Fireglo 3000 on ebay

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:01 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/RICKENBACKER-3000-BASS-FIREGLO-NEAR-MINT-CONDITION_W0QQitemZ7397240710QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:29 am

Sellers name looks familiar, Bob!

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:29 am

You got any lefty ones for sale?

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:02 am

Damn... rumbled..!

los_sentidos · Post by **los_sentidos** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:59 am

Bob, I know someone who is very interested!

Now if it was a 3001 I'd be all over it!

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:52 am

The good news is that the money will go towards a 1974 Jetglo 4001. I haven't found 'the one' yet. My old band MANTISS is getting together for the first time since 1976 this summer and a '74 JG is what I played back then. Just hope I can get one sorted by June.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:06 am

How are these to play? I have never seen one in person and I'm not sure if I have ever heard one. What kind of noise does it make?

henny · Post by **henny** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:05 pm

Listen to any Primal Scream tracks.

Mani uses a 3000/1 - he's an average player, nontheless you can hear it.

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:08 pm

The Posies "Frosting On The Beater" features Dave Fox playing a 3001 (identical to mine!) on the entire LP.
GREAT record too!

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:42 pm

I don’t actually know how the bass sounds in the context of my band. The best thing is to listen to any of Zutons music, I believe that Mani is exclusively playing his 3000 on the albums.

For me the bass has had an unusual but important role. It has spent it’s time in my possession under my bed! This is because it has been the bass that I work out new bass lines on. For whatever reason it is the best of all my RICs at playing acoustically ( I don’t own a 4005) it has a more clear & precise tone than my 4001’s when played acoustically. When the muse hits me, and that can often be in the night, the bass is removed from under said bed and I twang away!

When it has gone through an amp I would say the sound of it sat about half way between a 4001 and a Fender P.

los_sentidos · Post by **los_sentidos** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:11 am

Mani played in the Stone Roses (think he mainly used a 4005 but have seen him in some pix with a 3000 and later a P-bass) and in Primal Scream (where he uses the 3000).

Whenever I have seen the Zutons their bassist has used a J-Bass through an Ashdown.

henny · Post by **henny** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:18 am

Mani never used 3000/1s in any studio Stone Roses tracks.

Entirely his wallpapered 4005.

los_sentidos · Post by **los_sentidos** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:20 am

Not too sure on when he used it. Certainly seen pix of him back stage (and Ian Brown with it, think he started on bass) in a Roses book.

los_sentidos · Post by **los_sentidos** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:46 am

http://www.thestoneroses.co.uk/videos/ukplay_bb.asp

plenty of footage of the 4005 and a lil peep at the 3000