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71 Rick 4001
66 Gibson EB-2
67 Fender Coronado (Antigua)
68 Hofner President
80's Fender P-bass 62 reissue

All have Flatwound strings.

Just got a 60's (66 I think) Hohner fretless, looks kind of like an EB-2, that style, semi hollow with F holes. Was made by the Bartell company who had something to do with Mosrite, it has the same configuration as a Ric bass, two volumes and two tones, also has the exact same Switchcraft three way switch in it. It was a basket case when I bought it, I've got it put together now with one pickup working. Needs a lot of work. Is cool looking, it's all black, even the fingerboard. Some one used roundwounds on it so I had to smooth out the fingerboard which took the shine off of it, but it's not finished yet.

Bartell was co-owned by Paul Barth (of early Rickenbacker fame). I don't think there was a relationship with Mosrite other than the Rossmeisl influence on both brands, and Semie Moseley of course worked for Rickenbacker for a time.

They did build some models for some other brands.

I thought there was a connection to Ric also, but couldn't remember it, it's actually similiar to a Ric in a lot of ways.

Here's mine:
79 JG 4001
80 Fender P special
77 Jazz bass
93 Musicman Stingray 5

There is a 79 Ric pending delivery and a 73 4000 I managed to acquire from a dude.

OK, heres mine,

'00 Rick 4001 V63 Mapleglo

'02 Rick 4004 CII in trans red

'01 Rick 4003 Fireglow

'04 Rick 4003 Blue boy

'76 Rick 4001 Mapleglo with BT converted to 4000

'00 Carvin B4 in Saphire blue

'99 Fender PJ hybrid with Allparts neck in Sherwood Green metalic

'02 Warwick Corvette Pro-Line 5 string in red transparent satin

'99 Fender Roscoe Beck V in metalic teal

'70-something Peavey T-40 natural finish, (my first quality bass)........Its really developed a very nice vintage vibe.

Has anyone played one of these Infeld basses? They look very cool, but I cannot find any reviews on the instrument. The price tag ($3k) makes it a little unaffordable, but just checking to see if anyone has tried it out.

BP did a review on the Adreas Basking Shark which is basically the same instrument AFAIK.

Scott, now that's something you don't see very often, quality and Peavey in the same sentence, haha!

LOL!! What was I thinking

No seriously I've seen a lot of their stuff last a LONG time, like PA heads and amps. I've heard some good sounding 70's Peavey basses too.
I've never liked their bass heads though, or at least their SS ones, I've never tried their tube bass head.

my other basses ... I sold 2 Hofner's, I sold a Gibson EB0, I sold a Schecter C-5, I sold an Ibanez 305DX, I sold 2 jazz and 1 p-bass, I sold a Dillion Musicman clone, ...

I currently have 2 4 to 5 string pj basses and one 4 to 5 jazz bass ... and a buch of 5 string ric basses ...

Other than my Rics

!965 Guild Starfire
1974 Gibson Thunderbird
'70's Gibson EB-2
70's Fender Jazz

Down to only one Rick (sold my '77 4001 WAL)

2003 4003VP Montezuma Brown which I adore and play almost every day and what used to be my "main" bass a '74 Guild M-85 II. That is a great little bass. Love the short scale and skinny neck, perfect fit for me.
I do have 9 other guitars though (3 Rics), funny that I'm now mainly a bass player.

in addition to my 4003, i play a fender p (american deluxe).

i've had boutiques,production & fender j's over the years, but believe that these 2 are the real deal for me...gas prohibited.