cytania Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I'm no Rickenbacker expert but this ebay item seems strange. The neck in particular, shouldn't it be striped and show through the body? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rickenbacker-4003-Bass-Guitar-Mapleglo-/260641838998?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3caf76d796"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rickenbacker-4003-Ba...=item3caf76d796[/url] Low bidding too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer61 Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 [quote name='cytania' post='908239' date='Jul 28 2010, 02:50 PM']I'm no Rickenbacker expert but this ebay item seems strange. The neck in particular, shouldn't it be striped and show through the body? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rickenbacker-4003-Bass-Guitar-Mapleglo-/260641838998?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3caf76d796"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rickenbacker-4003-Ba...=item3caf76d796[/url] Low bidding too...[/quote] That belows to one of our brothers on here I think........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_C Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 4001s have the dark stripe down the middle - 4003s don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cytania Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 Hmm, I'm seeing other blonde ones now on the Bay with similar stripeless necks. Awfully low starting price, still I guess it does immediately grab the attention amongst all the 4 figure pricings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer61 Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 (edited) [quote name='cytania' post='908253' date='Jul 28 2010, 02:59 PM']Hmm, I'm seeing other blonde ones now on the Bay with similar stripeless necks. Awfully low starting price, still I guess it does immediately grab the attention amongst all the 4 figure pricings.[/quote] It's pretty much the same as mine TBH. I did say to put a reserve on it but he's confident it'll sell for a good price, ought to it's very nice! Edited July 28, 2010 by farmer61 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_C Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 having said that, it appears there are (if the pictures are to be believed) some 4001s out there without the darker stripe - but as a general rule of thumb, I'm mostly right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cytania Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 I've been educated this afternoon. Which means the Rickenbacker I played in Cardiff was a 4001. ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I see no stripe here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_C Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 [quote name='Annoying Twit' post='908412' date='Jul 28 2010, 04:49 PM']I see no stripe here. [/quote] from the Ric forum : "The Shedua strip (skunk stripe) was added to the 4001 to strengthen the neck. It came into being around 1972/1973, and ended when the 4001 ceased production." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 [quote name='Paul_C' post='908250' date='Jul 28 2010, 02:58 PM']4001s have the dark stripe down the middle - 4003s don't.[/quote] Not all of them. The skunk stripe started in mid-ish '72. Anything prior doesn't have it. So actually there were only around ten years when Rics [i]did [/i]have it; the majority of Rics therefore don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 A few months ago this factory one-off appeared in Rickenbacker's Ebay shop: [attachment=55283:front1.jpg] [attachment=55284:back1.jpg] [attachment=55285:Full.JPG] Absolute stunner in my opinion and a possible hint they might reintroduce the stripe, like they did with the full-width inlays. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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