joegarcia Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 This looks normal in every picture apart from the head on one it seems. A weird one, victim to some dodgy 'customizing' or a fake? [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/1976-rickenbacker-4001-vintage-bass-case-low-reserve_W0QQitemZ290308214729QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:US:101"]http://cgi.ebay.com/1976-rickenbacker-4001...S:B:SRCH:US:101[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I don't see a problem with the headstock, but I doubt that's the original scratchplate and the bridge doesn't look at all right to me either. While I'm being picky, I'm not sure about those pickups ... they look a bit odd. Yes, yes, yes, but apart from all that, what have the Ricky's ever done for us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 (edited) All kosher apart from the scratchplate & bridge, as far as I can see from those rubbish, blurry little pics. Scratchplate's a home-made "upgrade" and I've seen a few 70s & early 80s Ricks with these brass bridges, they were proper aftermarket replacements & have been discussed on Rickresource a few times - can't remember who made them though. The pups look OK to me but it's hard to be sure, & I think maybe the camera angle's making the head look a bit odd. I'm finding the easiest way to spot a real Rick is the inlays - I've never seen a copy with the same dull greyish-looking ones, they're always much brighter & pearly-looking. This is after getting a new Faker project with a very authentic-looking orangey fretboard. [quote]Yes, yes, yes, but apart from all that, what have the Ricky's ever done for us?[/quote] Neck-through construction. But apart from that, what [i]have[/i] they ever done for us, eh? Eh? Jon. Edited April 9, 2009 by Bassassin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 [quote name='Bassassin' post='458245' date='Apr 9 2009, 12:07 PM']Neck-through construction. But apart from that, what [i]have[/i] they ever done for us, eh? Eh? Jon.[/quote] Yeah, yeah, they did give us that, that's true. And Rick-o-Sound outputs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joegarcia Posted April 9, 2009 Author Share Posted April 9, 2009 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='458069' date='Apr 9 2009, 08:22 AM']I don't see a problem with the headstock, but I doubt that's the original scratchplate and the bridge doesn't look at all right to me either. While I'm being picky, I'm not sure about those pickups ... they look a bit odd.[/quote] Yea, those were pretty much the only issues I spotted too. Yea, I guess if the scratchplate was a replacement and if those are common aftermarket bridges that pretty much explains it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stag Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 [quote name='Bassassin' post='458245' date='Apr 9 2009, 12:07 PM']All kosher apart from the scratchplate & bridge, as far as I can see from those rubbish, blurry little pics. Scratchplate's a home-made "upgrade" and I've seen a few 70s & early 80s Ricks with these brass bridges, they were proper aftermarket replacements & have been discussed on Rickresource a few times - can't remember who made them though.[/quote] Thats exactly the same type of bridge that was on my Ric... exactly the same (except mine had been chromed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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