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Hey, Joey. You're perfectly welcome.
And, nice Rick layout.
Cheers.

Well, here's my humble Rick bass collection. 4080 not shown.

LOL...I meant to post that on the 2004...Merry Christmas thread. I got caught up in reading this thread and thought I was in the other.
Sergio, You have a great collection of Ricks. If it wasn't for you, one of the basses in my collection might continue to be unusable.

"we thought that Christmas in Beijing and New Years in Hong Kong would be just a bit out of the ordinary"

I had an interesting Thanksgiving dinner this year, a 10 course Chinese dinner more akin to what I would usually have for celebrating the Chinese New Year!

Have a fun trip John.

Manufactured at the Rickenbacker factory in October of 1977...

Then, as now, these people do great work. Best wishes to all for a prosperous 2005!

damn!

Mine is slightly older. July of 1977.

****. I meant ot type July of 1979.

Mine's a first year unit, but not an early '77. Still, I can't imagine that many having been built, so it's got to be one of the first 10 or 20 made. Heck, even with a '79, Ted, your's could still be within the first 10 or 20 made!

You are probably right. No one really knows how many were made but I can't imagine they were cranking these basses out at any point. I just picked up a July of '77 4001 so I was thinking '77 when I typed that. My 4002 is July of '79. This is not the best time of year for my 4002. It is cold and dry in Chicago so the neck tends to up-bow a bit and requires some heavy adjustments to be normal. In the more humid months it goes the other way. The rods go down to nearly finger tight.

Hey Ted....I'd sure love a tracing of your 4002 pickguard for my upcoming 10-string project.

It is coming Dane. Seeing as I have to disassemble most of the bass to get a tracing, I was planning it along wit a minor restoration project. This will be killing two birds with one stone. Several people here have asked me about the Badass tailpiece and whether I was ever going to restore it to it's original look. My plan is to take the bass apart and remove the maple block from the mute cavity and reinstall the original tailpiece (which I still have). This will happen sometime in the next week or two.

Dane i may be able to help with a tracing of a 4002 pickguard for your upcoming 10-string project as i have a mint 4002 that i have used for many years and as we speak i will be re stringing her so if i can help tell me what you require and if i can help i will.

All the best Dave Carr

Thanks for the offer David. Since Ted is completely disassembling his, I'll just wait for his tracing. Thanks in advance Ted!

That Badass was installed in 1981, shortly after I bought the bass. At the time the 4002 was still considered to be a production instrument. I had no idea of the value and importance it would later garner. It is time to return it to it's original state.