Important note: This is a private sale of personally-owned electric bass equipment, and is not associated with my music store in any way (which specializes in upright bass gear).
I bought this bass several years ago because I dug its vaguely Rickenbacker-like vibe (without being an actual Ric)...
Important note: This is a private sale of personally-owned electric bass equipment, and is not associated with my music store in any way (which specializes in upright bass gear).
I bought this bass several years ago because I dug its vaguely Rickenbacker-like vibe (without being an actual Ric)...
It's a very rare day to have two new basses show up! I've recently had a hankering for another Rickenbacker, after I sold my 4001v63 a number of years back. It was a nice bass, but I had some issues with the pickup balance, and the neck shape (rather deep with a flat back), and at the time felt...
What you see here is not a modern, Asian-built counterfeit Rickenbacker copy--this is from the golden age of lawsuit instruments. Built sometime in the 70s, this bass was likely produced by the same factory that was making instruments for Ibanez, Greco, Tokai, Aria, and others.
Interesting...