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Re: To be continued?
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:51 pm
by Ric N. Backer
cjj wrote:Ric N. Backer wrote:cjj wrote:Yeah, that was my feeling too when I bought my 2008 4003FL AFG. And yeah, it wasn't cheap, cost more than list.
But it was new, and I'm sure the dealer priced it based on the fact that FL's were on hiatus and it's a COY...
More than list!!
You
are serious about your Rickenbackers.
Or maybe just nuts.
But when you decide you want a FL, and you want a new one, not used, well, there just aren't too many options out there...
A whole lot less nowadays.
What would happen if I wrote:
A hole lot less nowadays.
The spelling-police would chime in I bet.
Re: To be continued?
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:53 pm
by Low End Lover
Ric N. Backer wrote:So the last fretless basses produced were single piece construction and not two-piece construction?
Um, I am not sure when they went to 2-piece necks. I will defer to someone on here more knowledgable than I, but if it was manufactured in 2010, it should have a two-piece neck. I guess I was under the impression that 4003FL's weren't being made past 2008. Wow, so there might be some 2-piece neck 4003FL's out there.
LEL
Re: To be continued?
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:03 pm
by jingle_jangle
Re: To be continued?
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:40 pm
by FretlessOnly
Low End Lover wrote:Ric N. Backer wrote:So the last fretless basses produced were single piece construction and not two-piece construction?
Um, I am not sure when they went to 2-piece necks. I will defer to someone on here more knowledgable than I, but if it was manufactured in 2010, it should have a two-piece neck. I guess I was under the impression that 4003FL's weren't being made past 2008. Wow, so there might be some 2-piece neck 4003FL's out there.
LEL
The announcement that FLs were placed on hiatus was made December 13, 2007:
http://www.rickenbacker.com/news_item.a ... ews=recent. Mine's a July '08; it seems unlikely that many or any were made after early '09, but one never knows. Tony posted a thread here about a dealer taking delivery of a FL a few months ago, so it's hard to know when that one was made or if the web information was current when he saw it.
Re: To be continued?
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:43 pm
by cjj
Ric N. Backer wrote:cjj wrote:Ric N. Backer wrote:
More than list!!
You
are serious about your Rickenbackers.
Or maybe just nuts.
But when you decide you want a FL, and you want a new one, not used, well, there just aren't too many options out there...
A whole lot less nowadays.
Not a lot less since I bought it less than a year ago. But that particular dealer had 2 FLs at the time, my AFG and a BlueBurst. The BBR is now gone too, so I'm guessing his supply is now depleted...
Re: To be continued?
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:04 am
by Ric N. Backer
A BlueBurst Fretless!
That is amazing.
Re: To be continued?
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:33 am
by cjj
It was, but it was even
more expensive...
Re: To be continued?
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:16 pm
by Ric N. Backer
cjj wrote:It was, but it was even
more expensive...
All the mega-cool stuff costs mega bucks!
Re: To be continued?
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:51 pm
by Low End Lover
Ric N. Backer wrote:cjj wrote:It was, but it was even
more expensive...
All the mega-cool stuff costs mega bucks!
I looked at one (BBR), but it was $2600 and I just couldn't come up with the cash. It was stunning, but I feel I did well with my MG as it is nicely figured on the body and especially the fretboard and it was a grand cheaper!
Re: To be continued?
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 3:02 pm
by Ric N. Backer
Low End Lover wrote:Ric N. Backer wrote:cjj wrote:It was, but it was even
more expensive...
All the mega-cool stuff costs mega bucks!
I looked at one (BBR), but it was $2600 and I just couldn't come up with the cash. It was stunning, but I feel I did well with my MG as it is nicely figured on the body and especially the fretboard and it was a grand cheaper!
I'd agree. You did the prudent thing.