4001v63 vs 4001c64

gpatt5762 · Post by **gpatt5762** » Mon Apr 08, 2002 4:52 pm

For the Love of God, WHY?

All I see is white overspray!

If your Rick luthier worked on your bass stoned with your knowledge, would you stand still for it? … that's what you're looking at above, for crying out loud!

I'm sorry, but, this "Reasoning" just escapes me…

GP

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Tue Apr 09, 2002 4:13 am

Paul McCartney was one of many artists that altered the finish on his instrument in 1967. Not as colorful as George's 'Rocky' Stratocaster, but nonetheless unique.

What I would like to see from Rickenbacker is something along the lines of what Gibson did when they re-issued John Lennon's 1964 J-160E. Re-create all three stages of Paul's 4001S: Factory original specification as it was presented to Paul; a version with a faithful re-creation of the bass with the psychadellic paint scheme, and lastly as it looks today, the 4001C64S. In fact, you already have two of three you would need in the series!!! But a "Magical Mystery Tour" edition in limited numbers would be really neat. I'd buy one too....

rickfan63 · Post by **rickfan63** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 10:06 am

I don't think I would want a Rick all painted up like McCartney did his. He did not do a very good job of it. It didn't look very psychadellic to me, just a bad paint job.

gaboik · Post by **gaboik** » Sat Nov 02, 2002 6:47 pm

As bad as you all say it looks, It sure does bring you back to a special time. The paint work done by Paul is as bad ( or good ) as any weird piece of art from this same period. The MMT paint represents a distinct time in rock and roll music.
Does it look terrible? That all depends upon the individual. It puts me in a special place when i was 6 years old and I got a copy of MMT, and upon opening up the booklet, There were these guys dressed in a way like no one else had ever dressed. You would smell the album cover, hold it as the LP was playing on your hifi set. It would take you on your own MMT. It was magic!!! I would not only buy a MMT bass, I would probably hang it on my wall as a piece of art work. I'm in the middle of converting a 4000 that I have laying around into a MMT bass. I know of an artist that will reproduce the MMT paint exactly as Paul's. Times were much different back then for me, and after being across the street from the World Trade Center when the planes hit the buildings. I look at times like getting a new copy of MMT, opening up the cover, and seeing Paul with a "decorated" bass as examples of better times.
It puts me in a whole other world, at least for a short moment.

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 11:01 am

I play bass in a Beatles tribute band, and my lefty 4001S is painted as Paul's in MMT. I've always thought his paintjob looked cool, and my bass always gets a comment or two at shows. I was disappointed when I got the "BeatlesGear" book and there wasn't a better shot of the painted bass.
Nigel

gaboik · Post by **gaboik** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 4:26 pm

When you view it from certain angles, it looks like it could be a silver to fireglow burst finish. I happen to really dig it.