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$700 is not at all bad when you need that pickup. The value of a 68 4001 with a missing HS would increase by a lot more than the $700 if you popped this pickup into it. If I had a 68 or close, I would have been thrilled to have a chance at this pickup for what it sold for.

I told you[in my last post] I knew one person that would buy this and he did

A little late...but whatever...

Simply put, it was very good value. If you need a period correct one for your original 60's bass, (and these are all now getting worth close to a 5 figure sum) it's a no brainer...

Personally, they are a compromise on my playing style and I have come to the conclusion that they are overrated. If you want to restore an original bass from the 64-68 period, then, you should have one, but I think they are much more a visual than a sonic issue.

And with current prices for reissues and originals, it's surely only a matter of time before RIC reissues them again.

I saw this at 5am this morning and thought about it for my 67 project. The bass has the original finished stripped, and therefore is never going to be total "factory" and I would much rather have a period hi-gain without the cover for function and playing style than horseshoes.

Saying that, I knew that if Vincent had not seen it by lunchtime I was going to buy it anyway...

Willll-bur.

Thank you for the grace period Andrew. I needed it bad for a very good 64 that was 100% minus the horse

Hell, if I had a 64 I would have bought it as well!

That wouldn't be that 25k 64 that was around recently, would it?

Quote: "No pickup is worth $700.or $400.Its the ignorant people who hear the word horseshoe that go all nuts."

I paid around $350 or so for my reissue h/shoe for my CS. Why? Because it didn't have the original pickup in it, and I wanted it how it should've been. Would I have paid $400? Yes. Does that make me ignorant, having to spend that much to put my bass right because I can't get the part any other way?

There's a difference between buying a horseshoe pickup for $700 and dropping it into a mid-90s 4003 and buying a horseshoe pickup for $700 and dropping it into an almost completely original early 1960s 4001. The former's value will increase by part of what the horseshoe was sold for, but you'd be better off keeping the 4003 intact and just selling the horseshoe if you were looking at it financially. The latter's value would skyrocket, way more than $700, considering how rare it is to find an early '60s Rickenbacker bass, much less one that is original. In that case, it's definitely a worthwhile investment.

Shaun, you were restoring something back to factory correct thats different.

what I meant is people who have never heard or played a bass with a horseshoe go crazy over them and keep the price going up wards.

Horseshoes are by far way overrated.

why did Ric go with the hi-gain?Its a better more efficient pickup.

Speaking of horseys,I found a 1980 jetglo 4003s today black split guard and trc with a toaster and a horsey,Im going to put a high gain back in does anyone want the bass its really clean plays great.

Wait, the toaster? What's the output on it, and how much do you want for it?

vintage parts ??? if so i will take it

Its a v63 horsey but the surround is the early 90s one, the toaster is a re-issue as well.

pix!