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by Frankie79
Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:59 pm
Forum: Rickenbacker Basses: by Joey Vasco & Tony Cabibe
Topic: Model of the Week Ten: The 4001V63
Replies: 235
Views: 38258

Re: Model of the Week Ten: The 4001V63

Thanks. Happy to be here!
by Frankie79
Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:02 am
Forum: Rickenbacker Basses: by Joey Vasco & Tony Cabibe
Topic: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Replies: 300
Views: 86094

Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH

Yes, I had heard from the original owner on the Rickenbacker forums when I picked up the V63 last year. He sold it after owning it only a couple of years....then the second owner had refinished it....then he bought it back again.....sold it again to the guy I bought it from.

Follow that???????? :)
by Frankie79
Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:24 am
Forum: Rickenbacker Basses: by Joey Vasco & Tony Cabibe
Topic: Model of the Week Ten: The 4001V63
Replies: 235
Views: 38258

Re: Model of the Week Ten: The 4001V63

Hi.....new on this forum.....This is my '89 V63. Originally Jetglo, refinished by it's second owner to a satin Mapleglo.
I have read that the '89's still had a thin neck, this one measures even thinner....probably the stripping/refinishing. I'll post the numbers for the '79 and '89 V63 over in the ...
by Frankie79
Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:21 am
Forum: Rickenbacker Basses: by Joey Vasco & Tony Cabibe
Topic: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH
Replies: 300
Views: 86094

Re: MEASURE YOUR GIRTH

Interesting that my '89 V63 has a thinner neck than my '79 4001. (Everyone seems to mention how thin they think the '70's 4001 necks are...)

Apparently the second owner of the '89 V63 stripped off the Jetglo finish and refinished in satin mapleglo like a McCartney. I wonder if the neck was thinned ...

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