Dear Santa........

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 8:54 am

I have been VERY good this year.....
So....If you can possibly get your elves working on one of these for me, I would greatly appreciate it!! (call Ted Staberow if you need any references)

marty · Post by **marty** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:06 am

I know what you mean Chris....I want one too!

I'll settle for anything from Teds' collection though!

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:15 am

That model is so beautiful.....I wonder what it sounds like with those humbuckers??
What does it compare to?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:24 am

I want a five string version

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 12:14 pm

Copyright Jeff Rath 2004

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 2:09 pm

Do I see a Badass bridge on it?

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 2:36 pm

Hmphhh... Yeah.

milo · Post by **milo** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 2:39 pm

That Badass bridge looks like it's on a plate the size and shape of the original bridge. Maybe a "no extra holes" adaptor?

marty · Post by **marty** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 2:31 am

Ted Staberow who owns that 4002 says that no permanent modifications were made when the Badass bridge was installed...which is nice to hear.

It's in the 'Pictures of your Rickenbacker bass' thread:
http://www.brunnet.net/cgi-bin/rickresource/discus/discus.pl

marty · Post by **marty** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 2:33 am

Uhmmm...how do you link to another thread in the forum?.....the one I tried above takes you to the main page.

marc67 · Post by **marc67** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 3:27 am

Check out Teds 1963 Fireglo 4001. A real beauty!Can Santa hear me?

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 7:37 am

The 4002 sounds like a 4001 with some extras. There is a depth and clarity that the 4001 simply does not have. The low-end is more pronounced without being muddy. I have played a lot of Rush on this bass. It can sound remarkably like a Jazz Bass as well. I like to play Jaco's Portrait of Tracy on my 4002. There is a harmonic that requires fretting the A string at the 2nd fret and striking the harmonic at the 6th fret. I can barely reach it on my Jazz but the 33 1/4 inch scale of the Rick brings it into reach quite nicely. If you can find one you will probably keep it the rest of your life. It is a truly wonderful bass in every respect. Maybe some day Rickenbacker will reissue it.