4003 75th Anniversary

[lucidsounds]

Really wanting to buy one of these, does anyone have any leads on any for sale?

I'm in the UK BTW.

Many thanks,

Lucid.

[johnallg]

Welcome to the RRF Keith. They come up for sale every once in a while, so chances are you should be able to get one eventually. Try posting this in the Rickenbacker Wanted section, it's where we put our needs.

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[rickenbrother]

Welcome to the forum, Keith! Good lucky with your search for a 75th anniversary 4003 DCM.

[bassduke49]

One up on eBay right now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RICKENBACKER-4003DC ... 577wt_1141

[johnallg]

One up on eBay right now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RICKENBACKER-4003DC ... 577wt_1141

I would ask for a picture of this bass with today's paper or my name on paper with it. For some reason I think I've seen these pictures before, and not high quality at that.

[s4001]

That one looks quite suspect. The pix do look familiar...

[superdick2112]

Keith, welcome to the forum!

I hope you find one - the gold plexi on cherry metallic is a great looking color combination, and one of my favorites.

[libratune]

That one looks quite suspect. The pix do look familiar...

This 4003 DCM looks famililar because it has been for sale by the same seller in 14 separate ebay auctions since mid-2010 -- probably using the same photos.

Take a look: http://www.rickresource.com/register/vi ... p?id=14352

Asking price started at $4995 and is now pegged at $2999 in the current auction (no. 14).

There's a lesson in there somewhere . . .

[lucidsounds]

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Yes indeed, beware the dodgy eBay ads where the same photos are repeatedly recycled. I work with vintage synthesisers and it's the same over there. A genuine seller will usually take the trouble to show off the item, not obscure it with some small indistinct pictures. But even then you can't be 100% certain. I was very tempted by a 75th Anniversary recently on eBay, great photos, serial number, good price, then I did a quick Google search and found exactly the same instrument, different photos but the same serial number, for sale elsewhere from a different seller for a lot more money. Now there may be a perfectly reasonable explanation, but things like that don't give me a warm feeling.



Lucid.

[s4001]

That one looks quite suspect. The pix do look familiar...

This 4003 DCM looks famililar because it has been for sale by the same seller in 14 separate ebay auctions since mid-2010 -- probably using the same photos.

Take a look: http://www.rickresource.com/register/vi ... p?id=14352

Asking price started at $4995 and is now pegged at $2999 in the current auction (no. 14).

There's a lesson in there somewhere . . .

Not quite fetching what they used to.

[chrisdski]

The current price isn't too far from the mark. $2600-2800 seems to be the current selling prices I've seen recently.

[FretlessOnly]

In this thread: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=399231&p=669960&hilit=DCM#p669960, a "mint" DCM 4003 sold for 3K just a couple of weeks ago.

[rickenbrother]

In due time after the economy recovers and their aren't ads on ebay so often from people trying to to flip them, their value with rise.