News of interest from Rickenbacker!

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:07 am

Read this:

http://www.rickenbacker.com/news_auctions.asp?news=recent

bob_the_bass · Post by **bob_the_bass** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:39 am

Wow - I love that 4001!!

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:03 am

I'm not sure what the 5th knob on that 360 does though...

admin · Post by **admin** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:20 am

Thanks Scott, some interesting finish work in those guitars.

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:55 am

"The “Fish Out of Water” Bass is a 4001C64 (donated by RIC)"

Is it me, or does it have the "correct" V63 style headstock?

steverok · Post by **steverok** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:56 am

They should have just done an actual Pete Buck replica, and stuck a single sticker on that bad boy ! But heck, these are for charity, right, so I should just shut up ... zip.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:12 am

http://www.borntorock.tv/thecreatives/peter-buck/

http://www.borntorock.tv/thecreatives/chris-squire/

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:21 am

I'd like to see a close-up of the 360's TRC. It appears that its transparent. Also, were the decals applied on top of the finish or was a clearcoat sprayed over them?

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:03 am

They should have just done an actual Pete Buck replica

The point seems to have been missed. By their own standards they are NOT SUPPOSED to be replicas. This is not a celebrity's guitar player's instrument auction but rather a celebrity designer's instrument auction (though some designers might also be players).

Look at the opening page to see the range of people donating guitars:

http://www.borntorock.tv/thecreatives/

beefandbones · Post by **beefandbones** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:24 am

Whoa! That auction is seriously strat-heavy! Glad to see some Ricks in a(u)ction over there!

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:25 am

It was originally a Fender sponsored event when it started in Paris but there apparently was some falling out along the way.

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:29 am

I'm having a deja vu moment about that Fish out of Water Bass. Wasn't there a thread here about a bass being auctioned on Ebay that looked just like that? Or was that in another life?

robbo63 · Post by **robbo63** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:32 am

Nice to see the toaster pickup as an image for the "The Guitars" page.

http://www.borntorock.tv/theguitars/

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:39 am

I like Bryan Adams' contribution, and Nick Rhodes made a LightShow type.

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:39 am

Yes, Gene, I remember that too.