MB1 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 (edited) MB1. Rough as Fooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook? january 1960...........48 years old.....just goes to show what you can hide under a scratchplate?...A few holes? Desirewood or Firewood you decide! Edited March 25, 2008 by MB1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 [quote name='MB1' post='163306' date='Mar 25 2008, 06:50 PM']MB1. Rough as Fooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook? [/quote] Link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 [quote name='beerdragon' post='163311' date='Mar 25 2008, 07:02 PM']Link?[/quote] MB1. Sorry Beerdragon! just put rickenbacker bass in youll find it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneythedog Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RICKENBACKER-4000-BASS-JANUARY-1960_W0QQitemZ160222596846QQihZ006QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RICKENBACKER-4000-BA...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 [quote name='barneythedog' post='163315' date='Mar 25 2008, 07:06 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RICKENBACKER-4000-BASS-JANUARY-1960_W0QQitemZ160222596846QQihZ006QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RICKENBACKER-4000-BA...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/quote] MB1. Cheers Barney! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 What makes them put a starting price of £10.000. apart from optimism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nimrod Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 "HERE IS A FANTASTIC RICKY 4000 BASS. MADE IN JANUARY 1960 THIS IS A REALLY RARE INSTRUMENT, WITH TONS OF MOJO AND A HUGE TONE! THERE'S A COUPLE OF EXTRA SCREW HOLES UNDER THE ORIGINAL PICKGUARD." What a load of nonsense... £10k indeed, dream on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Bearing in mind that it's a shop that's selling, that's probably the kind of price I'd expect them to ask. Still ridiculous though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 RAF POS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 And I thought Fender QC was suspect......... I'll eat Gordon Browns pants if they get 10k for that ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 MB1. "Hello Dave!......Yes is that Dave?....WANNA BUY SOME PEGS?....DAVE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Not sure they'll get 10k for it, but this is a seriously rare bass. It does appear to be original, although it's been "4001'd" at some point - hence the trench warfare under the scratchplate! Good thing whoever did this didn't use the original plate for the modification. The seller's probably using this one, for sale at Gruhn's Guitars in the US, as a reference for their pricing: [url="http://www.gruhn.com/photo/BM2655.jpg"]http://www.gruhn.com/photo/BM2655.jpg[/url] [url="http://www.gruhn.com/photo/BM2655b.jpg"]http://www.gruhn.com/photo/BM2655b.jpg[/url] That one's $20000 - so considering the usual discrepancy between US & UK prices, the Ebay one doesn't seem quite as err.. [i]surprising[/i]. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 When is a dog not a dog? When it's vintage! It's sh*gged... it's sh*te... and requires shooting but some t*sspot will perpetrate the myth that because it's old, it's good. Sorry but that to me looks like something I would have turned my nose at for £100 never mind adding zeros on the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted March 27, 2008 Author Share Posted March 27, 2008 [quote name='warwickhunt' post='164196' date='Mar 27 2008, 12:03 AM']When is a dog not a dog? When it's vintage! It's sh*gged... it's sh*te... and requires shooting but some t*sspot will perpetrate the myth that because it's old, it's good. Sorry but that to me looks like something I would have turned my nose at for £100 never mind adding zeros on the end.[/quote] MB1. £100 surely thats two many noughts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Is that hideous scratchplate actually what they looked like? And that dreadful uncontiguous heel? What a f***ing awful bass. And that's before someone started delicately modifying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 (edited) [quote name='tauzero' post='165012' date='Mar 28 2008, 03:00 AM']Is that hideous scratchplate actually what they looked like? And that dreadful uncontiguous heel? What a f***ing awful bass. And that's before someone started delicately modifying it.[/quote] Yes - that's pretty much what the first 4000 series Ricks were like, different timber I think for the 1950s ones. It does look crude compared to the later 4001, but it's worth remembering this was the first-ever through-neck bass, which makes it pretty damn revolutionary for the mid 50s. I suppose I see this more as an historical artefact, rather than an actual useable musical instrument! Edit: Rick catalogue from 1957 - first year these were available: [url="http://www.rickenbacker.com/images/catalogs/cf57-6.jpg"]http://www.rickenbacker.com/images/catalogs/cf57-6.jpg[/url] J. Edited March 28, 2008 by Bassassin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 that is one f***in ugly bass, i wouldnt pay £100 for it, its about as cool as a white hot coal on a fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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