4005 copy on ebay?

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:21 pm

At least I think that's what it's supposed to be.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=3719406148&rd=1

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:36 pm

It is as ugly as a bass can be and still resemble a Rickenbacker. That is quite an achievment, I guess. Hey, it might be useful to a 'Who' tribute band for exactly one show.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:35 pm

It looks more like they tried to make a bass out of the 330 guitar design.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 2:33 am

Seems that way.

los_sentidos · Post by **los_sentidos** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:50 am

That truely is a beast!

wormdiet · Post by **wormdiet** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:57 am

Ugh.

Now a REAL 330 styled bass would be cool, but the proportions on that thing are offensive. It's a 330 that's been tortured on the rack.

Wonder if there's a weird 330-styled one-off bass floating around the Rick skunk works somewhere?

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 2:41 pm

And what is an "anorak"?

wints · Post by **wints** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:53 pm

Ah, the wonderful British humour. How I miss it. My wife calls me an "anorak" these days when she sees the basses come out again, or I,m at this forum. Technically all of us here are "anoraks" Bob!! An anorak actually is a coat. The slang term "anorak" originates from people who are trainspotters. They stand on wet windy train platforms taking down the numbers of the trains going by, and they wear this type of coat. The term has been picked up and now anyone who is totally absorbed into a subject and perceived by others as needing to get a life is an "anorak"...

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:54 pm

Anorak: Whimsical term for computer enthusiasts - usually, but not exclusively, young and lacking in social skills.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:58 pm

Andy, So I assume that the name "Trainspotting" came from that term? I always wondered what it meant.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:00 pm

And actually very appropriate at this moment as I am listening to The Stooges as I read your post and as I type.

wints · Post by **wints** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:02 pm

Rose-Morris started to import these cheap copies into the U.K. in the late 60,s as they were finishing their deal with importing real Rics. There,s respect for you. What a nice way to repay the company that had given them their boom years. No wonder they disappeared...

wints · Post by **wints** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:11 pm

Bob, there,s slang and rhyming slang used in the U.K. for everything...and more. A language within a language. It,s always evolving. When I go home a couple of times a year my friends and son fill me in on all the new "vocabulary". At times, very clever and very funny...