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Re: Suspicious looking bass
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:55 pm
by johnallg
jps wrote:rickaddict wrote:johnallg wrote:
And not be neckthrough.
Good point!
4000 basses were neckthrough into the early '70s I think.
But this has the skunk stripe = mid '72 and on.
Re: Suspicious looking bass
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:58 pm
by jps
What is the definitive answer to when Rickenbacker switch the 4000 to set neck construction?
Re: Suspicious looking bass
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:29 pm
by johnallg
Jeff, I'm not sure there were ever any skunk stripe neck-thru 4000 basses....
http://www.rickresource.com/phpBB3/view ... h&start=15
Re: Suspicious looking bass
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:16 pm
by beatlefreak
cheyenne wrote:I've always assumed that this was something "consistant" through the years.
The only things consistant with any given model of Rickenbacker are the changes through the years.
Re: Suspicious looking bass
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:57 pm
by rickenbrother
beatlefreak wrote:The only things consistant with any given model of Rickenbacker are the changes through the years.
Makes it all very interesting!
Re: Suspicious looking bass
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:16 pm
by beatlefreak
It keeps us all busy!
Re: Suspicious looking bass
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:29 pm
by rickenbrother
Busy is good!
Re: Suspicious looking bass
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:37 am
by rickaddict
I've seen one. Can't remember if it was a 4000 or a 4001S. I think it was a 4001S because it was on eBay and I was very tempted to bid on it (I'm a two pickup guy!) I love the skunk and I love the S and this one made quite an impression on me! It was a very early skunk striper though. Late '72, maybe early '73. Grovers and plexi TRC. Mojo'd Fireglo! Ahhh....the one that got away.....
Re: Suspicious looking bass
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:02 pm
by atomic_punk
Get a picture of the back.
Re: Suspicious looking bass
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:04 am
by marc61
I vote fake based on gut.
Re: Suspicious looking bass
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:50 pm
by VRICKY63
Im disappointed in you guys.......I expected to get to page 3 and the forumites would have the story all sherlock holmes done...I count on you guys to know all things Rickenbacker.....instantly . I need closure here
Re: Suspicious looking bass
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 1:11 pm
by cheyenne
I still say fake.
There's no apparent route for the neckpup,, and it has deluxe features ruling out the possibility of it being a 4000 model. What else could it be????
Prove me wrong people.
Re: Suspicious looking bass
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:33 pm
by 12stringbassist
Just checked against one of mine. Yup. A fret too far...
and against a 4000 from the net.
Re: Suspicious looking bass
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:07 pm
by wayang
Never look a gift axe from an 'old hippie guy' in the truss rod cavity...
If it is a faker, I'd offer to buy it cheap...then paint it up crazy and hang it on a wall...non-playable art!
...or rent a steam roller and make a memorable youtube clip...
Re: Suspicious looking bass
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:51 pm
by jps
...I prefer bonfires myself...