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deeper · Post by **deeper** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:10 am

Wow! Great to have a Chris' friend among us!

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:17 am

Seth,owns the potato head 8 string 4001 of Squires.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:19 am

Ooooo.....Potato head!

Me likey!

I want the other one!

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:41 am

4005/8

levykev · Post by **levykev** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:55 am

hey Seth-

how about getting Chris onto the forum to answer all those questions?

kbhag · Post by **kbhag** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:01 pm

"all 4001 basses have no tilt in the headstock ... starting in 1980 the 4003 got a tilt ... another improvement ..."

No Jeff, my '75 has a rearward tilt, but '60's basses come off straight, unless they have been worked on/modified. I appears in that Vid that the headstock on THIS particular instrument tilts back. Evidence of repair/upgrade? I don't know only an observation. (I've wondered if at the time the headstock repair was done if someone put a bit of a back-angle to get better string tension across the nut.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:06 pm

So that's a potato head! Odd looking bit, that.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:19 pm

Hideous IMHO.

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:14 am

Yikes! What is the story on the potato head. I'm thinking there is a Greatful Dead party bar fairly close to the Rick factory. Occasionally they must offer some great lunch specials.

Cool photo's Jared, thanks!

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:59 am

another shot...

Darth Tater

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:34 am

Jared, you're killing me. The whole house heard me fall outta my chair. How come he/she/it ain't got pants on? This is a family operation.

Later Tater

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:42 pm

he only has a spud...

scott_s · Post by **scott_s** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 2:21 pm

Wow, that Beggs article is riddled with spelling errors... What would FLEE, RICKENBAKER, DYLON, or MUT LANG say if they read this?

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:46 pm

Jared, yea I know how he feels.

nbvbn · Post by **nbvbn** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:28 am

Squire told me when Rickenbacker first made his 8 string the headstock was set up with all full size bass tuners. Chris explained tuning was awkward and there was not enough space between tuning pegs. Rickenbacker re-fit the bass with smaller sized tuners for the 4-octave strings. Only problem was the shape of the headstock did not work for one of the octave strings tuner . The shaft of the tuner was not long enough to clear the headstock. Rickenbacker had to scallop a cutout for the tuner so the tuner could be turned. All other 8 string 4001 bodied Rickenbacker basses that were made had a correctly shaped headstock that worked with the smaller octave tuners. On Chris’s bass the shape of the headstock is a little different than the photo on this thread. Plus the fact the bass has yellowed a ton. The headstock cutout gives the potato (as you guys call it) an even weirder shape.