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I meant to say looker

I believe it was 1978.

but she was a looking and a player ...

I meant to say looker

Are you sure you didn't mean hooker?

Baby, don't get hooked on me.
The first time ever I held and played a 4001 bass was in August 1972: this very rich kid in the southern coast of Portugal had a Rick 6-stringer and a Fireglo 4001, both brand new. I forget what amp & cab he had, but I do recall it was taller than me and it sounded huge. Playing a 4001 - which I knew "from reputation only" - was a dream come true: the looks, the playability, the TONE! I remember thinking "Oh, I get it now. The secret to the sound lies probably in those wedge-shaped saddles - they look like piezo pickups to me." Hehehehe!
In October 1979 I was able to buy me my first Rick bass, the used December '72 Fireglo 4001 I mentioned earlier in this thread.

I bought my first Rick in May of '06 after joining this forum about a month earlier. It was an '05 4003 I purchased it from PM Blues. I sold it about a month later because the neck was huge. My most recent purchase was about a week an a half ago...an amazing RED '89 4003. I now own seven!

I bought my new 66 335 Fireglo Rickenbacker along with an Altec Lansing speaker in 1969 for $250. I bought it at Mid County Music in Port Neches, Texas.
A few weeks later I got a used '67 Fender Deluxe Reverb for $50. I still have both.

First: Azureglo '74 4001 purchased sometime in 1980 - I still have it.
Most recent: New Fireglo 4003/S5 purchase in March 1998. I traded it in May 1998.

Tom

jan. 2003, M.G. 360-12 new. it changed my life

Welcome Hank! I think you are the first Hank on the forum. Rickenbackers seem to change a lot of poeple's lives.

A slighlty used but pristine JG 4001, purchased June 1983

***First Ric: Sept. 1981

I bought my new 66 335 Fireglo Rickenbacker along with an Altec Lansing speaker in 1969 for $250. I bought it at Mid County Music in Port Neches, Texas.
A few weeks later I got a used '67 Fender Deluxe Reverb for $50. I still have both.

Gary, my 73 SFDR is equipped with an Altec Lansing 417.

Richard,
Great combination of amp and speaker.
When did you get your first Ric?

Richard,
Should have noticed that you started this thread. I tend to skip to the last posts.

A 1991 330-12FG was my first, I unfortunately sold it around 2001. Then I replaced it with a 620-12JG nice but not comfortable, so I traded it in 2003 for my 360-12MG. The 330-12 was Fireglo but it was not very pink - it looked like a slightly lighter version of AFG.



It was my first RIC, and I wondered what was wrong with the Fireglo's I saw after that - I've never liked the pink cast.

Rob