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squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 8:15 am

Well, I see that the English gentleman still has no bids on his bass.
Wints, do you have a link you can post for us to the Guitar Broker? I'd like to see that '61!

wints · Post by **wints** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 8:32 am

It,s in the vintage guitar online classifieds. www.vguitar.com/classifieds/item_detail.asp?ItemID=79043

dave4004 · Post by **dave4004** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:57 am

Here you go:

http://www.guitarbroker.com/7795.jpg
http://www.guitarbroker.com/7795b.jpg
http://www.guitarbroker.com/7795a.jpg
http://www.guitarbroker.com/7795c.jpg

Description listed in this section: http://www.guitarbroker.com/guittxt.htm#BASSES

admin · Post by **admin** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:09 am

Given the condition of this instrument do you consider that this asking price is over the top?

April 1961,the rarest of the rare,these don't come up for sale very often,this was 1 of 50 ever produced,original Fireglo finish is worn & played in,it has the original Gold Lucite pickgard and truss rod cover,it is 100% original & quite a good user friendly 4000,missing only the bridge cover,this is a no excuse bass,VG+;ohsc.$6000.

admin · Post by **admin** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:19 am

For comparison after the deal is done.

bottom4 · Post by **bottom4** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 1:42 pm

Certainly a piece of history and that’s definitely worth something. To classify it as VG+, well that’s questionable! $6K? I think I’d rather pay the $4900 for the other ...

cheers

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 3:38 pm

He had one better than that recently that was almost mint, simply incredible. It looked new. It was alot more money, too.

THIS is the bass I would like to see RIC reissue. It could be done quite easily I think....

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 8:11 pm

If RIC ever re-issues this bass, I hope they don't use a six-string bridge. That little alteration kinda blows the "100% original" statement.

ojobob2 · Post by **ojobob2** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 11:23 pm

Its a lot of money to ask yeah, but look at it! That thing is one old guitar and theyre aint many of those around.

I agree it would be nice to see a reissue of it (yeah cant be hard to do) but then its not what we all think of as the classic rickenbacker bass is it?

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:56 am

Dane, that's no alteration. That is what was used in that period, a six-string bridge housing with four saddles. It wasn't long after this, though, that Rickenbacker started fitting the unit that we know today, except it was the sand-cast aluminum style.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 11:41 am

Leftybass:
You remember correctly. Not many months back Guitar Broker had a 2nd hand 1960 4000 available. It's condition was so good it was unreal! I don't remember what the asking price was, though. I still have a couple of pics thereof. If anyone would like to see them, please advise.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 2:53 pm

You mean this one, Sérgio?

Yeah the condition was unreal.

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 3:42 pm

That's sweet!

wints · Post by **wints** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 8:44 am

Getting back to the 67 in the U.K....It seems like it sold for $4750...Was this a genuine sell I wonder...