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- Model
- 4003
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- Strings
- 4
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- Special
- 75th Ann
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- Finish
- DCMetallic
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- Manufacturing Date
- 2006-04
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- Serial #
- 0613???
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- Registration Date
- Oct 29 2013
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- Country
- USA
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- State/Province
- California
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- Lefty
- No
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- Refinished
- No
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- Collected Item
- Yes
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- Sale History
- Appeared on eBay, item number 331054967422, auction ended at 2013-11-04 23:59:26, Sold for $4150
Appeared on eBay, item number 331059503150, auction ended at 2013-11-11 08:07:19, Did not sell at $99.99
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- Registered User
- Yes
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- Comments
- Prototype for 75th
This is the very first instrument ever made for the Rickenbacker 75th Anniversary promotional instrument campaign, months before actual production for the series began. It's a fully-functional, playable, yet one of a kind 4003 Bass. The photos show it in the announcement in the NEWS section of the Rickenbacker website (it's still up there), as well as closeups of the actual instrument taken on October 28th.
This instrument can be distinguished from other Rickenbacker 4003 basses by the special, laser-engraved gold-colored pickguard and truss rod cover/nameplate (which I designed and produced for RIC). It can be told from the rest of the 75th Anniversary instruments by a different paint color, and by the fact that the name plate has the "Rickenbacker" logo script is in the same gold as the rest of the nameplate (all the rest of the 75th instruments had contrasting platinum "Rickenbacker" script against a gold background.) You can see in the photos that the instrument shown in the website announcement, in Ben Hall's hands at the factory in August, 2006, and in the finishing rack during the 75th Anniversary tour in August of 2006, also has that unique nameplate.
Additionally, this instrument has a slightly different (transparent) DCM finish, through which the wood grain can be seen in a strong light, whereas the other 299 75th Anniversary instruments all had reformulated, opaque DCM paintwork. This bass also has a "special" even, beginning of series serial number, 06 13XXX. Standard features include the then-new capacitor bypass selector pull pot. This bass comes with OHSC and the original shipping box, too, marked with the bass' serial number.
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This item was identified as a Modern (1984 and up) instrument
The following is a summary of sales of above referenced model gathered from actual sales on eBay:
*Basis for comparison: Same model, same strings number, same "special" features, same era
| Sample type | Min | Avg | Median | Max | Sample Size |
| Same model, same era: | $1600 | $3029 | $3007 | $4400 | 23 |
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