Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Darren- I remember us discussing the search for certain months of 1973 right around the time you were trading your March. Fortunately there were enough 73's made that collecting consecutive months is even possible, I don't think it would be easy or possible to do that with other checkerboard years, 72, 71, 70, etc.

Now I can concentrate on building a music room addition on the side of my house so I can have a "wall o' 73's" display like Mr. Pascoe's wall of double necks. I'd like to have a place where I can get crazy loud and maybe have some drums to mess around on, I'm planning on around 700 square feet air conditioned. It would also be an unofficial museum of 1973 4001 RIC basses and 4004 experimentation, free admission to forumites of course.

markbass99 wrote:... It would also be an unofficial museum of 1973 4001 RIC basses and 4004 experimentation, free admission to forumites of course.

...and the 4001 all have the skunk stripe!!!
...one day I gonna fly to Florida!

chrisdski wrote:April 1973 was rainy beyond record, bringing about the worst mud season in memory. This bass sounds best when played sloppy drunk. Unbelievable arpeggios, scales and 6 fret finger spread positions flow off your hands. You marvel at your virtuosity. You wake up the next morning to listen to the previous night's recording, and your only comment is "what the h*ll is this sh*t?"

I think I had this bass for a while.