Rare !

[Nealepi]

There is a bass on Ebay for sale and its description says “This iconic bass guitar is in great condition and plays lovely. Rare edition with chrome string guard.” surely its standard, The colour is pretty standard and the “string guard” is what a lot take off.

[Graham]

When people write "rare" in adds, I read it as "so unpopular/impracticable that manufacture was ceased almost immediately"

[Reggaebass]

Hi and welcome 👍. What bass is it

[Nealepi]

27 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Hi and welcome 👍. What bass is it

Not allowed to mention it in sales so just being cautious but Chris Squire and Lemmy had them.

[Dan Dare]

Perhaps they mean rare as in under-cooked...

[Reggaebass]

I wouldn’t know what lemmy had 🙂

[Waddo Soqable]

Just now, Reggaebass said:

I wouldn’t know what lemmy had 🙂

Its a Rickenbacker Doc... 😱

[Nealepi]

1 minute ago, Reggaebass said:

I wouldn’t know what lemmy had 🙂

Ok

[Reggaebass]

Just now, Waddo Soqable said:

Its a Rickenbacker Doc... 😱

Ah cheers 👍

[Waddo Soqable]

Could be the ad is for a "rickenFaker" copy type thing, that seems to create even more fear at it's mention than the real thing..!

Mental isn't it..!

[Nealepi]

20 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

Could be the ad is for a "rickenFaker" copy type thing, that seems to create even more fear at it's mention than the real thing..!

Mental isn't it..!

Nah its genuine but just cant understand why anyone would say its rare ? Just makes me wonder if its not a scam using photos of previous sales.

[Jus Lukin]

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[Nealepi]

24 minutes ago, Jus Lukin said:

Without seeing the ad it's hard to say, and linking to it won't be allowed.

If it's a 4005 then it I'll be rare, but a 4001/3 probably not. There are a handful of other Rick bass models, none of which are particularly common, so it depends how one defines 'rare'. Folks on Ebay are rather keen to use the term, it seems.

4003 Fireglow

[Waddo Soqable]

Not remotely rare then !

[4000]

Have just seen the ad. It’s a bog standard 4003 from several years back, before they reintroduced the full width inlays. And to be picky, it’s Fireglo, not Fireglow. 😉

[Nealepi]

 

1 hour ago, 4000 said:

Have just seen the ad. It’s a bog standard 4003 from several years back, before they reintroduced the full width inlays. And to be picky, it’s Fireglo, not Fireglow. 😉

Tell me more about the full width inlays please

[Nealepi]

 Never mind, just ordered Paul Boyers book 👍

[ambient]

It’s certainly rare in my house, in fact I’m pretty certain there’s not even one in my road.

[neepheid]

15 hours ago, Graham said:

When people write "rare" in adds, I read it as "so unpopular/impracticable that manufacture was ceased almost immediately"

I ignore the word completely in ads, it's almost never true.

[Doctor J]

Play ad bingo. When you see "original", "vintage" and "rare", all in one ad, you win a night of boozing, to dull that stabbing pain you feel in your brain, with a clear conscience.

[Jus Lukin]

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[lowdown]

15 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

Perhaps they mean rare as in under-cooked...

 

14 hours ago, Nealepi said:

4003 Fireglow

In that case, surely it's Blue, not Fireglow ?