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While we're showing off Burgundy 4001 basses, here's my '75 FL...

That bass plays and sounds SWEET!!

I'm trying to find a picture of you playing that 4001FL, Scott. You got on with it quite well!

Lucky the camera survived.

I do like that fretless burgundy ya got there, Joey...

johnnysain wrote:My '75 (August).......

They must have had a guy who laid the red on thickly at the time.

I always noticed my Fireglow had deeper color than every other era.

Back in 2005-6 I had a very cool correspondence with a Seattle guitar builder who worked at Rickenbacker in the early 70's.
These conversations centered around my '74 Walnut, it's finish and reverse tuners.

He said the guy doing the finish work back then was actually a bit color blind. This was his explanation for the richness and variety of Finish colors from that time frame.

I love the colors on those Ricks, of which my '72 Fireglo 4001 is one!

Garret

Now that is some interesting trivia...

Here's a 1978 I used to own