4003-Who?? - (on eBay)

gpatt5762 · Post by **gpatt5762** » Thu May 02, 2002 8:44 am

Hey, y'all,

Check out this "4003S" ...

GP

rick12dr · Post by **rick12dr** » Thu May 02, 2002 9:46 am

Just looks to me like a nice 4001V63, minus the horseshoe. The guy doesn't know his Rick basses very well....

bottom4 · Post by **bottom4** » Sat May 04, 2002 11:15 am

I was thinking the same thing guys. I'm looking at my V63 and I'm looking at this...?

I may go for it. Nothing wrong with having two. Eventhough I just picked up my first 4003!

markthemd · Post by **markthemd** » Sat May 04, 2002 11:47 am

I know these guys !!! They are half of the team of the Kolbek Brothers .
Val owns Guitarville in Seattle and Creighton owns Diversified Loans ..a Pawn Shop.

He is NOT a dealer and he does NOT know Ricks at all.

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Sat May 04, 2002 6:26 pm

What about this "Late 70s 4001"
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=867337466

rick12dr · Post by **rick12dr** » Sat May 04, 2002 6:38 pm

What about this "Late 70s 4001"
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=867337466

Late 70s??? I'd say Early 70s!!! Still has clear plexi fingergrip,full width inlay, and, wow, that
Fireglo I have not seen since I worked at Rick in '72!! Someone added one stray old Kluson to replace the one Grover gear.This looks nice otherwise!

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Sun May 05, 2002 7:27 am

Seems like there's just a lot of early 70's Rick basses out on ebay lately. What do you call that, a herd, a flock, a gaggle of Ricks? I haven't seen so much checkerboard and wide inlay Ricks out there in a long time! But what is up with that copperburst Rick that listed last night? Don, do you remember Rickenbacker ever making a bass with a finish like that? Looks like a refin to me...
You can see it here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=867457787

rick12dr · Post by **rick12dr** » Sun May 05, 2002 9:40 am

Gene;
this copperburst almost has to be a refin.
As to my memory of it, this was made Long after
I left Rick, and even then,I had Nothing to do
whatsoever with the finishing dept.Arnquist might know something, but I bet he calls it refin as well...

markthemd · Post by **markthemd** » Sun May 05, 2002 2:49 pm

If this is a refinish ....there needs to be a couple of photos of the T rod cavity and the control cavity.That would clear up some of the wonder.

I do not think it is a stock piece ...

The guard is an old location pickup placement
The guard has knobs that run parallel
The nut is wrong , not Black bakelite/phenolic
The tuners ...they look like they are Gotohs

Show us the cavities.

When Brian Carman took me , my wife and my partner through the Rick factory in 1993 ,We saw all kinds of interesting colors ...
This ebony fretboard , is something that I also am not up on in the 1985 to 1995 era ...Anyone?

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Mon Oct 14, 2002 9:09 am

It looks like the "copperglo" bass had made a reappearance on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=913135189

I don't know whether it's the same one as before. Maybe this time, someone can get the seller to take some pictures of the control and trussrod cavities.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Tue Oct 15, 2002 4:23 pm

The seller has cancelled the auction while he does some more research on the guitar. He did send me some pictures of the two cavities; here is the truss rod cavity:

It looks like the adjustment nuts have been painted over, which to me is a sure sign of a refin.

If I get any more info from the seller, I'll update this thread.