That is a standard 1970's left-handed 4001. Nothing more. Nothing less. Yes, that is exactly how they were made back then. Rare? The lefties here can attest that left-handed instruments are quite hard to find. Is it worth $2800 - I don't think so.
Re: WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS "VERY RARE"
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:53 pm
by wints
Someone seriously overpaid IMO....But, if a buyer is happy, well...
Rare? No....
Go back 10 years from this one, now that's rare...
Re: WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS "VERY RARE"
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:08 pm
by johnallg
About a grand too much for a lefty of that vintage.
Re: WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS "VERY RARE"
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:49 pm
by FretlessOnly
Shop address is Bleeker Street, NYC. Right in the heart of Greenwich Village. Some of the most expensive real estate in the known universe. Expect to overpay. God forbid someone from Iowa or Kansas or Arizona (etc.; examples) paid for this, thinking it was the only one they could find. And pickup covers aren't that hard to find. Seller could have bought one for $20 right here and bumped the price by another $100.
Re: WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS "VERY RARE"
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:03 am
by leftybass
It's just like the very first 4001 I bought, and still own....even the year.
If you wanted a lefty 4001 in 1979, Uminov has what you got.... Not rare. I would never get rid of mine, but finding another one wouldn't be too hard. And yes I agree it's overpriced....
Now as Andy said, go back ten years...
Re: WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS "VERY RARE"
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:56 am
by jps
John, I take it the Wal has taken a back seat guitar stand to this now?
Re: WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS "VERY RARE"
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:46 am
by jc-sz
The logo on the TRC looks funny to me... (Im not arguing its a fake, it just does) what looks "fake" is the fact that the neck pu is in 4003 position, unlike leftybass's (nice one!)
Cheers!
Re: WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS "VERY RARE"
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:24 am
by leftybass
jps wrote:John, I take it the Wal has taken a back seat guitar stand to this now?
Nah, they all get played regularly, but the '69 doesn't go to clubs....