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Mutilated Rick on Evil Bay
- Thread starter Marley's Ghost
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Those aren't cuts. That bass has been rammed head first into something and then the owner has grabbed it by the neck and smashed both edges of the body against something....like you would with a wood axe....sometimes when i get hum i feel like doing that with my Monty
If they're not cuts, then the guy smashed it into a running circular saw or something similar. Anything less than a very sharp object would not leave such sharp, angled cuts. And the headstock's damage is way too linear to be much else.Those aren't cuts. That bass has been rammed head first into something and then the owner has grabbed it by the neck and smashed both edges of the body against something....like you would with a wood axe....sometimes when i get hum i feel like doing that with my Monty
I think we need to bring in the TB forensics team. to analyze the evidence and determine if a crime was committed. 
You know, tragic as it is, it would be a fun bass for a talented individual to sand down and restore, right? Of course the shape would be different, but like the seller said, nothing is going to [really] affect the playability of it - the vital aspects are still in tact.
No, I am not a forensic scientist, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn last night.I think we need to bring in the TB forensics team. to analyze the evidence and determine if a crime was committed.
Bondo can fix holes in cars... why not on basses?
Slap that RIC full of cheeze and off you go!
Good as new!
P.S. Anyone that pay $600 for that thing is nuts IMO. $300 or maybe a bit more I can see, but $600 is too high.
Slap that RIC full of cheeze and off you go!
Good as new!P.S. Anyone that pay $600 for that thing is nuts IMO. $300 or maybe a bit more I can see, but $600 is too high.
Yeah, THAT would be easy to do.
I can imagine me trying to do a rebuild like that. That crappy RIC would be flying out a window within 5 minutes.
The thread is amazing but an unrealistic possibility IMO for anyone expect a luthier or someone with lots of woodworking competency (and patience!).
Wow yea, I say we all pitch in a few bucks and get this thing over to Kahuna so he can fix it for us!
That is just unbelievable.
Someone has had some serious drugs to do that.
If I was offered that on the street for £50 I'd turn it down flat.
It's impossible to look at and I don't need the parts..
Someone has had some serious drugs to do that.
If I was offered that on the street for £50 I'd turn it down flat.
It's impossible to look at and I don't need the parts..
Well, I see someone has taken the plunge on a bid (low feedback tho').
Amazing....just amazing.
This one will be fun to watch.
Amazing....just amazing.
This one will be fun to watch.
As I said before, this bass will go for $$$. Lefty Ricks are hard to find. Rickenbacker has stopped taking orders on lefties. A new lefty 4003 sold for $3K last month.
This bass was not cut purposefully. It was obviously slammed into something. Looks like someone attempted to be Pete Townsend. It is were just missing pieces of wood, I would probably bid around $1K, but this guitar was not just cut. The structural integrity is probably compromised from the blow it took.
This bass was not cut purposefully. It was obviously slammed into something. Looks like someone attempted to be Pete Townsend. It is were just missing pieces of wood, I would probably bid around $1K, but this guitar was not just cut. The structural integrity is probably compromised from the blow it took.
