Difference between a 91 and a 95 4001v63

blackads · Post by **blackads** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:19 pm

Ive just spotted two different jetglo 4001v63s for sale by different Australian online stores, one is a 91 and the other a 95. Are there any changes that occurred to the v63s between 91 and 95 that would make one more desirable than the other?

Links:

91:

http://globalvintage.com.au/shop/product_info.php?products_id=619&Global-Vintage=433ea243044b2f82ca38f9309d57f6bd

95:[a few down from the top]

http://www.tymguitars.com.au/forsale_guitars_06.htm

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:22 pm

The jetglos are rare. Surprised to see two on sale even...

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:22 pm

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:29 pm

I think a 91 and a 95 v63 should be very similar to each other ...

blackads · Post by **blackads** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:07 pm

Re rarity - even more surprising to me is that these are both in Australia where rickenbacker basses of any type are hard enough to come by, and that they come up for sale a week after I bought my 4001c64 after searching high and low for months to get a vintage reissue of either type.

Never rains but it pours....

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:43 pm

I too was suprised there were two and in Australia where Ricks are rare indeed. Decent prices too.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:21 pm

Buy them both then Adam, I'd say the v63 in general had a fairly stable production life.

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:38 pm

Adam, Welcome to the forum mate. We need a bass-playing forum member around these parts, particularly here in Melbourne. You must catch up with the rest of us

I reckon the Jetglo 4001V63 basses are simply beautiful.

twotone · Post by **twotone** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:14 am

v63 Jetglo for sale in Wunjo Guitars London for £1200...

common as muck ; )

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:47 am

Adam,

If it were me, I'd be going for the '91. There's a chance the '95 "may" have a larger neck profile and smaller peghead.
A jetglo V63 is high on my want list!

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:54 am

BTW, Welcome Adam!

blackads · Post by **blackads** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:14 pm

Thanks for the welcomes everyone, and its good to see that there are some fellow Melbournians here.

Kevin, I think it may have been your comments in another thread about slight differences between the years on the v63 that prompted my question. Tempting as each of these basses are, having only just scrounged the funds for my c64, and after a nights sleep and a cold shower I dont think Ill be pursuing either. I cant fault my c64 and can appreciate the mapleglo for its own aesthetics, and its pleasing to hear that some prefer the c64 to the v63, although Ive not been fortunate enough to try a v63 myself so cant personally make the comparison.

Had the c64 not come up I would have been after either of these v63s without any question. Not sure what I would have done though had all three been available at once.....

alansan · Post by **alansan** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:59 am

As an Irishman who is emigrating to Melbourne in the new year I was heartened to see that reasonably-priced V63s occasionally pop up down under!

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:04 am

Hey Alan, that's great news. I can see that the next Melbourne confluence is going to be bigger next time we hold one!

Let us know once you've arrived in town, eh?

alansan · Post by **alansan** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:14 am

Thanks Darren, will do. Alas I won't be shipping my dear old 4003S over for a long time, so I'll definitely need some recommendations for picking up a Rick soon after I get there.