To start off I am not looking for any trades on this, i perfer the neck on my newer 4003 and i seriously cant keep both.
This was made in april of 1990 according to rickenbacker. I got this from the most badass chick I ever met and was in her 50s and moving out of the country. She reminded me of kim gordon alot. She told me she slept with this bass in her car many nights and this was her baby. It had alot of road time and shows its miles gracefully , Look at her , she has been used but not abused. For nearly 22 years old Its not to shabby.
The original case logged so many miles it fell apart and was replaced with a vintage reissue ric case that never saw the road or any gigs so its in pretty good shape, keep in mind these are almost 300$ alone.
The ric is a nice piece of maple. The front is rpetty clean overall, the headstock has some light dings I tried to capture, the back of the neck is pretty clean, no pitting on the chrome.
The back of the bass is worn a bit , there is some badass light finish checking I picked up and some belt dings she admitted to putting in it with her studded belt.
The inlays were not glued in the prettiest at the factory but it works you can just see glue around it a bit , the fretboard is pretty and the frets are in great shape as it almost always wore flats. One inlay or maybe 2 have some small cracks in them.
The bridge she told me over the phone had some normal lifting , and it does and i think the GHS flats on it caused it to lift a little more , i can fit a modern US nickel under the E side.She said it hasnt lifted since it was a few years old , i planned on fixing this but honestly I figured it was the nature of the beast with ric and left it , it plays fine.
Well there you go , a real road dog that was loved and kept in decent shape and at a pretty nice price.
1375$ shipped CONUS, insurance provided, tracking provided-Paid in a fee free method.
This is above the clear it should come off , feels like wax ( i got it off)
To the right of my thumb , staining
sorry......
Thanks man , with something high priced and contains wear I like to show all, to many times have i got a bass in more beat condition then pictured and was bummed out about it. I want the new owner happy with her.
