Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Kopfjaeger wrote:

PJRL wrote:Love that look, here's set of Walnut Wings from 1968.
http://larkstreetmusic.com/list/pict/4001MGlo.jpg

How old are these fotos from Lark Street? That shop is 3 miles from my house.

Sepp

Calm down, Sepp!

Me thinks it's not a white grain filler. The filler is supposed to be colourless. Could be that from the sanding some dust residues are kept in the grain and just fixed with the filler? That phenomenion is quite common and obvious on dark grainy wood (walnut, shedua) combined with bright wood (maple, alder) as it is the fact on the neck. You can probably avoid this only if you manually brush and vacuum clean the wood before applying the filler. Jingle-Jangle may know more...

Kopfjaeger wrote:

PJRL wrote:Love that look, here's set of Walnut Wings from 1968.
http://larkstreetmusic.com/list/pict/4001MGlo.jpg

How old are these fotos from Lark Street? That shop is 3 miles from my house.

Sepp

It's on his web page under "Just in" so I think he has it now, it's a real 68. If I were that close I'd be eyeing it up. He used to be in Albany (on Larks Street) NY 30 minutes from where I am, I used to love looking at the Vintage stuff he has.

Kopfjaeger wrote:

PJRL wrote:Love that look, here's set of Walnut Wings from 1968.
http://larkstreetmusic.com/list/pict/4001MGlo.jpg

How old are these fotos from Lark Street? That shop is 3 miles from my house.

Sepp

Race ya there!

*RICKENBACKER 4001 Bass, 1968, Mapleglo, small fracture under fingerboard near nut- the typical
ones that these basses sometimes get, the Horseshoe pickups been re-built, no wear
to the finish on the fingerboard, straight neck, plays and sounds sweet, vgc+, hsc...$9250

That looks like the same bass that was for sale in Japan a year ago or so. I believe they were asking about $5,900.00.

He wants a bit more for it now. I'd love to go over and "kick its tires" but I have no intention of buying it. I'm not good at camouflaging my intentions just for the chance to give it a test drive. If anyone is interested in it, I'd be more than happy to go over and see if I can get better fotos and get more info on it.

From what I hear he is a good Luthier and he sells and services Orange amps, which I have, so I can get a bit of a rapport going, I think. We talked on the phone about him installing a white nut on my 73 4001, when my other Luthier was being "difficult".

Sepp

It is it!

Here's the old ad from Howl Guitars.

http://ameblo.jp/howlguitars/entry-10484908163.html

Kopfjaeger wrote:...I'd love to go over and "kick its tires" but I have no intention of buying it. I'm not good at camouflaging my intentions just for the chance to give it a test drive...

Sepp

I would go check it out; he knows you are into Ricks so I can't imagine him being bothered by your tire-kicking.

If any of you go and check out / test drive the 68 @ Larkstreet I'd love to hear what you think of it !

Bought a '72 at Lark Street, nice guys, a little pricey but they have a ton of vintage Martins, old steels (Ricks too) and lots more.

Yeah, seemed very nice over the phone and they do know Rickenbacker's. They sell pretty high end gear as well. I guess I need to stop by and drive mtself nuts. I do have that 1980 Fender P bass that is doing nothing, except collecting dust here. Hmmmm.

Sepp

anyone play / see it in person yet ?

If someone is interested, I'm willing to go over and noodle it! What a great excuse to handle a vintage instrument, "Hello, My name is Sepp and I represent a collector/musician that may be interested in purchasing this fine American crafted instrument". "Now let mm run my paws all over it, if you please."

man, I love my job!

Sepp

Did anyone stop in and see it ?