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- bassduke49
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Here's the famous "Mink" - that is, the original one. This used to be a kinda beat MG that I partially abused back in the '70s when I first got it. Through the magic of Ted Staberow and Paul Wilczynski, it looks like this today:
And here is what it used to look like:

And here is what it used to look like:

Author: "The Rickenbacker Electric Bass - 50 Years As Rock's Bottom"
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I forget; too big. All my pictures are too big, but that's not the issue. I resized them and tried to post one, but all that came up was this stupid icon that told me the file name, as opposed to the picture itself coming up. It was there on my post, but I deleted it, otherwise you'd see what I mean.
I'm sure it's just the stupid program that came with the computer.
I'm sure it's just the stupid program that came with the computer.
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Here it is, a terrible photograph from a terrible camera, but a picture nevertheless. My 77 4001.
You can see a couple of the dings in it, in addition to the hole drilled in the pickgaurd by a previous owner. Fortunately, it's a replacement PG, so no biggie there.
Regardless of its "patina" I have no current plans for a refin, as I like the orange tint the FG gets from age.
AND, I was right, it WAS the program. But I'm tricksy, so I fixed it.
You can see a couple of the dings in it, in addition to the hole drilled in the pickgaurd by a previous owner. Fortunately, it's a replacement PG, so no biggie there.
Regardless of its "patina" I have no current plans for a refin, as I like the orange tint the FG gets from age.
AND, I was right, it WAS the program. But I'm tricksy, so I fixed it.


