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Delivering new lefty basses with righty intonation seems to be the new hype. Gibson does it too.

Phase 1:
Build bass as fast as you can and miss the fine details .... umm, left handed?

Phase 2:
Profit

Even my PLEKed G&L came like that.

Rickenbacker “quality” strikes again.

That's literally unbelievable.

and don't be fooled it doesn't come with the case either even though it is pictured in a case.

It's brand new (apparently); why wouldn't it come with a case?

There is a whole bunch of them up there for sale mostly righties but they are selling them without the case.

I'm an idiot: what does that mean please? Is it something I need to be aware of for any future purchases? Thanks!

It just means the bridge has been compensated for right hand intonation. The saddles are incorrectly adjusted opposite of what they should be.

Oh and they also install righty controls wired lefty, which equals no taper. As much as I like Rics, they are one shit company when it comes to making quality lefties.

amen to that, bro.

Thanks - I'd never heard of that. I also didn't know why my control pots basically acted like on/off switches for the first 22 years I owned my Ric until I read about that here too.

Don't be so hard on yourself, buddy!
Yes, it is something to be aware of. Check out how my G&L arrived:

http://i.imgur.com/tdBjHbk.jpg

You can see on the bridge how the G string saddle is the furthest back, and each next string is a little more forward. This is a red flag that the factory slapped on bridge that was "pre-intonated" for righty instrument, and that the instrument is not intonated properly. This is backwards of how a bass typically intonates. When properly inonated, the G string is usually the shortest, the E is the longest, and the D and A are in-between the two.

Also, if anyone wants to correct the goofy stock wiring harness on a Rick, I highly recommend contacting Aceonbass through TalkBass. He does use righty pots, so they will turn backwards (I am sure we are all used to this by now), but they will taper properly. Further, he uses more appropriate pot and cap values. It made an immediate and noticeable improvement to my 4001V63, and I really never use volume or tone pots.

It's never easy being a Lefty....