Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Much smaller strings though, Ilan. I think the J necks are even narrower than the "A".

I'd like to see pics of the only left-handed 4005/6 they made...I actually have seen it, but I don't have any pics. Why I didn't buy it when I had a chance I'll never know.....

"so I'm thinking 1968 4001/6 (I know it never was made, but it could be cool right?),"

DO IT!!!

If I were going to do a 4001/6, I wouldn't use the factory 4005/6 headstock as a source. It's much too square. I'd make it more like an elongated V63 headstock. Have the tuner bodies butt right up against each other with the one in the middle on each side in further to go with a more V63 style curve on each side.

There actually were some 6-string 4001 basses made in the 60s according to the Smith book; I have yet to see one out 'n about....

If it's just an experiment, first try stringing an unmodified 4001 with the top 4 strings of an old-style 6 - D-G-B-E (you already know how the bottom two strings sound, right? ) and see if you like it at all.

I sold a '67 4005/6 about ten years ago. It was fireglo, and I'd strung it with regular gauge bass strings for the lower four. I believe it was somebody in the San Diego area who got it (for a very good deal- I wasn't too knowledgeable at the time). Looked kind of cool, but I never was a 4005 guy. Don't miss it (I know, sacrilege!) but wish I'd have made more money off the deal!