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Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:37 pm
by jwilli
Wow!
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:27 pm
by wints
Welcome Geof,
What a great bass you have there. Nearly all original and with the horseshoes and bobbin, which is very rare to see. My old Dec '64 DL 837 was the same dark Fireglo, and the wear and mojo on that baby is very cool.
The main factor with most of these is the neck. Is it straight, and what's the action like? How are the truss rods? The best thing to do is put very light gauge strings on, and see what happens. I agree with Mark there about the string windings as well!
With original case, hopefully a $10K bass, maybe more...
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:15 pm
by leftybass
Whoa, VERY cool. A beauty..!!!! These always bring me out to chat..
For reference about the finishes at the time, here is a pic of my 360/12 from December 1964, dark Fireglow...
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:57 am
by BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS
looks close to the fireglo of my nov. '68...
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Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:05 am
by BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS
opticnerve wrote:Compare the color to my December '64...
tony...interesting that you are missing a screw hole next to the surround / control area ?
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:45 am
by opticnerve
Hey Ron, That IS bizarre isn't it? The pg is original...& no screw hole in the body. How the heck did that happen?
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:41 pm
by walker
A rare prototype! RIC must have been experimenting with a special 7-screw PG series!
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:42 pm
by teeder
Feeling faint. Must go lay down.
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:33 pm
by steversaurus
beautiful!
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:58 pm
by Ontario_RIC_fan
What is the Serial number? DL 9??
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:44 pm
by walker
leftybass wrote:Whoa, VERY cool. A beauty..!!!! These always bring me out to chat.
I suppose you've had plenty of time to chat while Shanghai'd at the airport! Best of luck getting out of there!
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:40 am
by cjj
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:18 pm
by Rama
Thanks for all your interest and positive replies. The serial number is DL798. The actual colour is a little lighter than in the photos. The case is original as well but it's a little rough on each end. It still plays great and the neck is true.
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:20 pm
by rickaddict
Cool bass! Thanks for posting taking the photos, and thanks for posting them, Tony.
Welcome to the forum.
Re: 1964 Rickenbacker 4001
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:24 pm
by wints
opticnerve wrote:Hey Ron, That IS bizarre isn't it? The pg is original...& no screw hole in the body. How the heck did that happen?
Reminds me of Gerry's RM1999 which has the hole in the guard and the screw, but no hole drilled in the body!
Nice to hear it's still playing good Geof.
Apologies for posting this one again, but it does show the shades of Fireglo quite clearly. The '64 on the far left is by far the darker, and the '68 is next to it. A '71 next to that, with the two '73's in the foreground.
