Rickenbacker 4001V63 Prices

bugman · Post by **bugman** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:38 am

Thanks John-- It really took a while to decide to list it but I really like the Hofners and I have my eye on something.

bbocaner · Post by **bbocaner** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 7:08 am

Hi all. I was the winner of the aforementioned $2410 ebay mapleglo V63. Just so happened that $2410 was precisely my max bid, so I just won it by the skin of my teeth.

I felt like $2410 was on the high side, but I really wanted a MG V63, and this one was NOS, so it was in really great shape.

One of the tuning machines got bent in shipping... anyone know where I can buy them individually rather than having to get a set of 4?

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 7:21 am

Have you tried bending it back? I was able to bend a tuner back on my C64S that was bent in shipping. But it wasn't too bad to begin with.

Nice v63 by the way!

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:12 am

Welcome and congrats Barry!
You gotta love those V63's!

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:42 am

yesh!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:08 am

Wow Jared, yours all look remarkably unplayed! Are they NOS too?

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:25 am

Sometimes I wish mine was Fireglo!
Maybe when the V68's come out!

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:37 am

Barry... welcome aboard!

You can get a single tuner from Chris Clayton at Pick of the Rics or Mike Parks. They are around $25.

Geoffrey...I see you already have a nice bid on yours. So much for us driving up the prices. I offered mine on here for $1750 and nobody even offered back. I think the value on these is solid at 2K plus.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:51 am

Put it on the 'bay after the holiday, Marc. I'm sure you'll get your $1750 and then some!

wints · Post by **wints** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:54 am

Unless in a low unit custom colour, (think Seagreen) I can't see that the V will ever be as collectible or valuable as the CS.
The irony is that the CS is hardly a rare bass either, but it seems to have acquired a certain status.

As ever, if you are fighting it out with everyone on eBay expect to pay a premium. Find one locally, and you can probably swing a deal. I still think $1500-2000 is probably the average price for the vast majority of the V series basses.

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:09 am

I think real-time demand drives bidding and thus the price, it seems to be up and down...FWIW the PMC I bought in November was on ebay a month previous to my purchasing it, it went for $2500 and change.

rickfan63 · Post by **rickfan63** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:10 am

I don't think they made as many fireglo V63's as they did mapleglo. If that's true, then that alone will make the fireglo ones worth more. IMHO.

bbocaner · Post by **bbocaner** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:13 am

Thanks, Marc. I bought an output jack for my 360 from Mike Parks a few months back, so I'll get back to him for a new tuner. I need to get the schaller straplocks, too.

Man, I could've bought a V63 new off the shelf at guitar center for $1500 10 years ago. I could've bought a used CS on ebay for $1200 ten years ago. If only I had known...

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:34 am

Steve-

nope all are ebay orphans.

They have all been played-for about an hour total.

Next step, play actual music...

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:36 pm

Welcome Barry! I put the straplocks on mine as it gets gigged.