The Emperor . . . of Mars?

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 3:11 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-73-RICKENBACKER-4001-COLLECTABLE-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ330010547323QQihZ014QQcategoryZ41439QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Apparently he's the Emperor again . . . but instead of the 26th or whatever he was before, now he's the Emperor of Mars . . . too bad, it's a nice bass.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:20 pm

same-o

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:42 pm

Beware the Wrath of Rath.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 6:23 pm

ya ... I am a pretty mellow guy ... except I really don't like racists ... the emperor loves to hate ... and that is wrong on many levels ... I remember a midnight blue 4003 bass he was trying to pawn off as a rare azureglo bass ... I emailed him and said it was not azureglo ... he then sent me some rather hateful racist emails ...

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:49 am

That's a nice bass, I had an identical 75 which I regret selling. They sound nice with a high gain in the old position, nice and deep.

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:35 am

A '75 in not in the "old" position is it? I thought they went to 1" after '74. Please correct me ifn I'm wrong.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:37 am

actually they changed early 75 ...

seabass · Post by **seabass** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:04 am

His '73 looks just like mine with the exception of the non-original pickguard. I e-mailed the seller to remind him and he said he took it off and saw no other screw holes! Has anyone ever seen a '73 with old style pickguard? And this one looks just like my V-63 guard. The same pointy bit at the neck position and the knob area nearly goes off the edge of the body. Anyway, it is a nice bass.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:15 am

The pickguard on that '73 4001 IS from a V63, period.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:57 am

the emperor or monkey face on mars is a liar ... he will say almost anything to jack the price up a few dollars more ...