1964 Rickenbacker 4001
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Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Welcome Geof,
What a great bass you have there. Nearly all original and with the horseshoes and bobbin, which is very rare to see. My old Dec '64 DL 837 was the same dark Fireglo, and the wear and mojo on that baby is very cool.
The main factor with most of these is the neck. Is it straight, and what's the action like? How are the truss rods? The best thing to do is put very light gauge strings on, and see what happens. I agree with Mark there about the string windings as well!
With original case, hopefully a $10K bass, maybe more...
What a great bass you have there. Nearly all original and with the horseshoes and bobbin, which is very rare to see. My old Dec '64 DL 837 was the same dark Fireglo, and the wear and mojo on that baby is very cool.
The main factor with most of these is the neck. Is it straight, and what's the action like? How are the truss rods? The best thing to do is put very light gauge strings on, and see what happens. I agree with Mark there about the string windings as well!
With original case, hopefully a $10K bass, maybe more...
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Whoa, VERY cool. A beauty..!!!! These always bring me out to chat.. 
For reference about the finishes at the time, here is a pic of my 360/12 from December 1964, dark Fireglow...
For reference about the finishes at the time, here is a pic of my 360/12 from December 1964, dark Fireglow...
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BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS
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Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
opticnerve wrote:Compare the color to my December '64...
tony...interesting that you are missing a screw hole next to the surround / control area ?
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Hey Ron, That IS bizarre isn't it? The pg is original...& no screw hole in the body. How the heck did that happen?
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
A rare prototype! RIC must have been experimenting with a special 7-screw PG series!
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Feeling faint. Must go lay down.
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Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
beautiful!
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Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
What is the Serial number? DL 9??
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74 JG 4000
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77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 MG 450
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
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Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
I suppose you've had plenty of time to chat while Shanghai'd at the airport! Best of luck getting out of there!leftybass wrote:Whoa, VERY cool. A beauty..!!!! These always bring me out to chat.
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Whoa, baby! 
I have NO idea what to do with those skinny stringed things... I'm just a bass player...
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Thanks for all your interest and positive replies. The serial number is DL798. The actual colour is a little lighter than in the photos. The case is original as well but it's a little rough on each end. It still plays great and the neck is true.
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Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Cool bass! Thanks for posting taking the photos, and thanks for posting them, Tony.
Welcome to the forum.
Welcome to the forum.
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
opticnerve wrote:Hey Ron, That IS bizarre isn't it? The pg is original...& no screw hole in the body. How the heck did that happen?
Reminds me of Gerry's RM1999 which has the hole in the guard and the screw, but no hole drilled in the body!
Nice to hear it's still playing good Geof.
Apologies for posting this one again, but it does show the shades of Fireglo quite clearly. The '64 on the far left is by far the darker, and the '68 is next to it. A '71 next to that, with the two '73's in the foreground.
