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no strings though, that is a problem, anyways onto the description from the seller...

japanese copy of a rick 4001. I dont know what brand it is. previous owner replaced all the hardware/electronics with rickenbacker stuff

weeee

That's definitely one of the nicer looking copies I've seen.

Noice and congratto on the acquisition, Finster.

Old '70s Grecos and Aria Pro 4001/4003 copies show up here in Korea once every 6 months or so. Some of them are top notch lovelies, others will set you back only about $400. Would one of them prefer over a reissue by Indie, anyday.

No strings rings alarm bells. Check the neck carefully. Last one of these I bought couldn't be set up as one of the two truss rods was broken (how's that for copying Ric down to the last detail?). I would take a string with me to see what the neck relief looks like....unless it's so cheap that you can't go wrong even if it's not a player.

the seller was an OSG regular who had it playing and strung up before he sold it, he just pulled them off for shipping to compact it.

I will check it out to make sure though, my guess is that it will need a bit of a set up, as I know sweet fuck all about assembling a guitar properly (there really doesn't seem to be any way to shim the neck if needed).

Swelegant

My bass player plays a Lickenbacker from China. It's got this weird bridge pickup that looks like a grenade. He wanted to be Scott Pilgrim. Can't say I blame him.

Plays pretty good after I fixed up a few issues and rewired it. Real nice, thick chunk of mahogany.

My bass player plays a Lickenbacker from China. It's got this weird bridge pickup that looks like a grenade. He wanted to be Scott Pilgrim. Can't say I blame him.

Plays pretty good after I fixed up a few issues and rewired it. Real nice, thick chunk of mahogany.

Good looking bass. Ric copies rock.

Here's mine......It was just a badly abused body and neck nailed to the outside wall of a trading post when I traded some Strat parts for it. I scraped off several coats of bad paint and exposed the original mapleglo finish and checkerboard binding. I added Ric pickups and bridge, homemade pickguard and homebrew electronics, and it plays as well as the real Ric 4001 and the Univox 4001 copy I owned back in the 70's.

spellcaster wrote:body and neck nailed to the outside wall of a trading post

That is the most badass thing ever.

cobascis wrote:

spellcaster wrote:body and neck nailed to the outside wall of a trading post

That is the most badass thing ever.

Yeah, dude. That story is rad.

Yeah, I wish I'd had the foresight to take my camera with me to take a pic of it nailed to the wall (surrounded by horse bridles and tack, lol) but I hadn't really expected the guy to be willing to trade for a set of MIM ceramics mounted in a green pearl Strat guard. This is the photo I took right after it came home, complete with rusty seized tuners, old bridge with the mute portion crudely hacksawed off, and about five coats of paint. I think this was originally a copy of a single pickup Ric 4000 but for reasons I can't comprehend, someone hacked a neck pickup rout right at the end of the body and curving around the end of the neck, one of the reasons I mounted my new Ric neck pickup a little further back from the neck than usual after making a hardwood plug for the nasty hole, and made a pickguard that notches around the end of the neck. I also scratch my head wondering why, but there was an irregular area carved out of the body in front of the hacked off bridge, which I filled with bondo and covered with a black mask. Looking back, I'm surprised I had the guts to tackle something this badly abused but it was a fun project and I ended up with a great player at the end. And, of course, the funnest part is showing it afterward, lol.

That's a stunning transformation. Very nicely done.

What's not to like about a natural finish bass?

That looked horrible before you did all that work! It really looks pretty damn nice now though!

What is the story with that orange burst Tele bass!?!?

George wrote:What is the story with that orange burst Tele bass!?!?

The little Tele bass was my first attempt at modding, about five years ago. I bought a pair of damaged six string clones on eBay, and fixed and sold the Showmaster. The Tele wasn't much of a guitar but I'd been wanting another shortscale bass ever since I sold my vintage EB3. It's got 3 violin humbuckers, five way switch, TBX, Schaller bridge, Gotoh tuners. The short 25 1/2" scale is fun to play, and really fast to get around on.

those 70s ric copies are great. I have one; likely ibanez, but missing the truss rod cover so I don't know for sure. Set neck, and most details are there except for the double truss rods. Here's a pic with the rest of my collection:

ultratwin wrote:An Ibanez in amazing shape for $600

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