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Hello everyone who's still here! 8)

I am originally from Peoria, Illinois, but currently live in Costa Mesa, California.

I became interested in Rickenbackers when I ran across "Evil Bob"'s website, Rickenbacker Planet (IIRC the title... or is my memory that bad?) in the early days of wandering ...

rickenbrother wrote: Sat Jun 06, 2026 5:19 pm Sweet vintage 4001. If I had the chance, I'd give it lots of love and clean it up.

+1

LOL!

One can see a brief glimpse of the 4001 in this video of Califirnia Jam:


https://www.youtube.com/live/JKW18CQri6A?app=desktop


I had heard of them only because one of my alternate screen names in Yahoo (for comments) was klaatubaratanicto (that's hoe I spelled it), and someone responded to a post ...

I may not always post a comment/reply, but I usually read these and I certainly do enjoy them!

Gibson did the same thing and won their case after a retrial in 2025:

"... The jury’s decision reinforces the validity and strength of Gibson’s intellectual property rights”: Gibson emerges victorious in copyright infringement retrial battle with Dean ..."
Excerpted from https://www.guitarworld ...

According to the RIC manual, it is an oil finish:


FWIW, I used pure tung oil from The Real Milk Paint Company to clean/polish a 650S that I once had. It was very dirty when I got it, but it cleaned up great.

Any chance you can link of photo to the thread if not that’s okay I ordered the book but I’m inpatient haha


Here's a quick phone picture of that page.


Smith_p237_crpd.jpg


Keep in mind that it is generally acknowledged that Smith did not see every invoice on record, so his numbers ...

FWIW, the applicable table in the Smith book lists 5 JG and 20 NC (no color indicated on invoice) 950s for 1957.

That's a real beauty!

This is what Stew-Mac has on its switch tips webpage:


I checked my 460 and 481 switch tips, and they are 8-32 threads. Oddly enough, I checked the switch tip on my Epiphone JL Revolution Casino (the linited edition version), and it also is a 8-32 thread.

Wow! Thanks for highlighting such exceptional finishes!

I love my1981 460 BG's eggplant color.

https://www.meetthebeatlesforreal.com/2014/03/the-worlds-oldest-beatles-fan.html

"... Tony Saks passed away in 1987, leaving the famed Beatles guitar in his will to his daughter. She hung onto the guitar for 10 years and then through Bonham’s auction house in 1997, auctioned it off for an unknown ...

The black trim looks really nice on the bass.

The burst is a bit different from that on my 700/12 Comstock, but vive la difference!