Wanting to buy...

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:32 pm

What is everyone's opinion on this '74 4001.
What do you think it's worth. Comes with a heavy duty road case.
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~telebass/74_4001MG.jpg

woodsgirl · Post by **woodsgirl** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:36 pm

WHo can tell? You need a microscope to see it!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:01 pm

It's in damn good shape, that's for sure.

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:14 pm

Seems to be missing the mute screws but that's all I can tell. Maybe I'm wrong....

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:31 pm

Here are easier pics to look at....

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:12 am

Buy it.

lars · Post by **lars** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:54 am

The tuners (machine heads) seem to be new?

ram · Post by **ram** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:36 am

The mute screws look to have been replaced with some kind of allen screw. My 4001MG has Grovers on it (tuners). You might want to get the serial number from the seller and run it thru the Rickenbacker decoder... looks like it is in good shape thou. Depending on price I think I'd buy it - if I didn't already have one.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:18 am

Its in very nice shape. The tuners are the new Rick Schallers which should fit in the original holes and will work as good or better than the originals.

One goofy thing though...the D and G string saddles have been flipped around to allow more rearward adjustment(which is no big deal)...but all 4 saddles are adjusted al the way back and the bridge is tilted back. It might mean that someone was having a hard time getting it to intonate.

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:26 am

Yes I noticed that about the saddles as well.
Two should be 180 from the adjacent two. The E & A should point towards the rear and the D & G should point towards the neck. At least that's the way they are on my 4003. What style tuners should be on a '74? All of the chrome looks like it's in real good shape to me. The tuners didn't stand out to me because everything else looked as good.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:21 am

Are ya selling or buying?

some guys ask for an opinion-then don't like what they hear.

"opinions are like backsides..."

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:52 am

I'm looking at buying this bass. I was hoping on getting some ideas on what it is worth.

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:01 am

The serial# is NG4359 which makes it July of '74

lars · Post by **lars** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:13 am

"What style tuners should be on a '74?"

The new tuners are the same as the originals except the Rickenbacker logo and the center screw, wich would have had a slotted head.

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:33 am

So they should look like the tuners on this bass on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1974-Rickenbacker-4001-White-Bass-w-case-Ex_W0QQitemZ190007984762QQihZ009QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem