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Friends I have a Dilemma .. :?: 1: look for the original piece, it would be the best solution to maintain the value of the instrument. 2: mount a pickup Rickenbacker current production... 3: mount a good pickup craft? Which of these solutions (2/3) to enhance the value of the instrument? Go with Se...

I think I've owned...10? Most at once was three 4001s, I currently just have the one 4001 (and the 480 of course).

My '71 4001 (and any other bass I've ever owned) wears Ernie Ball Super Slinkies (45-65-80-100), every single time. No flats or low-tension strings for me...

Cap is still present, but bypassed.

Both guitars and bass. 50% is praise, and the other 50% start out with something guarded like "nice Rick" and then proceed to go into their bad experiences and why they hate the company, instruments or certain characters involved who need not be named. Never experienced this myself. Talki...

Perfect, I got some of that blue artist's tape so that should do! Thanks again Collin...

And this bass is certified 'unflippable' (it's too good to let go!)

sloop_john_b wrote:Just call it a wash and sell me the bass.

Yeah it's done for, name me a price hahaha!

Collin thanks for the instructions, I'm gonna give it a go this weekend!

Aw hell: http://imageshack.us/a/img839/9308/20130605234604.jpg I just noticed this gap in the binding on my 4001 last night, and I'm pretty sure it's fresh. The bass almost always resides in the living room in my apartment, but I recently moved it to the band room. It's been on a stand in both rooms...

"played a Rick instead of that dumb Jazz" - "instead" implies a comparison - Jazz is capitalized - Fender Jazz Bass.

Not that hard to understand...

It's masking tape. Used to mark the guitar in the factory... Ricks often have weird writing in the control cavity or under the nameplate, especially the older ones. My 480 says "480QQ" in the control cavity, who know why! You sometimes see names written (i.e. who worked on it). It rarely m...

"Ow a knife in my back"

What a whiny jackass.

Looking at these prices makes me depressed...even with inflation.

Paul, many congrats. Looks like all that work has paid off!

johnnysain wrote:How do these leave the factory with a stamp of approval?

Is that paint srayer still working there?

A bad photo can make a nice burst finish look like it has a hole in it.

Checked out the listing, it's pretty stock as far as I can tell. The TRC may be original or not, they didn't always use the ones with the model #s on them. Looks real clean, too...but Mark is right - way overpriced! I'd think you could find a comparable late-70s 480 for half that. 480s are nasty lit...