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Hello everybody !
Here is the problem :
I bought a 4001 and I think it is a '73 (grover tuners, checkerboard binding, toaster pickup...) but the jackplate has been replaced by a new one, so I cannot be sure of the year... Can someone tell me how I could exactly know the month ?

Wonderful bass, Lars !
And welcome to the "73 club"

Hey, John, check this one :
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-73-RICKENBACKER-4001-COLLECTABLE-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ330010547323QQihZ014QQcategoryZ41439QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Grover tuners on a '73 MCxxxx



I think they are better than the "regular" ones.

This one comes from Chicago...



Isn't she loooovelyyyy...

Welcome, Pablo !
Very nice bass...

This is my '73... with checkerboard binding



I looooooooove it !!!

Necks are thiner than any other five or six-string basses. But my hands are not the same as Chris Squire's...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rickenbacker-1988-8-String-Bass-w-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ170001789399QQihZ007QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Beautiful !!!

Does anybody know which effects are used by Chris on the TORMATO album ? Heard about maestro brassmaster, but ...?

I thank you all for your answers, I can now die a happy boy ! ;p
But I am very happy with my 73' 4001...

Why would you pay 7000$ for a 4001CS ? This bass will soon be more expensive than the original !!!
Some people are crazy...

Why is there a 4001CS for sale every week on EBay ?
I thought it was a good bass (I loooooove CS but I never tried it- this bass) but it seems that nobody wants this model...
why ? some owners ?...

Is there anybody to trade my 4001 for a Thunderbird non-reverse ?

newer style inlays...