Ricks spotted in old videos

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:31 pm

I'm sure you all know about these but I was looking at an old Sid Barrett era Pink Floyd video and spotted a Rick. I also have a video of Steppenwolf with a Rick on Born to be wild!

edski · Post by **edski** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:45 pm

I remember seeing an old Pink Floyd album, Ummmagumma IIRC, that had a spread of all their equipment, and there was a beautiful FG 4001...had to be mid to late 60's...

yummmmmm...

throw_this_away · Post by **throw_this_away** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:49 pm

yeah, that bass is in the DVD for the early years of pink floyd. I forget the name but I got it for my dad for christmas.

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:17 pm

That's Roger Waters' 4001. Yes, it's fireglo. You can see it in the "See Emily Play" video, which is all four of them running around in a field, obviously baked. Funny thing is, Syd's not in it, even though he wrote and sang the song. Here's a screenshot:

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:24 pm

One more shot, from another video of Astronomy Domnie:

chefothefuture · Post by **chefothefuture** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:11 pm

Steppenwolf videos are a treasure trove of Rick-o-mania.
You'll see, a 4005,a 4001, a combo 600, Transonic 200's.
and of course, a 381.
Neat..

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:14 pm

I haven't been a Rick owner that long, and it's cool to see some of my favorite music was played on a Rick!

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:43 pm

I have good reason to believe that I will meet Roger Waters in June... I'll ask him what happened to that Ric.

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:55 pm

I guess the neck warped on his bass, so he got rid of it.

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:17 am

I remember the first time I heard Born to be Wild, I thought "Wow, that bass sounds cool". Little did I know at the time what it was (watch somebody tell me it was recorded on a P-Bass!!)

Roger's bass looked awesome, and I have to get that Floyd DVD...

wints · Post by **wints** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:12 am

Ilan, I'd be interested in the answer too.

My green 64 RM1999, an early one, which are certainly less common and with the short horseshoe taper, was bought from an area where the Floyd lived and given the neck issues I was always surprised it had not been made in to firewood.
I thought that possibly because it had some history was the only reason it had been saved.

I need a real good close up picture of the back of the neck to probably make sure if it could be the same bass. I don't know if it's my eyes, but the upperhorn always looks just slightly thinner than most too.

If anyone has any real good close ups of the Rickenbacker, I'd appreciate a look.

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:05 am

The "Live in concert 1972/1973" DVD Deep Purple's Roger glover has a stock 4001 in the '72 show and his highly modified 4001 in the '73 show. BTW the '73 show is the only known video of the original mark II doing Smoke on the Water.

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:24 am

Andrew, you've got RM1999? I sent a catalog picture to Bjorn, asking him to put it in his models page, and he said they never went into production.

Mind posting a pic? Green 4001 sounds cool.

wints · Post by **wints** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:25 am

There are a few of us who are fortunate to have an RM1999 Nick.

Here is the green RM...

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:56 am

Something is missing from that picture.