Please help verify Rickenbacker

[Yklu]

Hi, I found this bass sale post on marketplace, could you please help me to verify if the bass is aithentic Rickenbacker or not? Thanks!

 

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Ugh the horror. Provenance might be legitimate, but the butchery done to that beauty beggars description!

 

[Crusher47]

Did Ricks ever come with block inlays?

 

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Did Ricks ever come with block inlays?

Yeah, dead giveaway, no? The pickups were so gross I didn't even notice,.

 

[Leo Smith]

The neck heel doesn't look right at all. Nor the headstock, nut, placement of the truss rod cover.

Cool tribute style bass. If it sounds good and the price is right.... But no, not a legit Rick.

 

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Not that I trust Google AI, but here's what it has to say:

• No, Rickenbacker has not used rectangular block inlays on the 4003 bass. The 4003, and its predecessor the 4001, typically feature triangle or shark fin style inlays on the fingerboard, not rectangular blocks. The 4003 is known for its distinctive maple body and neck, and its unique sound characterized by a "toppy growl"

 

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The neck heel doesn't look right at all. Nor the headstock, nut, placement of the truss rod cover.

Cool tribute style bass. If it sounds good and the price is right.... But no, not a legit Rick.

Yeah just replace the counterfeit logo with one that says "Rickenfacker" and you're good to go!!

 

[JimmyO]

Font on the TRC is close but not right.

Bridge is wrong.

Three way switch is wrong.

Binding is wrong.

Pickups are ***.

Block inlays are wrong.

I would avoid.

 

[Deleted member 394181]

Just, no.

 

[mikeswals]

No it is not.

But if its like 300 or less it could be a fun beater bass.

 

[Mastiff_5]

NO. I will not help verify. I’m sorry, but I’m very busy right now.

 

[Thunderthumbs73]

A LOT of work to create something that is strongly evocative at best, and is worth... not a lot, and something I would avoid like the plague unless I had it in my hands to try it first before I forked over any of those "not a lot" dollars.

Avoid.

 

[60bass]

So fake it hurts my eyes to look at it. AliExpress Rickenfaker strikes again.

 

[SactoBass]

Hi, I found this bass sale post on marketplace, could you please help me to verify if the bass is aithentic Rickenbacker or not? Thanks!

Nope. It's not a real Ric 4003. A real Ric 4003 has neck through construction as shown in this pic:

 

[lowendblues]

Run away! Run away!

100% faker

 

[salmon256]

First off if the price is in the 300 to 400 range there is a very good chance it's already fake or something sketchy.

That is a pure AliExpress bass.

 

[MindinAction]

The HORROR.

 

[FunkMeister57]

It reminds me hot-rodded Jolana D-bass.

 

[Michedelic]

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Smells like Temu spirit. What might be the asking price be on that?

 

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Smells like Temu spirit. What might be the asking price be on that?

(I LOLed so hard I gagged a bit!)