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Awesome. Soon to be another road warrior

s4001 wrote:Awesome. Soon to be another road warrior

Probably more wall trophy than road warrior... My last gig in front of an audience was about 25 years ago.

Colonel......I am always impressed when I read the list of basses you have!!!!!!!!

This '64 is going to look AWESOME when finished. Looking forward to seeing the end result.

Fantastic work!

Lovely Larry does great work.
Just realized there are more photos.

Lefty4003S8 wrote:Colonel......I am always impressed when I read the list of basses you have!!!!!!!!

This '64 is going to look AWESOME when finished. Looking forward to seeing the end result.

Thanks.

I am downsizing a bit now. While I am torn to pieces each time I sell a Rick, I am to keep only 3-4 from the one I have. Living in a small townhouse, I need to regain some space...

I can't wait to receive the 64. I actually never touched it. I purchase it as an unfinished project and had it sent straight to Larry.

"I am downsizing a bit now. While I am torn to pieces each time I sell a Rick, I am to keep only 3-4 from the one I have. Living in a small townhouse, I need to regain some space..."

That decision would be a difficult one,for me,(save for the '07 jg 4003 fl,bye-bye! ). You have some fabulous vintages to have to weed out! I was supposed to sell either my Cii or my 4000 when I bought my custom Laredo,but i still have all 3 of them! Storage space isn't an issue,MONEY,on the other hand,is.
Good luck with that!

I too battle with what to save and what to sell. Seems like every instrument I've sold I regret at some point down the line. While money is also a concern, space is a huge factor. Housing 8 instruments is simply not practical or easy for that matter. Recently I sold my Modulus Q5. I never played it but when I did, it was such a sweet instrument to play! The day I boxed her up and shipped her to her new owner, I had "sellers regret".

I try to approach it this way, if I have not played an instruments in x amount of time, I seriously consider selling it. The problem with this is, once I've had thoughts of selling, I begin to play it and I realize that it plays or sounds so good that I realize why I still own it!

Sepp

Yes,Sepp,but your collection isn't exactly run of the mill! It took some doing to find all of those "especiale" models....as the ex-owner of 2 Modulii (modulusses?),i woulda done the same. (In fact my 2nd,better Modulus was the trade-in when i bought my 4002). (This was at a time when Mods were popular and no one especially myself, even knew what a 4002 was...). I stole it.....

Colonel Sanders wrote:

Lefty4003S8 wrote:Colonel......I am always impressed when I read the list of basses you have!!!!!!!!

This '64 is going to look AWESOME when finished. Looking forward to seeing the end result.

Thanks.

I am downsizing a bit now. While I am torn to pieces each time I sell a Rick, I am to keep only 3-4 from the one I have. Living in a small townhouse, I need to regain some space...

I can't wait to receive the 64. I actually never touched it. I purchase it as an unfinished project and had it sent straight to Larry.

WELL......I KNOW which ones I'd keep........the '64, the '68, and BOTH '72 basses!!!!!!! That's four SWEET Rickenbackers!!!!!!

Lefty4003S8 wrote:

Colonel Sanders wrote:

Lefty4003S8 wrote:Colonel......I am always impressed when I read the list of basses you have!!!!!!!!

This '64 is going to look AWESOME when finished. Looking forward to seeing the end result.

Thanks.

I am downsizing a bit now. While I am torn to pieces each time I sell a Rick, I am to keep only 3-4 from the one I have. Living in a small townhouse, I need to regain some space...

I can't wait to receive the 64. I actually never touched it. I purchase it as an unfinished project and had it sent straight to Larry.

WELL......I KNOW which ones I'd keep........the '64, the '68, and BOTH '72 basses!!!!!!! That's four SWEET Rickenbackers!!!!!!

I am leaning towards the 64, 68, 72 (4001) and 73. The 4000 has a fantastic neck but I play with the neck pickup most of the time so it sits pretty on the wall. The FL is soon to be a goner. I just cannot play fretless.

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I try to approach it this way, if I have not played an instruments in x amount of time, I seriously consider selling it. The problem with this is, once I've had thoughts of selling, I begin to play it and I realize that it plays or sounds so good that I realize why I still own it!

Sepp

I found a cure for this. When an instrument goes for sale, I store it in its case, out of sight, and I refrain to take it out.

Wait.....your 4000 has a neck pickup?????

Lefty4003S8 wrote:Wait.....your 4000 has a neck pickup?????

Nope... As you could expect.

That is why it does not get much play. Being crazy I would rout a neck pickup cavity and transform it into a 4001 as this bass has the best neck of all my Ricks.

Looking great guys! Congrats on getting this bass proper, Jeff!