What finish is this?

stts64 · Post by **stts64** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:56 pm

OK probably a bad picture of an AG, but is it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-75-RICKENBACKER-USA-4001-FRETLESS-BASS_W0QQitemZ140070932301QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

lyle_from_minneapolis · Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:02 pm

Is this the Walnut I keep hearing about? Isn't Autumnglo a burst?

Where are my keys?

stts64 · Post by **stts64** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:16 pm

No, I have a walnut and this is nothing like this. Here is my walnut:

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:24 pm

This is AG. Sorry about the bridge. That was on it when I bought it.

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:26 pm

That's a nice bass Kris!

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:33 pm

Here is a 79 4001AG:

Don't I wish it were mine!

stts64 · Post by **stts64** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:35 pm

Thank you Brian. I will have to get some original knobs for it. This one has some wierd small ones and of course someone painted that horrible white stripe on it. Other than that, I am pretty proud of it.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:48 pm

I can think of four possibilities. Refin-glo; non-burst Walnut (did they really exist?); a faded Burgundy (less likely); or a cheap digital camera pic of Burgundy.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:54 pm

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:44 am

"Minimal fret wear" ?*?&?$?

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:24 am

If it's glossy, it's Walnut (WAL). If it's satin, it's Autumnglo (ATG). But what it certainly isn't is Azureglo Blue (AG).

It's also possible, of course, to buff up an ATG to be a WAL; the ATG tended to be a bit lighter and more transparent.

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:25 am

gearhed289 · Post by **gearhed289** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:13 am

>>>non-burst Walnut (did they really exist?)<<<

I thought I remembered one from my old 1975 catalog, but turns out it was a "natural finish mahogany".

http://www.rickenbacker.com/catalog_poster_piece.asp?poster_piece=cf75-5.jpg

That's not REALLY a natural finish though. Mahogany is much lighter, no?

hieronymous · Post by **hieronymous** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:42 am

Wow, and I've been calling my autumnglo "AG" all this time...

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:20 am

ditto!

ATG