That set was sponsored by Jack Daniels!johnallg wrote:I was going to say that bass looks familiar. Actually I was just a temporary caretaker in it's life. I like the three-fisted drinking singer....jps wrote:Hey, ins't that JA's bass?
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LONNIE4003
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Got my Christmas a lil early this year, I Guess I been good. 
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8mileshigher
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johnallg wrote:I like the three-fisted drinking singer....
Yeah, it looks like the singer is ready to take on any song !
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3000 gets an outing. I had this in store for a couple of years and more or less forgot it - turns out to be absolutely magic.
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Hi! My first ever Ric, the resuscitated '76 4001, with me and my band Mayday! at the Cutting Room, NYC, April of last year:
"Music so wishes to be heard that sometimes it calls on unlikely characters to give it voice, and ears." -- Robert Fripp
1976 4001, ivoried White
1997 4003s/5, Jetglo
2003 4004Cii"/5", Mapleglo
1976 4001, ivoried White
1997 4003s/5, Jetglo
2003 4004Cii"/5", Mapleglo
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. . . and here's me with the '97 4003S/5, in September. As usual, the guitar(ist) is butting in . . .
"Music so wishes to be heard that sometimes it calls on unlikely characters to give it voice, and ears." -- Robert Fripp
1976 4001, ivoried White
1997 4003s/5, Jetglo
2003 4004Cii"/5", Mapleglo
1976 4001, ivoried White
1997 4003s/5, Jetglo
2003 4004Cii"/5", Mapleglo
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Nice, Kevin! 
Is that your Fender amp? 600 or 1200?
Is that your Fender amp? 600 or 1200?
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Thanks, Jeffrey!jps wrote:Nice, Kevin!
Is that your Fender amp? 600 or 1200?
The backline belongs to the venue; according to their website it's a Fender TB 1200 head and (Fender) 6×10 cab. It sounded great to me; I noted that night that -- at long last -- I had attained that sound, that famous tone.
"Music so wishes to be heard that sometimes it calls on unlikely characters to give it voice, and ears." -- Robert Fripp
1976 4001, ivoried White
1997 4003s/5, Jetglo
2003 4004Cii"/5", Mapleglo
1976 4001, ivoried White
1997 4003s/5, Jetglo
2003 4004Cii"/5", Mapleglo
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Cool!72rick wrote:My 1988 4003s JetGlo w/Garden Of Eden!
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Okay, here goes - my first Ric. It was May, 1973 and I was playing in a prog rock band in Lexington, KY. We were recording some original material in a studio there, and a friend was along to shoot some photos. We were pretty good for a bunch of guys who wanted to be Yes, and we got rejected by some of the best record company A&R guys in NYC. Anyway, when we formed the band I bought the first 4001 I found (in Fireglo) - some of you might be able to date it for me, but I think it was a '72. It was a sweet bass, and I wish I still had it (and the hair!). This is the best photo I could come up with, taken from a contact sheet the photographer made for me. Excuse the shoes - it was the '70s, after all!
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Rickenbacker: 1991 4001CS MG (Sean Kelly restoration)
Fender: 1983 Elite Precision Bass II, 2008 Deluxe (MIM) Jazz Bass V, 1968 Telecaster Custom
Other basses and six-string electrics
Fender: 1983 Elite Precision Bass II, 2008 Deluxe (MIM) Jazz Bass V, 1968 Telecaster Custom
Other basses and six-string electrics
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Here's my second Ric - a 4000 in MG. I think it was a '78, but I don't remember for sure when I purchased it. I installed the black pickguard and later added a black TRC with white lettering. I wish I had this one back, too.
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Rickenbacker: 1991 4001CS MG (Sean Kelly restoration)
Fender: 1983 Elite Precision Bass II, 2008 Deluxe (MIM) Jazz Bass V, 1968 Telecaster Custom
Other basses and six-string electrics
Fender: 1983 Elite Precision Bass II, 2008 Deluxe (MIM) Jazz Bass V, 1968 Telecaster Custom
Other basses and six-string electrics
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bassduke49
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Looks to me that you have good guesses on dates. Your Fireglo 4001 would have the full-width inlays (usually sparkly) and "skunk stripe" (shedua) from spring '72 to maybe mid '73. The 4000 from around '78 would have been a set neck with the shedua "skunk" stripe only in the neck (not in the body). Neat!
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