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Hello I'm not as knowledgeable as most on this forum about rickenbacker basses, so I though I would consult you guys for some advice and history. I am planning on purchasing a rickenbacker 4001 bass, preferably in jetglo, and I found a match in a local craigslist post, however it is advertised as a'85 4001. Three questions, did rickenbacker produce the 4001 bass in 1985, is it a sought-after of good year, and last is the $1200.00 asking price too much?...he says it has all original parts and little body wear.
Thanks,
Brenden

too much

First of all Welcome,Brenden. Im not really not sure of the 4001/4003 timeline, but if its an '85 it should be a 4003 with the modern trussrod system.

Jared is correct. $1200.00 is to pricey for an '85 Jetglo with body wear. Go to one of the bigger dealers:

Mike Parks at www.the-music-connection.com

or Chris Clayton at www.pickofthericks.com

You can get into a brand new Jetglo 4003 with a full warranty for about the same price.

Yes, in 1985 the 4003 would have been in production. There are straggler 4001s that bear serial numbers as late as 1986 but 4001s dated later than '83 are rare. I agree with Jared and Scott, You can certainly do better than $1200.

A little late but I too have seen them with dates as late as 86 so it may be a 4001, if it's in good shape it might be worth it. In fact if it is an 85 4001 I might pay it just because it is rare. The only difference most likely would be the truss rod system which you could check by looking to see if it has a thick block or a thin one, a thick one would be a 4001, it may also say it on the TRC. Incidentlly they didn't make them after 1979-1980, they just had some left over and sold both simultaneously. I had both an 83 and a 84 at one time.