BarnacleBob Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/1978-rickenbacker-4001-bass-guitar/89237426 6 months ago I would have jumped at this..........but a bargain if genuine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkonthehill Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 yeah it seems a tad cheap to me... Like BB said, if genuine this is one hell of a bargain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uke Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yeah, saw this the second it came on, but I know nothing about vintage Rics! All I know is there were some great copies! a friend got badly burned with an early sixties one! Makes me very wary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddys nose Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 The bridge looks a little short looking at the photo, perhaps it just the photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 [quote name='Geddys nose' timestamp='1317854381' post='1395581'] The bridge looks a little short looking at the photo, perhaps it just the photo. [/quote] I think it's just the light, or rather lack of it, in the photo. The raised bit a the rear of the bridge disappears as it's not catching the light. I don't think this is a fake as the fingerboard is orangey, as on genuine Ricks. 'Fakers all seem to have darker rosewood boards like you see on Fenders. Though that may also be a trick of the light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 [quote name='Geddys nose' timestamp='1317854381' post='1395581'] The bridge looks a little short looking at the photo, perhaps it just the photo. [/quote] [quote name='Musky' timestamp='1317856356' post='1395608'] I think it's just the light, or rather lack of it, in the photo. The raised bit a the rear of the bridge disappears as it's not catching the light.[/quote] Thought the same as Geddys Nose & +1 with Musky's thoughts. More detailed pics would be needed to be certain; some fakers did have the twin truss-rods but AFAIK (haven't made a study of it, just seen a lot of threads) there wasn't a faker that had the twin truss-rods AND the break in the binding behind the bridge. I'd be wary entirely because of the price, in good nick you could ask for almost double that price; my only other thought was that the binding looks a bit thinner than a Rick's should be, but again that could be the light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairyhaw Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Nah, I think it's real. Think it's priced low to shift quickly. I wouldn't be paying much more than 750 for anything from that period anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Were Ricks from that time dodgy as well?? Gibson & Fender 70's QC is well known to be bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkpegasus4001 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 [quote name='hairyhaw' timestamp='1317894287' post='1395795'] Nah, I think it's real. Think it's priced low to shift quickly. I wouldn't be paying much more than 750 for anything from that period anyway. [/quote] Are you kidding? it's worth twice that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uke Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Gone now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 [quote name='clarkpegasus4001' timestamp='1317926372' post='1396420'] Are you kidding? it's worth twice that. [/quote] I said it first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairyhaw Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Pregnant upper horn and odd late 70's headstock? No, I wouldn't pay anymore than 750. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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