Midnightblue or azureglo?

henny · Post by **henny** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:44 am

I say we take his Godzilla toys hostage.

Then he'll always remember the day he got jacked by The Rickenbacker Boys.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:11 am

Not defending anyone, but although the supposed date of the bass is late for Azureglo, the photos appear to be that dark Azureglo we see occasionally. Could it be a refin? It looks too dark to be Midnight which should be reflecting more light due to its metallic undercoat. Just my 1/50 of a buck.

marty · Post by **marty** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:47 am

I'll never forget in 1987 I was looking for my first Ric and saw a '75 Azureglo 4001 going for £450.00....would be worth treble that now on these shores.

I wasn't sure whether I really liked the colour that much so I ended up getting a '74 Mapleglo ,mainly because it was £50.00 cheaper....

Although you can't go wrong with goold old Mapleglo I have since seen the error of my judgement as I now think Azureglo looks gorgeous.

wim · Post by **wim** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:57 am

He might be a big fan of the nazi's , still, he has this gorgeous jetglo 360
http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-RICKENBACKER-ALL-BLACK-360-12-COLLECTABLE-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ7361905804QQcategoryZ41439QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

that's what I call goodlooking!

scoobster28 · Post by **scoobster28** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:08 am

This was his reply to my question:

"But this one IS azureglow. Perhaps someone changed the number plate, or a special order, or your reference book is incorrect. It is what it is. AZUREGLOW!!!!! I know the difference. It is easy to see, unless one is colorblind. You can tout your crazy ref books all you want, but this one is azureglow, no doubt about it."

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:23 am

That jackass (Emperor) has misrepresented his instruments before. He had a TURQUOISE guitar that he said was a custom color and NOT TURQUOISE. He was adamant about it. It was like saying that JG was WHITE. I don't care what he is selling, i wouldn't buy. ESPECIALLY after his comment to Jeff Rath. What a pinhead........

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:40 am

John,The comments were not made to Jeff, but a guy in England who fowarded them to JH,JH in turn stuck up for the guy in England and the Emp,started going off on JH.JH fowarded these Emails to us,I inturn had it out with the Emp.....I will foward you the Email JH sent to me.

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:02 pm

All that forwarding Ken, my head is spinning now! Also the colour doesn't look anything like my midnight blue 620/12.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:16 pm

Thanks Ken.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:27 pm

Are there really darker variants of Azureglo? Rickenbacker's colors seem to be pretty consistent. The transparent colors vary from finisher to finisher but the solids, like Azureglo look very much the same from instrument to instrument.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:47 pm

midnight blue and azureglo ...

on the left a 1990 4003s5 midnight blue ... on the right a mid 70s 4001 azureglo ...

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:58 pm

Fact remains that AG wasn't made in '91. Period. So we have...A) a color-blind Emperor, (not likely) B) a Rick with a bogus jackplate, or C) something being sold by a guy who says it is AG in the hopes of getting more money for it. I vote C. Certainly not AG with black trim????

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:00 pm

Hey! I know that AG! Man, wish I had it back....even that picture didnt capture it right.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:20 pm

after I rewired and replaced the neck pickup it became just about the sweetest sounding 70s ric bass that I ever played ... it had a 70s high gain treble pickup 8kohms, and a 7.4k ohms toaster and all of the pots that I put in were 250k ohms ... since a stock ric has 500k ohm tone pots this one was a little sweeter than most ... if I played 4 string basses I would have snatched it up ... and ya that is a low quality picture with a little bit of color shift ...

and you are right ... Ric did not make azureglo in 1991 and they did not make a black trim azureglo ... and the emperor's lying is a proven fact ...

blueflamerick · Post by **blueflamerick** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:08 pm

Wow, I believe the Emperor is now loathed even more that Ed Roman.