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I can't remember his name but this forumite brought two very nice Ric six stringers... CIMG1631.jpg Ya gotta love the Toasters1

Those would be Chip Ficyk's. The only other 480 I've ever seen in the flesh besides mine. And it's mapleglo!

By the way, great pics, Steve. Especially of those guys ...

Thank you to Jeff and Shari as well. What a great event. I couldn't believe how fast time flew by and I didn't get to play nearly as many as I wanted. It was also great meeting all you cool people (and Peter :D )

I also wish I would have played the walnut 4002 while I had the chance!
So many ...

wmthor wrote:So you'd let the wife open the door for Graham, but not Peter!

Well, yeah. But only if he had that '59 4000 with him.

I'm still wiping the drool off my chin... Plus, it was great meeting everybody. Next time I'll make sure I don't have a gig on the same day. And Peter, I've instructed my wife to never open the door for left-handed Englishmen.

Take it easy,
Steve

Welcome Ender Zed. I'm pretty new around myself but these guys (and gals) know their Ricks.

Take it easy,
Steve

Wow. Great to have you here, Bob. I've been a Bears fans since the 80's. Everyone should definitely check out the Live at Club Cafe DVD (and everything else). A killer version of King Crimson's "Red" and one of my fav Bears' tunes, "Caveman." I love the line: "It's good to be at the top of the food ...

Hi Mike,

Welcome to the forum. The serial number decoder is at http://www.rickenbacker.com/service_serials.asp .

I bought my first Rick (MG 4001) right before I graduated from high school in 1977. It was gigged for years and is definitely not in excellent shape!

There's a lot of knowledgeable and ...

I have a red '85 4003 with BT that is absolutely wonderful. It plays perfectly and sounds great. I bagged it on a $700 BIN a while back.

I also have a red '85 4003 with BT as well. It's got the slimmest neck of all my Ricks. I always loved the red/black trim combo on the 4003. Doesn't work on ...

Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Bjorn.

Take care,
Steve

Also, can anyone let me know just where I can find actual 4002 recordings?

Thomas,
Here's a recording I did with my 4002 back in '06 with the Ryan Humbert Band.
http://www.ryanhumbert.com/clients/rhb/music/10%20Trampoline%20(Band%20Demo).mp3
I believe I used the 4002 on the entire "Well ...

ben_brown wrote:I could never afford a '59 4000

Neither could I. I've never even seen one in person.

I have my eye on it...are those tuners correct? anything else look replaced?

Depending on how the auction goes..I should be goin' for it

I just took a look at mine and those tuners are the same. Everything else looks ok to me. I always wanted a mapleglo one (mine's walnut). Good luck on the ...

3 or 4 basses and two guitars.

Well, it would be really silly of me not to go since I live so close. Count me in, Jeff. Let me know if I can do anything to help out.

Take it easy,
Steve

A few things look weird to me too but I'm hardly an expert. What makes you guys positive this is a fake?