1967 rickenbacker bass

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Fri May 11, 2007 6:39 am

That's what I'm thinking, Jeff. I have trade bait, but couldn't get the cash to jump into this party.

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Fri May 11, 2007 10:46 am

Scott, Scott, Scott!

Don't turn that beauty over to the savages!

Slap a price on her and hang her here first. If no one bites, then into the fire.

She belongs here Scott. Where she will be loved, appreciated, safe, and we will make sure no one paints her purple.

Have to watch Rath though, he could make her a 5er when no one's looking. Other than that, she would be safe.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Fri May 11, 2007 10:48 am

There again it could be Fireglo'd .... heheheheh !!!!

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Fri May 11, 2007 10:57 am

Shhhhhhhh! Jim.

First we draw him in, then we go glo.

dluxe · Post by **dluxe** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:44 pm

Should have put it on Ebay. It would have brought plenty of $$ there. Did you see what that '71 4001 bass brought recently?

p.s. Hope I did not scare you off with the description of my bass Elys!

herk · Post by **herk** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:27 pm

yeah, i saw the '71 that went on ebay... it was really in superior shape. it must be rare to see them in that condition.

$$ wise i did better than that one but it still might have pulled in more on ebay.

wints · Post by **wints** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:09 am

How much is a bass that is practically a one off?

The 60's "S" basses are about as rare as they get from this period. They were not even mentioned in the 60's RIC sales brochures.

This MG example should be worth at least $10K.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:20 am

Sad to see this. Yet another super cool old Rick bass taken away from the forum, out of circulation, never to be seen or heard in public again!

Hopefully Vince has some sort of fireproof, floodproof storage room. It worries me that such a priceless collection of vintage Rick basses (have I heard its over 100?) could easily be wiped out by some sort of catastrophe.

I mean...what happens when California breaks off and falls into the ocean?!

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:34 am

I mean...what happens when California breaks off and falls into the ocean?!

The sooner the better, just leave Santa Ana as it's own island!

Lost Coyotes · Post by **Lost Coyotes** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:18 am

Hey you guys!

If I had any feelings, they'd be hurt!

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:03 am

I used to live in L.A. so I can say that!

herk · Post by **herk** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:44 am

andrew ...i did get $10k for the bass which is which is $2500 more than the estimated value with the horseshoe you had given earlier in the thread. but don't get me wrong, your input helped a great deal and i thank everyone who shared there opinion of the bass.

i am content with what i got for the bass but am not happy with whom it was sold to, who turned out to be an a-hole. instead of concentrating on collecting mountains of instruments and gear maybe he should take some time to learn how to play and write a decent piece of music. have you heard his album "when"? i mean the recording sounds fine, but why wouldn't it, but musically the writing and execution is so amateur it makes me cringe at times. he's not short on gear, just talent and 100 basses won't make up for that.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:16 am

Amen Scott. I think you've touched on a sad problem that our collecting mentality has created:

A lot of sweet instruments end up in the collections of mediocre musicians with no hope of ever making the decent music that they were meant to make.

I'm guilty of this too. I do play my Ricks, but I don't need all of them, and I have quite a few that sit idle while my favorites get played.

I'm a good bass player, but if I spent more time practicing(and maybe even started taking lessons again) and less time collecting and maintaining my collection, I'd be better bass player.

And conversely, if people (like me) would stop buying up every instrument that they think would "look cool in their collection," then the price of the instruments themselves would come down and thus be more affordable to the serious musicians who have a shot at writing a decent piece of music.

Its just one of the problems with our crazy over-paid materialistic society.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:28 am

Amen, Jeff.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:56 am

I was with ya Jeff until you mentioned the over-paid part. That clearly is someone else.