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This is a little hard to find in ebay as it does not have bass in the title, I found it searching left* rick*

I believe at one time this was a great looking bass but when they give it the road feel I believe it is over done.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-RICKENBACK ... 35c0be1808

Only some "bass nazi" would do such a thing intentionally...This deserves jail time!

It says in the listing notes:

whoever did this looks like they knew what they were doing

Uh, I don't think so. The finish looks like it was just chipped off in random places, not where you would expect to see normal wear & tear. Horrible.

Hideous. Some instruments lend themselves well to a distressed look, particularly Fenders, because they naturally(?) wear over time. Inferior finishing? That's debatable, but IMO Rickenbackers have the best finishing in the biz. A 30+ year old Rick can look as new as the day it was purchased even with a reasonable amount of play over time. They simply DON'T wear or chip that way.

Sigh ... nearly $3K for roadkill? I don't think so ....

Besides that , if you look at Ric's FB page, just the other day they posted a pic of a bunch of lefty 4003 unfinished bodies

If I didn't already have a 4003FG that's 2 years older than that one I'd get it and have it refinned just to put it(and me) out of its misery.

I guess they couldn't stop on the actual bass ruining it and wanted the case to match the bass?

or was it "let's destroy the bass" to match the case?

I understand the idea of relicing a body of a bass-even the back of the neck (and believe me, I'm not condoning this butcher job) but when has the finish on a headstock ever worn away? I can see some dings, scratches, lacquer/finish checking..etc. But how would the finish wear off a part of the bass that's never really touched other than tuning it-and even then, the wear would be on the chrome/nickel plating of the gears. What's even funnier is that the seller believes that relicing this bass has increased it's value when it's actually done the opposite. Some people need to be slapped every once in awhile just to make sure they don't do stuff like this......

tomdbass wrote:I understand the idea of relicing a body of a bass-even the back of the neck (and believe me, I'm not condoning this butcher job) but when has the finish on a headstock ever worn away? I can see some dings, scratches, lacquer/finish checking..etc. But how would the finish wear off a part of the bass that's never really touched other than tuning it-and even then, the wear would be on the chrome/nickel plating of the gears. What's even funnier is that the seller believes that relicing this bass has increased it's value when it's actually done the opposite. Some people need to be slapped every once in awhile just to make sure they don't do stuff like this......

Agreed on this... I've Never seen a Ric, or for that matter, Any finished headstock that had that kind of natural wear to it... this guy has gone Way overboard on the "relic-ed" definition, and as previously stated, he's done something to a Ric that just wouldn't happen to one in the normal gigging world- their finish is just that tough!

The description says, "whoever did that knew what they were doing" I don't think it means "This person was an expert in bass refinishing", it really means "the guy who did that was not even under the influence that day, believe it or not"

Frenchy-Lefty wrote:The description says, "whoever did that knew what they were doing" I don't think it means "This person was an expert in bass refinishing", it really means "the guy who did that was not even under the influence that day, believe it or not"

...and their conscience was clear!