'72 4001 Question

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Mon May 01, 2006 1:59 pm

Nice early '70s 4001 basses, guys. As I ALWAYS say, 'Rickenbacker magic at its strongest'.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:13 pm

green nuts...

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:45 pm

Jared - .... naw, I can't...

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Tue May 02, 2006 12:12 am

White nut, black switch tip....

I prefer the look of the white nut to the black one for some reason, especially with full width crushed pearl inlays....

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Tue May 02, 2006 3:47 am

Thanks for all of your replies, guys.

And thanks for posting the photos. All of them are really sweet.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Tue May 02, 2006 4:11 am

Now I know we're crazy. The color of the nut? Sheesh! Obsessive?

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Tue May 02, 2006 4:58 am

Who said we weren't crazy?

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Tue May 02, 2006 4:59 am

Hey! I never said I was...."stable!"

I have no problems admitting that I'm an obsessive freak! In fact, I've known it for a while. Look at my login name...If Rick basses could be put into a syringe and injected into ones veins...

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Tue May 02, 2006 5:06 am

No more obsessive than most other hobbies, you should spend some time at a big car show someday while the judges are on the field....

chefothefuture · Post by **chefothefuture** » Tue May 02, 2006 5:19 am

I once sent my drummer from the room screaming "what does it matter if the screws are original!?!?!?!?"
The other guitar player and I had been admiring a 65 4000 that I had just got.....

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Tue May 02, 2006 6:57 am

You bought it without original screws?
What were you thinking?

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Tue May 02, 2006 7:17 am

Its the small details that are worth remembering.

Something as simple as MOP inlays, Check binding AND a white nut add up to serious interest for me.

chefothefuture · Post by **chefothefuture** » Tue May 02, 2006 8:17 am

I have a screw loose....

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Tue May 02, 2006 9:39 am

And I'm nuts...(but not bakelite)

chefothefuture · Post by **chefothefuture** » Tue May 02, 2006 6:03 pm

Mmmm
Baked nuts.....