4002 Production History 101

ginger_lee · Post by **ginger_lee** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:35 pm

just a webcam..no im in nova scotia canada..
ill see what i can find..my hard drive packed up 2 weeks ago an i lost everything on it, ill get the pics out an scan some k?

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:36 pm

Mine is a '79. The Badass was added in late '80 to address an intonation problem. I have the original tailpiece and will reinstall it someday.

walker · Post by **walker** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:36 pm

WOW, Ginge! Camera quips aside, that is some gorgeous neck grain.

Again with the Rickenbacker tradition of inconsistency, I notice that Ginger's & Ted's have different bridges.

walker · Post by **walker** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:38 pm

(Thanks, Ted. Sorry, RIC.)

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:39 pm

Ginger: That one in Austria is not original. It was apparently made from a fretted one.

ginger_lee · Post by **ginger_lee** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:42 pm

ahhh ok

relayer4u · Post by **relayer4u** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:45 pm

Question is, how much would a clean one like the maple birdseye that Mike Parks had when I bought my Squire sell for today?

$10K $15K?

Only $3,395 just a few years ago...

Kick your self AGAIN people!!!!

LOL.

walker · Post by **walker** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:53 pm

Well Ray, Ted or Dave or Ginger could post their 4002 on Ebay with a reserve of a million dollars, start the bidding at $500 and see how high the bids climb... I think it would break the $20,000 mark. (MY bet if someone starts a pool.)

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:54 pm

Well I guess I don't scare you Alex.

relayer4u · Post by **relayer4u** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:01 pm

So... $3,395 might have been a good price back then?

LOL!

relayer4u · Post by **relayer4u** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:13 pm

Point is, I read lots of carping about the current price escalation of the collectable and classic Rics.

If you go back to May / June 2001, the internet was a lot slower and harder to find things on. Now that many have cable and DSL speed, and things like ebay have come to life, the competition for the great Rickies has gone through the roof.

If you think that 4003 Shadow is going to be any cheaper next year, forget about it. When you see your dream for sale, buy it if you can stretch to afford it. Rickenbackers will never be cheaper tomorrow than they are today. Great for those that already gots, bad for sudden GAS attacks!

Cheers!

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:13 pm

Maybe if RIC releases what they have it may lower the price on the used ones. That makes economic sense. It helps control inflation.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:28 pm

Seriously Alan, did you really see 4002s in the factory?

alanz · Post by **alanz** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:57 pm

Seriously?

No.

But there were some suspicious looking items in the cage near the break area...

walker · Post by **walker** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:15 pm

Hmmm... sounds like we, as a forum, should see these pictures and disseminate the evidence in hopes of drawing a reasonable hypothesis.

What say ye, good people?