Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Has anyone else seen the coffeetable book featuring the late Ox's guitar/bass collection? It has some absolutely wonderful Rickenphotos. Among the highlights are several 381s and 4005s. The Rick section is second in the table of contents, immediately after the F*nders. It was surprising to see the variety of Rick guitars John had. I glanced through the book today at a Borders Books (AKA the Walmart of Thought).

What's weird, though, is that many of the guitars don't seem to be identified correctly. For instance, there's what in all respects appears to be a 360/12 labeled as a 381, and the 4005s are labeled something like "model 31." Anybody know the full scoop here?

Got it the day it came out. Had been waiting years, as it was the follow-up to the Rick Nielsen edition, which I also have(which has a Ric 8-string bass prototype).
I noticed "model 31" too, thought that might be a Rose-Morris number which others on the forum are more familiar with than I.

John and Ronn. If it walks and looks like a duck it probably is. Not everyone is into model numbers. If both of you are puzzled after a combined total of five years of reading about Rickenbackers and nearly 1500 posts, then Houston we may have a problem. I will be on the lookout for it.

I thought the RM designation numbers for the 4005 was 3261, if I remember correctly.

Well, I just think that his LS bass was the most exotic Rick i've ever seen...

Or did he have more than one LS bass?