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Shaun,
I tried sending you email, but the address on your profile comes back as not being active, can you drop me an email with your Email address ... thanks !!

Just one more thing:

This pickup is one of the best I've come across with so far. Simple but very effective. A couple years back I rewound one of these beasts, and I was quite impressed with its performance. Remember "I've been all around this great big world/And I've seen all kinds of pickups". Cheers.

I would love a CS! In the 90's I was a working sound engineer six nights a week in Florida, in my spare time I composed two symphonies and a string quartet, as well as about three CD's worth of rock music (all still in demo stages, unfortunately) then got married in '97 and moved north. I was oblivious to what was happening in guitar world, as I had a '68 ES-335 and a sweet Guild bass to handle that end. Then, in 2004, after starting to collect guitars again, I was re-listening to "Fish out of water" and surfing the net when I discovered the 4001CS. I was hooked, (pun intended) but it only took about five minutes to realize that they were off the market except for mid to high end collectors. Actually, I'd pay $4k for a clean one with a certificate but the England trip is the financial priority and the CS's just seem to be going higher. Maybe one will find its way to me, but the three I have now are quite enough! I'd still buy a FG V63 or a JG C64 if they came along... because there is just something about a Ric and everyone reading this knows exactly what I mean. And, BTW, you guys (and ladies too) are a great source of information and entertainment, as well. I've learned a lot here.

For instance, I thought the set neck '82 4001S that I found on ebay was a copy until reading about them here, turned out to be one of the best I have. Neck through's are nice, but the guys in Santa Anna can do the other styles just as well. I'm impressed with Rickenbacker, as a company, they stay true to themselves in a way that almost doesn't make sense in today's corporate mentality, but it is so nice to have. I tip my hat to the Halls. We musicians are lucky to have them, many other companies have long since sold out or expanded. But I digress...