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Here is my 74 4001 [with 77 4001 and 80 4003] kind'a funny.... apparently [going by tumblr comments..] you can't get a clean sound out of these and you can't play them finger style... their loss I guess... :lol:
Love the v63-type pickguards on these!

The MB fretless is gorgeous,too!
thanks! that ...

Here is my 74 4001 [with 77 4001 and 80 4003] kind'a funny.... apparently [going by tumblr comments..] you can't get a clean sound out of these and you can't play them finger style... their loss I guess...

I like it!

Things have turned out nicely.

still gott's fix dem holes but...

I think you misunderstand me. It's the first 12 string guitar Rickenbacker ever made, and the only 12 string to leave the factory with conventional string pairs. Wether it was the first electric 12 string guitar in the world is irrelevant to the signifigance in Rickenbacker history of the Arden ...

I am in 2 different originals bands here. I have found that for my pop punk pyschedelia band,the Caucasians in Crisis,flats do not really get the grind,bite or edge that best suits the band's sound. OOTH, my other group,Snapshot,is led by an acoustic guitar playing singer,with multiple vocal ...

jps wrote:

Fuzzy Thoughts wrote:Basswood....

Yeah, it should be guitarwood.

no... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia

RICs is suppose to be maple...

Basswood....

aceonbass wrote:Send your truss rod cover and $50.00 to RIC and you can exchange it for a black & chrome 4004 style truss rod cover.

A trade for a early 70's plexi one for a new molded one just.... doesn't.... you know?

jdawe wrote: So unless you're prepared to fork out for a black TRC

I was temped... and watched that last auction for a 88 black one... um yeah no..

johnallg wrote:Pictures when you get it together.

You bet.

Guard is ordered, I love dealing with the Pickguardian This will be the forth guard he has made me.

I need to get a pickup cover and knobs [some one removed the silver parts..] as well.

I use chromes on almost all my basses and never seen why flats limit what styles you play from folk to grindcore.

I don't think RIC sells those guards anymore. At least they're not in the Boutique. If you do fond one, you'll need to make the radius that hugs the front lower corner of the bridge pickup surround smaller to match the early surrounds. Also, many of the early surrounds have a short front flange ...

NICE!