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berth wrote:

admin wrote:I would love to know more about who came up with the idea.

Maybe it was this posting

Good one, Bert. That was a photoshopped BBR-hybrid you posted on the "My Dream Rick" thread.

Who says dreams can't become realities?

Oh, man. Why did they have to do that?

It's an awesome looking bass...If only...

marc61 wrote:It's an awesome looking bass...If only...

+1!

You know, the more I think about it... Well... It's really nice, but the white pickguard is just wrong. I needs to be black. But that's just me I suppose...

libratune wrote:Who says dreams can't become realities?

No one.

Maybe someday I will let some ('86) S model finish by a luthier. (It will hopefully be PaulW as he gets my mouth dropped for colors I don't even like.) Having just bought a bass I'm out of bassmoney at the moment. Besides this I didn't like the neckwidht of my now sold 4001c64 at all. Wide necks get no playing time over here. Basses without playing time get sold unless there is a high emotional attachment. (Like "My first Rick".)

I like the color but I was never fond or the headstock. That's what ruins it for me.

Nice.

But just another tease.

Two piece neck, bet it's thin....


damn RAS.

nattiep wrote:I like the color but I was never fond or the headstock. That's what ruins it for me.

+10. Dislike that reverse headstock.

s4001 wrote:Two piece neck, bet it's thin....


damn RAS.

Yeah, remember there's a certain 4001v63 FG calling your name, too ...

I really like this color, but I gotta say somethin':

Isn't the 4001C64S supposed to be Paul McCartney's Rickenbacker bass as it exists today?

From Rickenbacker's website:

"Since the time he obtained his Bass in 1965, Paul McCartney’s original Rickenbacker 4001S bass (actually made in 1964) has “evolved” through Numerous modifications. Using the 4001C64 starting point, the 4001C64S fast forwards to incorporate these changes to replicate his Bass as it finally exists today. Most evident is the reshaped body, zero-fret Fingerboard, pickup type, and tailpiece detail. A satin sealer-only finish helps protect The natural Maple body and neck, as well as the Rosewood fingerboard."

Last time I checked, Paul McCartney's bass was not (nor had it ever been) Jetglo, Midnight Blue, Satin Jetglo, or this color. I mean...Its still a beautiful bass and all, but isn't it similar to, say... a Chris Squire bass in Ruby, a Pete Townsend in Blue Boy, or a Susana Hoffs in Mapleglo? I look at it and I'm confused! And the C64S features body horns that are rounded to represent a butcher's overzealous sanding job, so I think it's especially confusing when one gets a beautiful finish like this.

Am I being too fussy?

Wow

5 minutes left - sitting at $3050.10

And... SOLD! For $3611.00