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Advice on '73 Rick requested, please
Denis:
This afternoon I'm going to look at what's purported to be a '73 Rick 4001. The advertised price is too low to pass up at least a glance at the thing. However, I was burned once on a bass which turned out to be stolen so I want to be careful.
How do I tell for sure this Rick is a real one and not a Japanese copy? He says the neck isn't broken, that it has dings, etc and that all the electronics work.
I'd appreciate any and all input!
Dave W:
Most Japanese copies are bolt-ons, but not all.
That's all I know, hopefully you'll get some more responses before this afternoon.
Bert:
read this. There's more info there on copies than I can tell you.
Denis:
Excellent, thanks! Man, that's a lot of info!
Okay, real quickly, regarding binding. Did Rick ever offer checkerboard binding?
Bert:
--- Quote from: Denis on February 19, 2010, 09:21:35 AM ---Okay, real quickly, regarding binding. Did Rick ever offer checkerboard binding?
--- End quote ---
Yep. Until somewhere in '73 it was standard on basses.
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