1973 4001 Pickup Cover options/variations?

[johnallg]

it certainly could have been a fake, back then, I had no idea anyone would even try to fake a guitar...

But what is the chance of fakers being made back in the late 70s & early 80s? Technology today makes it much easier (machines,computers,internet), but then again that's just my opinion.

It's still interesting to hear peoples thoughts/experience.

Well, that's exactly the time period when Hoshino/Ibanez was really getting into the copying mode. For instance, Norlin/Gibson sued Elger/Ibanez in 1977 over the shape of the headstock. So, the possibility of Rick copies during this time is very real. I'm not sure when the Rickenbacker lawsuits happened...

Calling Jon Price...