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| Author: | bobjones2260 [ July 28th, 2017, 1:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 75 Rick Fixer Upper for $1399 |
Read the Description, not sure but this week finding alot of fix er uppers. Has a real cool vibe to it. https://reverb.com/item/5902041-rickenbacker-4001-lefty-1975-autumnglo?gclid=Cj0KCQjwwevLBRCGARIsAKnAJvdqqBVvbcT7bRKtAQRG0KJsoRIEssof09k9hYusIe41Qgh3nbB0C2MaAib9EALw_wcB&pla=1 
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| Author: | tomdbass [ July 28th, 2017, 1:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 75 Rick Fixer Upper for $1399 |
That is one helluva warped neck! $1400? ......nope. |
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| Author: | tim [ July 28th, 2017, 2:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 75 Rick Fixer Upper for $1399 |
Dat bow.... Must have belonged to Robin Hood. |
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| Author: | bbl [ July 28th, 2017, 2:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 75 Rick Fixer Upper for $1399 |
This bass has witnessed (and survived): a) the great flood of '78 b) the great fire of '81 c) the zombie apocolypse of the millenium d) all of the above e) who cares? MOJO! |
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| Author: | AzWhoFan [ July 28th, 2017, 10:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 75 Rick Fixer Upper for $1399 |
Let's try to be positive ... there doesn't appear to be any bridge lift! 
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| Author: | pjmuck [ July 29th, 2017, 7:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 75 Rick Fixer Upper for $1399 |
"Oddly, the frets are in great shape. Almost like new." Well of course they are. Because the strings have never reached the fret board! 
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| Author: | paulo [ July 29th, 2017, 8:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 75 Rick Fixer Upper for $1399 |
This bass looks so old and rusty, looks like it belonged to captain Barbosa...  
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| Author: | tomdbass [ July 29th, 2017, 9:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 75 Rick Fixer Upper for $1399 |
All "mojo" aside, buying an instrument that is unplayable is pretty much an expensive piece of wall art. |
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| Author: | bbl [ July 29th, 2017, 9:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 75 Rick Fixer Upper for $1399 |
My old man is a television repairman. He's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it! 
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| Author: | Matt R. [ July 29th, 2017, 2:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 75 Rick Fixer Upper for $1399 |
bbl wrote: My old man is a television repairman. He's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it! Bravo. 
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| Author: | lsimy [ July 30th, 2017, 12:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 75 Rick Fixer Upper for $1399 |
bbl wrote: My old man is a television repairman. He's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it! "You can't fix this bass Spicoli !" It's intriguing though. It's such a 50/50 toss-up as to whether this would be a total basket case or not. Maybe for $1K but close to $1.5K is pushing it if that neck doesn't respond to treatment. Any further thoughts out there? |
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| Author: | tim [ July 31st, 2017, 5:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 75 Rick Fixer Upper for $1399 |
I personally don't think that price takes into account the risk of the bass needing serious work. At that price, breaking even after repairs is the best-case scenario. When buying a fixer upper, breaking even should be the worst-case scenario (unless you have a personal attachment to a rare model). That said, I agree with bbl that this ax has some serious mojo. I think it's definitely worth sorting out. Just not at that price. IMHO, etc. |
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| Author: | paulo [ July 31st, 2017, 6:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 75 Rick Fixer Upper for $1399 |
It would be a serious risk if paid more than $500. |
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