checker binding years

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:50 am

.....this is just one of the many reasons I love this forum!

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:57 pm

I love a happy ending!

Brother Firefingers · Post by **Brother Firefingers** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:52 pm

That '64 is outstanding.

I've been a Ric bass fan since the early 80's, obviously way, way before ebay, etc. My point in referencing that is that I've probably only seen two 60's basses for sale in my entire life, prior to ebay.

I suppose if I guy was looking, he could have contacted a vintage music retailer, etc. I'd watch the newspaper classifieds, Nickel Ads, etc. Almost never saw one for sale.

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:00 am

That last pu is a '73, based on the large magnet. Very cool!
This thread has been fun!

BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS · Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:27 pm

possibly any late '72 basses with the large mag ? any early '73 with the slim mag ???

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:50 pm

Very possible, but I haven't seen one either way yet. I may take a closer look in the register.

OK, I just looked. I couldn't find a '72 with the larger magnet. Unfortunately a lot of the pix have the cover in place. I did find a Jan '73 FL 4000 that had a small magnet, but no others from '73 that I could tell. A FL 4000 was probably pretty special, so it may have been a lay-over from '72.

BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS · Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:34 pm

the jan.'73 was fretted previously and has a made up tortoise pick guard. i saw the slim mag.

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:17 pm

Ah, I was just looking for pix of the rear pu. I missed the mods.

greg_feo · Post by **greg_feo** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:40 am

Nice Maple on this one..
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd15 ... 005-21.jpg

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:01 am

greg_feo wrote:Nice Maple on this one..
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd15 ... 005-21.jpg

Oh yeah, that's my kinda guitar there!

BobHyde · Post by **BobHyde** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:07 pm

Wow, what a nice surprise to find that your '68 is actually a '64!!

I have a '72 with a darker FG, but given that the binding is yellowed, I'm guessing it is from smoky bars!

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:16 pm

BobHyde wrote:I have a '72 with a darker FG, but given that the binding is yellowed, I'm guessing it is from smoky bars!

The clearcoat on the bass yellowed with age, that is why the binding looks like that; the rest of the bass is too, it is just easier to see it on the white binding.

randym · Post by **randym** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 3:36 pm

It's been a while since I've been on the forum. I'm in the process of cleaning out old boxes from our old house that I had In storage. I finally got my workshop built and have a place to put SOME of the stuff. I almost tossed out this entire box, but glad I took some time to go through it. Found the jackplate from my white Rick. The serial confirms it was made in November 1972. Guess it pays to be a pack rat sometimes. (My wife might disagree with me!

).

Since I'm back, how would one go about getting a hold of the guy that rewinds the old coils? Sergio if I remember correctly.

Thanks for any assistance.

Randy

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 4:01 pm

Check out the Winding Up With The Best section of the forum, you will find Sergio's contact info there.

Your jackplate looks more like it is from a special version of a Lemmy bass, one with ROS.

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