Nice score!
...I would have never guessed the bass was actually black from the first pictures...
...I would have never guessed the bass was actually black from the first pictures...
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Birthday: Ibanez Rickenbacker COPY!!!
- Thread starter Spinal Tapper
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Maybe you just need to replace the screws in the bridge pickup with the next gauge up? Perhaps the ones that are in there wore out the holes in the pickup mount...
Engine207
Losing faith in humanity...one call at a time.
Why? I'd just copy that OP and post it up at RickResource.com.
I'm pretty sure they have a vibrant Ric Copy section... 
Good call on pulling the stripeage. It does make for an interesting look, but after all of the surgery is done, I'm sure you'll have a much nicer looking instrument. One that John Hall could even like.
Here she is! All done! Finally got all the stripes off last night and figured out how to put the PU's back in properly.
Seems to me the stickers were actually protecting the bass...this thing is CLEAN. Might need a little polish to get some swirls out and be done with it.
I even fixed the PU toggle switch by screwing a nut over the pickguard - works perfectly!
p.s. - Yes, I just noticed my Geddy was in the shot too, and no, I'm not a huge Rush fan LOL
Seems to me the stickers were actually protecting the bass...this thing is CLEAN. Might need a little polish to get some swirls out and be done with it.
I even fixed the PU toggle switch by screwing a nut over the pickguard - works perfectly!
p.s. - Yes, I just noticed my Geddy was in the shot too, and no, I'm not a huge Rush fan LOL
Quadzilla
Supporting Member
I'll have my GF snap some more shots when she gets a chance - she's at home and sent me all these...and I'm stuck at work (isn't that the way it always works? LOL)
I can describe the back for now - it's a bolt-on neck (4 bolt) with a "Made In Japan" stamped into the neckplate with no serial number anywhere to be found...
I was REALLY lucky, because only the front of the body and headstock were covered in the vinyl stripes - the sides and back are virtually untouched with the exception of a few wear & tear dings.
It took me about 6 or 7 hours total to remove the stripes completely with no solvents or chemicals. Just my fingernails, a plastic scraper (which didn't work as well as my nails) and a damp wash-rag.
needless to say, my fingernails hurt like HELL today! oh well, it was totally worth it.
I can describe the back for now - it's a bolt-on neck (4 bolt) with a "Made In Japan" stamped into the neckplate with no serial number anywhere to be found...
I was REALLY lucky, because only the front of the body and headstock were covered in the vinyl stripes - the sides and back are virtually untouched with the exception of a few wear & tear dings.
It took me about 6 or 7 hours total to remove the stripes completely with no solvents or chemicals. Just my fingernails, a plastic scraper (which didn't work as well as my nails) and a damp wash-rag.
needless to say, my fingernails hurt like HELL today! oh well, it was totally worth it.
Thanks!
So...anyone have any info on how I can date this thing? I've been told the "crushed" inlays are probably late 60's early 70's, and I googled "Ibanez Rickenbacker" and some dude who had a 76 kinda looks like mine, but different inlays and his is neck-thru...
So...anyone have any info on how I can date this thing? I've been told the "crushed" inlays are probably late 60's early 70's, and I googled "Ibanez Rickenbacker" and some dude who had a 76 kinda looks like mine, but different inlays and his is neck-thru...
Wow, that is really a great find, and you did a great job bringing it back to decency! How did you find the seller of this one?
If you are even remotely religiously minded, you must bring that to the south side worship bassist's GTG!
If you are even remotely religiously minded, you must bring that to the south side worship bassist's GTG!
I posted a WTB on Craigslist and this guy responded the same day with pictures of the bass that I posted on the first page - I emailed him updated pics and he said, "Wow, I shoulda kept it" LOL.
I'm not too religious, but keep me posted on the GTG - maybe I'll swing over. Bass is my religion.
U know who had the stripes on their Rickenbacker was Michael Anthony - couple shots of it in the Panama vid...I'm pretty sure that's what the original owner was trying to replicate...either that or he was simply on drugs...really really good drugs...cause the work, as much as I hated it, was a very well done amateur job
Lol you could have kept the stripes and got this suit!
HAHAHAHA! man, did I miss out on THAT one!
It's a 2388B (catchy name, huh
)They came out about '71/72 and lasted until about '76 when they were replaced by the more accurate looking 2389 as far as I know. I say 'as far as I know' because the Ibanez catalog of the time introduces the model name but still has a picture of a 2388b DX (the DX's were through neck with a big mudbucker on the front).
