Rickenbacker 4001-8

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 11:01 am

I was looking for twelve string songs for another topic when I thought of the Plimsoul's Million Miles Away. I did a bit of searching and found the picture at the bottom of this link:

http://www.plimsouls.com/trashphotos.html

I can't quite tell, is that a 4005/8 in the bottom photo?

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 11:17 am

I mean when you bid, do you know what you are bidding against like on Ebay, or are they secret bids and you don't know until the end of the auction?
And that is strange, it looks like either a 12 or a 6 string with a long headstock, I assume the guitar in the top photo is the same one as in the bottom picture? It is very hard to tell.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:09 am

Hi Guys,
I have been lurking here forever but never posted...I finally had something to add! The results of the Sotheby's auction (as well as some pictures, I believe) can be found at 12stringbass.com...some great items and the amounts they sold for are on there.
Glad to be posting!

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:34 am

Welcome aboard, Steve.
And thanks for the headsup.
Nice 4001 MG you've got. Is she a pre-'73?

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:55 am

Mmm, went to the site but could not find the Entwistle stuffs....

Would you please post the link(s)?

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:14 am

Paul,
Here is a link to the Sotheby's site. It is on the 12stringbass.com page, but it's WAY down at the bottom (scroll down and down and down...)

http://search.sothebys.com/jsps/live/lot/LotResultsDetailList.jsp?sale_number=W03875&event_id=26007

Actually the 4001MG in the picture of me that you so graciously posted IS a 1973 (October I think), but it is a transition one, which does not have the checkered binding or the oh-so-lovely position markers. But it does have tone for days!
Thanks for the welcome!

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:24 am

I knew someone was lurking about

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:28 am

Hey guys ... fyi ... Steve and I work together and I sold him that beautiful 1973 4001 ... small world heh? ... He also plays a 12 string bass ... talk about massive sound ...

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:34 am

Yes, I meant to mention that the lovely 73 4001 used to belong to Jeff...I had to get it away from him before he turned it into a 5-string! I also want to note that I have played all of his 5 string conversions and they are top-notch!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:58 am

Jeff is a 5 string machine! I'm waiting for a 5 string bass bantoline. (or whatever the name is)

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 12:00 pm

HOLY MACKEREL!!! I looked at that Southeby's site on the Entwistle collection. "Frankenstein" sold for 68,400 pounds, about a hundred grand in dollars! Frankenstein was a bass JE used for years, put together from pieces of stage-smashed P and J basses. Now I don't feel so bad spending a grand or so on a Rick!

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 12:05 pm

Steve, welcome to another architect!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:47 pm

I was amazed at the "Frankenstein" auction also! I mean, 100K for a bass? Albeit one of a kind, but still....And he did have one of those rare Rick 8-strings that had the "wavy" headstock...That pic is on the 12stringbass.com site also. I wish I could post it here!
And thanks for the welcome Lindsay!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 3:00 pm

OK,Here goes nothing, I'm trying to post the pic of Entwistle's 8-string Rick from the auction. Here is the item description:
RICKENBACKER 400 Eight-string bass with wavy headstock and differing size root/octave tuners. SN#MH2553; built August 1973. (2 months before mine!)

rickengeezer · Post by **rickengeezer** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 3:44 am

The way the Sothebys auction worked is that it is a live auction; you can arrange a telephone link or you can mail/fax your maximum bid, and a Sotheby's representative will bid on your behalf up to your maximum. Unlike ebay, there is no live online bidding, which is probably good for me as if there had been, I would likely be living in a cardboard box next to my Entwistle 4001/8.

Another thing to note is that the internet posted prices include Sotheby's auction fee, which is hefty. The actual "hammer" price was (as I remember) 20% less; when I got the final list of hammer prices from Sothebys, I realized that I had come a lot closer to winning than I had thought from looking at the internet.