Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Hello Peter and everyone, Wow! has it been that long? Congratulations! and admiration of you. You've done a sterling job since the days of alt.guitar.rickenbacker , remember that? anyone? I call in & check the boards still occasionaly. I had a whole collection of Ricks at one stage. Now I only h...

I must have missed this one first time around. All the innards are absolutely original. It looks completely original. If it's as straight as you say then it's worth big bucks. How much I ? I'm not up with current prices but I'd start offering it for $ 20k US & negotiate from there. Has VG seen i...

Hooray! At last!

Rickenbacker must have been a bit of a Custom Shop back then. Pete, not so much. The wood shape was settled by then but the fittings & pickguard were still fluid. The routes will be forstner bit cuts done by hand hence the need for bigger pickguards sometimes. The bridge is still a modded 450 s...

Interestingly, Rickenbacker DID make at least 1 electric piano in the thirties, possibly for Harpo Marx. As I understand it, it was an experiment & a 1 off which sat in the showroom (where ever that was) for a few years & never sold.
No one ever new what became of it.

yep. splains everything

I don't want to tread on any toes here or offend but my take is it a fake.

Perhaps the original bass was damaged or broken somehow & the parts were transferred onto a substitute body.

YMMV

I've seen the pics of a frozen Niagra Falls. Just astonishing.
Hope you all are ok in that kind of weather. I find it terrifying.
+45C where I am tomorrow.

In either place, don't have a breakdown in your car on a lonely strech of road

My old 64 4001s was wired or fitted or whatever with the switch down for toaster. Also both vol at the top which IIRC is not the normal way. Which suggests the harness went in upside down.

Nah. The drummer does the kinky stuff. As is to be expected of drummers..

Thanks Andy.
Jeff PM sent. I think. Not showing in my sent box. If not PM me or come to the Soho 16 sth tce Freo any fri/sat night & look for the guy slapping the washtub.

Hi all, Jeff this bass is a factory s model not a 4000. The routes are factory except for the enlargement of the bridge pickup route. Whoever was on trussrod channel duties in those days made them too long and bigger pickguards were needed to cover the routes. Nice bass. Good luck with the resto. On...

Try that

Interested observer with the camera...

Look familiar?