Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I am teased by your teasing teaser.

woodyng wrote:I see Ritter.....ritterbacker. I don't have any idee what it might feel like strapped on,but i like the look of it in a "my JG 4001 on acid" sort of way....

+1 on the Ritter. It is like if Phil Lesh wanted a Rick...

Cool song!! Heavy Tom Petty vibe, which I really like!

Goggle gobble!!

pbert wrote:here are some pict of the bass:


http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar ... /Front.jpg

http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar ... s/back.jpg

What a great looking bass!!

Looks great Tony!

chefothefuture wrote:The type does say re-fin.... Perhaps white was not it's original color.
Didn't a forumite just sell a white re- fin a few months back?

That was mine:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=405524

I have seller's remorse...

ginger_lee wrote:ohhh and id like a 4005 fretless as well ..i dont play fretted..as jaco said..i dont like speed bumps and training wheels lol;;and the 4002 is getting really heavy sometimes..specially in 4 in heels

There's the infamous fretless 4005 shell perpetually on eBay...

As of today (10/28/12):

79 4000 has the Rickenbacker Electro 4445 nylon flats (black string on a black bass = awesome)
64 4001 deluxe has the Rickenbacker Electro 4440 flats
72 4001 has DR Sunbeams (per Mark's spot-on recommendation!)

marc61 wrote:That's the pick..and here's a pic

Given the color, you must be playing the blues!

Very cool pictures!

Seven years later and I'm still envious of Simon's collection. Holy Moly!!

jingle_jangle wrote:Here's a nice AFG I did for a customer in Nashville...


Gets the ol' juices flowing, don't it?

Beautiful work (as always) Paul!

This sounds like the kind of thing different strings can address. Sometimes a different set of strings makes a world of difference.

JakeK wrote:

chefothefuture wrote:Is it me, or are many forumites getting plastic
surgery and become female country singers?

I've been a mad genius British Rocker with a short-lived moustache for about two-three months now.

That is quite the moustache...

Having spent much of 2010 living in and playing in Nashville, I can tell you that every conceivable type of country is alive and well. "Traditional" country may not get the same radio time that some folks want, but there's a mess of folks pouring their hearts and souls into that genre. Per...