UP FOR AUCTION TODAY IS A TAILPIECE FROM A 1974 RICKENBACKER BASS, MODEL 4001.
I TOOK THIS OFF THE BASS MYSELF, AND AS A LONGTIME FACTORY AUTHORIZED LUTHIER, I CAN VOUCH FOR IT'S ACTUALLY BEING A GENUINE RICKENBACKER PART. FAKE REPLACEMENT PARTS, SUCH AS ALL-PARTS, WILL NOT REALLY FIT, AS THEY ARE METRIC. THIS PART, ON AUCTION TODAY, IS THE REAL DEAL.
WHEN I GOT THE BASS YEARS AGO, THE "TUNE-O-MATIC" BRIDGE PART OF THIS WAS MISSING. I HAD ENOUGH RICKENBACKER PARTS TO GET IT GOING, BUT I EVENTUALLY BOUGHT A WHOLE NEW BRIDGE/TAILPIECE ASSEMBLY FROM RICKENBACKER TO REPLACE IT.
AT SOME POINT, SOMEONE TRIED TO PUT AN ALL-PARTS OR SOME OTHER REPLACEMENT BRIDGE IN THIS TAILPIECE, WHICH WON'T WORK. THE RICKENBACKER PARTS ARE S.A.E. WHEREAS ANY FAKE REPLACEMENTS ARE METRIC. EVIDENCE OF THIS AMATEUR ATTEMPT AT REPLACING THE BRIDGE HAVE LEFT TWO SMALL MARKS WHERE THE BRIDGE GOES. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU INSTALL A REAL RICKENBACKER BRIDGE INTO THIS TAILPIECE, THOSE MARKS WON'T BE SEEN.
OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. THERE'S A LITTLE CHROME PITTING HERE AND THERE, AND THE PAD FELL OFF THE MUTE, BUT ALL THE MUTE PARTS ARE THERE.
ONE OF THE MANY TIMES I WENT BROKE FORCED ME TO SELL MY BEAUTIFUL WHITE 4001 BASS, SO I NO LONGER HAVE ANY NEED FOR THIS TAILPIECE.
THIS TAILPIECE WOULD BE GREAT FOR RESTORING A 70'S RICKENBACKER.
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PLEASE, IF IN DOUBT, PASS ON THIS ITEM.
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