Our first roadkill of the new year is a bit of a mystery. We know it to be a 2008 Rickenbacker 4003LH, but have no idea how or why it ended up in this state.

This image was submitted to us. We are happy to say we did not stumble across it ourselves.

The image comes from an auction listing on eBay Germany. We no longer have the link to the page, or we would post it intact. There was no mention in the listing that anything out of the ordinary had happened to the bass, or that it was in anything other than excellent original condition. We believe the opening bid was 1,000 euro.

The damage appears to have been inflicted by a bandsaw. As to the damage to the individual who did this to a nearly new instrument, one can only speculate. (Granted we’d much rather this be a 2008 rather than a 1968 instrument, but none deserve this fate.)

Additional disturbing images may be found here.

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Tags: Roadkill, Rickenbacker , 4003, bass, Lefty