Here's a fretless 3001

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:34 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-1977-Rickenbac ... 391wt_1044

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:09 am

Of all the 3001 basses that I've seen so far, this has to be my favorite one.

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:30 am

There are 2 in the register, the one that's for sale (which you can't find in a search right now because I just updated it with the new location/ebay ID) and this one:
http://rickresource.com/register/viewit ... lebrity%3D

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:31 pm

rickenbrother wrote:Of all the 3001 basses that I've seen so far, this has to be my favorite one.

+1

SURE is PURDY!

legato · Post by **legato** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 2:22 pm

Will ship immediately upon receiving payment (in time for Christmas).

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 2:25 pm

Well, it's true, considering Christmas 2010 is a few months out...

FretlessOnly · Post by **FretlessOnly** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 2:30 pm

The most important question is: where are the side dots?

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 2:36 pm

VERY cool! Do want.

legato · Post by **legato** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 2:38 pm

Yes, that is a good question since a previous owner apparently put them there themselves.

FretlessOnly · Post by **FretlessOnly** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 2:43 pm

Oh, I missed that. I assumed there would have been factory side dots. Seller says that they were "in the right place," but doesn't say where that is or provide pictures. One could construe that lining them up with the fingerboard dots is "in the right place," but it ain't.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:44 pm

Saw that yesterday. Very cool...

cassius987 · Post by **cassius987** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:43 am

FretlessOnly wrote:Oh, I missed that. I assumed there would have been factory side dots. Seller says that they were "in the right place," but doesn't say where that is or provide pictures. One could construe that lining them up with the fingerboard dots is "in the right place," but it ain't.

Request a pic? Most likely they are in line with the fret positions on a tempered scale and there is probably one for every fret like other vintage Ric FLs.

FretlessOnly · Post by **FretlessOnly** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:05 pm

Oh, I was just waxing...I just bought a nice '76 Precision FL, so I'm not exactly in the market.

cassius987 · Post by **cassius987** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:13 pm

FretlessOnly wrote:Oh, I was just waxing...I just bought a nice '76 Precision FL, so I'm not exactly in the market.

I just bought a new fretless too! Nice.

nov_1981 · Post by **nov_1981** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:23 pm

I believe this bass was on ebay a while back..
Here are some pic's I saved from the seller showing the side dot markers
IIRC it sold for around $1,500 +- last time.
Nice mod.

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