And now for something completely different . . .

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:13 am

http://www.gbase.com/gearlist/guitar_picture.asp?guitar=616005

Kinda sacrilegious to do that to an antique, but I kinda like the color.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:39 am

It is not worth 4K without the binding. Otherwise, it is pretty interesting.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:51 am

You know what? I like it!

I like the edge on it, and the color. Nicely done.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:54 am

I like the edge but not the color.

Its a little too close to Rick Mucasglo for my liking!

wints · Post by **wints** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:04 pm

67 and original parts?...I'm not so sure....No horseshoe or surround, pickguard looks like an early 70,s piece and those look like jumbo frets too...I'd need a lot more info on this one. Cool colour though...

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:44 pm

Kinda like the "German shoulders" on the dumpster bass. I was thinking of doing that on my next project. Now I know I am.

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 1:45 pm

A 67?? Nah.

If the jackplate says it's a 67, then it's not original to that bass.

What does the headstock look like?

Stereo wiring??? Okay, but not on a 67. This bass has all of the hallmarks of a redone bass from the early 70's.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:23 pm

I'm sure that's what it is.

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:16 pm

The bass is pretty close to me. i would check it out but, the dealer info says "cyberstore only".

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 2:54 am

John: I was thinking the same thing mostly because there was a '67 jackplate on Ebay about a month ago. ROS could very well appear on a '67 Rick. The first Rick-O-Sound guitar appeared in 1960. I have a july of '66 price list that offers a Rick-O-Sound kit for $24.95. There is no mention of a stereo option just the kit so it may well have been standard on the deluxe models by then. I could be wrong but I think ROS became standard on deluxe models in '65.

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 4:44 pm

Ted, I am thinking that 4001 deluxe basses didn't get stereo wiring until 1970 or so. I agree that guitars had it long time before the basses did, but I'm not sure it was offered on a bass until then...I may be wrong too, I'm goin' by my memory...oh brother...

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 5:24 pm

That is a good point John, I had not considered that it may have not been a bass option in the begining.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 5:46 pm

Ric-O-Sound became a standard feature on the 4001's in 1969 as far as I know..

Up till then it was available as an option item. Not sure how far back the option was offererd though, but my guess would be from the start of the 4001 model in 1961 !!!

wints · Post by **wints** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 3:32 am

'70 is the earliest I,ve seen a 4001 with factory stereo. If there is one out there before that I,d be surprised...Squire's and my green monster modified RM's excepted...

henny · Post by **henny** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 4:13 am

Great to see the Green Monster name has stuck..