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bassduke49 wrote:

Ric N. Backer wrote:Sure wish they do some C64 4001 up in that sea green color!!!!

Well, you can come close to that with Olivia that has a Sea Green V63 for sale. They seem to have had it for quite a while and I think the high price is why. It's not up on eBay right now, but occasionally comes back around.

Yea, I've inquired about it. They would let it go for $4,000.00, which is still overpriced I think.

What bugs me a little is that they had this same bass for sale about a year and a half ago and it had the original unfilled warranty card. They sold it, got it back, but without the card. They don't know what happened to it.

The other thing about this particular bass is the truss rods appear to be maxed out. Not sure what's going to materialize down the road.

Well, the unfilled out warranty card is little more than a collector's curiosity and it's invalid when buying a used instrument. Since Olivia's isn't an authorized dealer, any Rick they sell is technically used and without warranty...

cjj wrote:Well, the unfilled out warranty card is little more than a collector's curiosity and it's invalid when buying a used instrument. Since Olivia's isn't an authorized dealer, any Rick they sell is technically used and without warranty...

Yes, that is correct. But I would've like the complete unfilled warranty card just the same.

I love showing these off. Would these count as unique?

simer4001 wrote:I love showing these off. Would these count as unique?

Yes, they certainly wood would!

McCool.

How did you (a) go about painting the Magical Mystery Tour tribute and (b) find the sticker for the Wings tribute?

The one with the gold plated parts really is nice, too.

There were this one and this one:

Ric N. Backer wrote:

simer4001 wrote:I love showing these off. Would these count as unique?

Yes, they certainly wood would!

McCool.

How did you (a) go about painting the Magical Mystery Tour tribute and (b) find the sticker for the Wings tribute?

The one with the gold plated parts really is nice, too.

Our very own Paul Wilczynski did the work. The MMT is painted and then had a CV applied. The Red Rose Speedway is not a sticker it is also hand painted with an ambered matte finish.

I have a 4001C64S in a FG satin finish. I am not sure how rare that is, though.

RobRick wrote:I have a 4001C64S in a FG satin finish. I am not sure how rare that is, though.

Quite rare.

Well, the unfilled out warranty card is little more than a collector's curiosity and it's invalid when buying a used instrument. Since Olivia's isn't an authorized dealer, any Rick they sell is technically used and without warranty...

Yep, and the bass is also like, 10 years old.

RobRick wrote:I have a 4001C64S in a FG satin finish. I am not sure how rare that is, though.

Not just rare, but cool.

ilan wrote:There were this one and this one:

Yes, that is a cool one. Another ebay RIC outlet one-off, billed as a Model 1999 Tobaccoburst BH BT:

WOW! The black binding, pickguard, and TRC look great. And I'm not a big fan of black trim, but that is a beautiful bass.

Here's an ebay auction in Japan for a 4001V63 MID 2001: http://cgi.ebay.com/2001-RICKENBACKER-4 ... 2a0c64edf3
Replaced neck p/up

A 4001C64S MID 2009:

I've never seen a COY used on an instrument that wasn't produced during that year. eg - a c64 in Sea Green. That said, unless it's one of their factory one offs, it seems unlikely we'd see a C series in Monty Brown etc.

To my knowledge, there was never a fretless v63, not sure why they'd do a c64 like that. As Paul points out, we can't be absolute. Personally, I like when they play in the factory. It only leads to better things down the road.