Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Posted: **Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:27 am**

What do you make of this '78 4001 on ebay UK?
The pickguard at the neck pickup looks too square and too big for the pickup.

Maybe a different pickup was put in at some stage and the original later put back or maybe something dodgy going on here?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=3705008084&ssPageName=STRK:MEBWA:IT

Posted: **Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:51 am**

I've seen that before, maybe not quite that big but I've seen it before on Ric's and actually you can move the pickup a little bit with it like that if you have a soft string, I've seen them very tight before also. Looks like a nice bass to me. Even if it's been reemed out a little for another pickup I wouldn't let something minor like that stop me from buying that bass.

Posted: **Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:57 am**

I'm sure that pickguard is not Rickenbacker-made.

Posted: **Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:08 am**

The hole on my new 81 is a little big and the Seymore Duncan that came out of it is a lot smaller than the hole so it wasn't widened for that. I think these were cut by hand. The holes are always a little rough on the old ones.