Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

bassduke49 wrote:Scott, the last "official" year for Black Trim was 2002, but there has been at least one exception (aside from the recent RIC Outlet/eBay item). I think the elimination of BT was one of RIC's efforts to keep up with orders for the more popular/standard white/chrome trim. It may have come about because of a dwindling supply of black hardware items and a decision not to reorder them. Makes sense.

one of those exceptions from 2004:

There ya go. Probably others will drift by. One thing I've learned researching Rick basses is that there are no absolutes. I used to think that the V63 ended in 2000, but we've now seen at least a couple with 2002 production dates (Steve Wood's Turquoise V63 and the Midnight Blue V63 that briefly belonged to Brian Crisman). Still a lot of questions waiting for official answers . . . .

s4001 wrote:They also had a beat up '77 4001 with Seymore Duncans in it that they wanted stupid money for.

Go figger...

Scott, I saw that bass this past Sunday. It was a white '79, very discolored, kind of beat up and yeah it had an SD in the neck position. In that condition, at $2,400 I think it's gonna hang in that store a long time!

Glad I got to the BT before you did.

Not to be the materialistic one of the bunch....

But how much was it?


And, it is very very nice....


I have the same! But an 88, JG/BT that is refin to MG

---yours makes me want to return my MG back to JG!!---



Your bass is a great reference of a super nice example!

Please please post more pictures!

Never enough shots of that color combo JG/BT....


Great grab, I would not have been able to pass that one!


Big Al

s4001 wrote:Glad I got to the BT before you did.

You're lucky that you got to it before I did!

Seeing as I haven't walked into a music store but once or twice in a year or two.... verrryyy lucky.