Rickenbacker experts, check out this CL ad & chime in

[Josh Thatguy]

Let's hear from the Ricmasters on this one.
Real, or BS?
Look beyond the white-trash-apartment setting and the spelling and abbreviations written as if by a 14-year-old.

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[254 stringer]

Pics are pretty bad but its not all original pickups have been changed and I don't think its a '66 and its way too much. Pass on it get a new one.

 

[Dave W]

Yep.

"Nothing is aftermarket..." excepts for the pickups

 

[David Hayes]

Yeah, not the best pictures. The bridge doesn't look right to me. And obviously the pickups. Not worth 3 grand in my estimation.

 

[PaulIsTheMan]

I think it is a fake for 2 reasons
1) Look up 1966 Rickenbacker 4001's and look at the pick-ups, then go back to the ad and look at those pick-ups. He claims "nothin is aftermarket" therefore either he is lying or he has a repo that he thinks is real.

2) Just look at the way this guy types...

 

[Josh Thatguy]

Yeah, the pickups were my biggest point of question. I was researching them in the meantime to see what the '66s had, but I'll end up on a tangient somewhere drooling over various Rics on different websites while I try to figure it out

 

[FranF]

Looks real. Post-'76 with the 1" pickup spacing. White/black trim. Hardly rare. Pickups look to be the only non original parts. Maybe 1,000-1,200 bucks?

 

[CrunchyFrog]

Has features more typical of a 1976, but it's certainly not a 1966. Considering the pickup swap, it's not even worth half of what he's asking. Still, it takes only one dummy who makes impulse purchases...

 

[David Hayes]

Looks real. Post-'76 with the 1" pickup spacing. White/black trim. Hardly rare. Pickups look to be the only non original parts. Maybe 1,000-1,200 bucks?

That bridge does look correct for a post '76, but if it were a '66 wouldn't it have that weird gap?

 

[Ric5]

NOT FAKE

NOT 1966

It is a modified 70s 4001 ... maybe 1976???

 

[PWRL]

Looks like a modified 76.

 

[Paul Boyer]

I agree with Ric5. Certainly not a '66. Definitely "aftermarket" pickups, and they probably weren't even made to fit. Most likely a mid-late '70s 4001 and in its condition (as far as we can see in those awful photos), I'd say worth about a grand.

 

[basspraiser]

Run away.....

 

[A-Step-Towards]

As others said based on the photos I wouldnt be showing up with more then $1000 and probably try to get it for less.

 

[s4001]

As others said based on the photos I wouldnt be showing up with more then $1000 and probably try to get it for less.

Yep.