Autumn glow on ebay . Any forum bidders ?

zoomduck · Post by **zoomduck** » Sat May 06, 2006 9:19 pm

Just curious.....Im watching this one closely .

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Sun May 07, 2006 2:41 am

Here's the link....I recognize one or two bidders

http://cgi.ebay.com/RICKENBACKER-MAY-1976-4001-BASS-GUITAR-AUTUMNGLO-STEREO_W0QQitemZ7412839638QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Sun May 07, 2006 6:36 am

Nice, clean looking bass.

green_us90 · Post by **green_us90** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:26 am

looks like the ser# on the jack says "OE", May 1975

COuld be my eyes playing tricks on me

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:34 am

I think you are right Dave..

It sure is not a "PE" which would be a "76".

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:45 am

It could also be "QE" which would place it in May '77.

fran4001 · Post by **fran4001** » Sun May 07, 2006 1:22 pm

On my monitor, it looks like "QE", 1977. Maybe they got they date from the pots? Great looking bass though!

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Sun May 07, 2006 1:33 pm

The ad says 1976, and says "OE." There is at least one web site that incorrectly lists the serial numbers as one year off. Maybe he was looking at that site for the date.
Nice looking bass.

green_us90 · Post by **green_us90** » Sun May 07, 2006 3:49 pm

I saved the picture and zoomed in- while there appears to be a line where there *would* be if it were a Q, it is not clear if it is just a wear mark.

Regardless, it IS a nice bass.

bassman · Post by **bassman** » Sun May 07, 2006 3:53 pm

Great looking bass. But I tend to think it's Walnut not Autumnglo.

I recall JH saying a few years ago that the mid 70's version of Autumnglo had a satin finish to it. Any Autumnglo looking finish from the same era with a high gloss would be Walnut.

It's difficult to tell for sure in some of the photos of this bass, but there are a couple that clearly show a high gloss finish.

I know I'm getting old, but I don't think I'm senile yet. Please correct me if i'm wrong.

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Sun May 07, 2006 4:07 pm

You may be right Jon.
4002 Walnut

The one on Ebay.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sun May 07, 2006 4:58 pm

Walnut and Autumnglo are in fact the same color. The difference is that Autumnglo has a matte finish where Walnut is glossy. Of course, the matte finish rubs out to a lovely high gloss over time so it can be hard to tell the difference unless you can take a peek under the guard or TRC.

zoomduck · Post by **zoomduck** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:07 pm

Now I do not know what mine is !!! It looks just like the ebay bass . Maybe ...WalnutAutumnglo .

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:03 am

Are you sure Ted? I always thought autumnglow was a lot lighter, like this one, from Mike Park's site.
http://homer.netmar.com/~muscon2/r535b.jpg

bails · Post by **bails** » Mon May 08, 2006 2:01 am

I have one of each (a '76 AutumnGlo and a '77 Walnut). I don't believe there's any colour differences between mine, and any variations I've seen between Walnut and AutumnGlo could be put down to photographic colour reproduction errors or the expected colour matching tolerances between batches. FireGlo has equally as many colour variations as AutumnGlo/Walnut, and I even remember a 4001 on eBay about a year ago that was debated as to whether it was FireGlo or Walnut, because it really was half-way between red and brown!