I bought a bass

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:39 pm

I bought this today.Not sure what it is.

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But it looks like this one

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Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:48 pm

Sweet nab!
How's it play/sound? Get that Ric sound?

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:10 am

wow....

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 2:42 am

how's it sound?

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:54 am

Oh my. Do love. I wonder if it sounds anything like a shortscale? I can do an ok job imitating Hooky with my Musicmaster bass.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:12 pm

I bought some bass.

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I like yours better.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:41 pm

I didn't get this. I had bought and paid for it but there was a problem.When I bought the bass the seller told me it was an Ibanez. What he didn't tell me was that the trussrod cover is not original. Chuck at Ibanez Collectors World,the guy who wrote this article about vintage Ibanez guitars (Link) told me that it probably is an Ibanez but it is not 100% sure.Without the original TRC it is worth less than what I paid for the bass and if it's not an Ibanez it is worth much less.That is why I decided not to buy it.

Anyway,now I know the Number 1 rule when buying a vintage Ibanez:

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:49 pm

i totally thought it was a legit ricky. damn, had me fooled, altho when i first saw the pic it was on my phone so the picture was as big as my thumbnail.
there was a fellow in c-ville who purchased a 73 fireglow rick for like 500 bucks straight up. played it for about 3 years and then sold it for a lil over 3 grand so he could buy a motorcycle, he then wrecked the bike, broke his wrist and regrets it all.
anywho.
if its not an ibanez. then what pray tell do you think it may have been?
i have seen a hofner that was a really good copy of a rickenbacker but the electronics and hardware were absolute garbage.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:06 pm

robert(original) wrote:i totally thought it was a legit ricky. damn, had me fooled, altho when i first saw the pic it was on my phone so the picture was as big as my thumbnail.
there was a fellow in c-ville who purchased a 73 fireglow rick for like 500 bucks straight up. played it for about 3 years and then sold it for a lil over 3 grand so he could buy a motorcycle, he then wrecked the bike, broke his wrist and regrets it all.
anywho.
if its not an ibanez. then what pray tell do you think it may have been?
i have seen a hofner that was a really good copy of a rickenbacker but the electronics and hardware were absolute garbage.

uh, it's a bolt-on neck. with the common matsumoku style "made in japan" neck plate.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:13 pm

i didn't even see the hidden photos till just now. oopsy poopsy.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:14 pm

ohh, ok.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:39 pm

Peter Hooks bass was a Hondo.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:12 pm

Ugh bolt-on.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:40 pm

Loev bolt-ons. If it's not a real rickenbacker, what the fuck does it matter anyway?

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:17 pm

How much?

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:18 pm

yeah wasn't saying anything about boltons was just pointing out to roberto original that that made it quite apparently not a real rick.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:41 pm

theshadowofseattle wrote:How much?

I paid $900 for the one I bought(but cancelled).Here is the listing. It's a '76. You can see the seller said all the hardware is original
The guys at the Ibanez forum said going by the serial number it probably IS an Ibanez.Still the seller should have said that the TRC has been replaced in the ad.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/300872811086

This is another Rick 4001 copy on ebay.Current bid is $900. It's an earlier model,not as accurate as the '76.Compare the pickups and knobs. It does have full sized "crushed pearl" inlays which the '76 doesn't have.The earlier (pre-75) ones don't have a serial number so it is impossible to determine the brand without a TRC.
I surprised that Rickenbacker legal let this one get by.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RICKENBACKER-ba ... 1007410947

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:24 am

i think Greco made these too.
well definitely the Matsumoku mob.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 4:03 am

Pacafeliz wrote:i think Greco made these too.
well definitely the Matsumoku mob.

Yes,they did.

Fernandes too.

luciguci · Post by **luciguci** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 4:57 am

i want a fakenbacker so fucking bad