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The Emperor . . . of Mars?
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 3:11 pm
by bobcat
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-73-RICKENBACKER-4001-COLLECTABLE-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ330010547323QQihZ014QQcategoryZ41439QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Apparently he's the Emperor again . . . but instead of the 26th or whatever he was before, now he's the Emperor of Mars . . . too bad, it's a nice bass.
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:20 pm
by jnbass
same-o
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:42 pm
by loendmaestro
Beware the Wrath of Rath.
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 6:23 pm
by jwr2
ya ... I am a pretty mellow guy ... except I really don't like racists ... the emperor loves to hate ... and that is wrong on many levels ... I remember a midnight blue 4003 bass he was trying to pawn off as a rare azureglo bass ... I emailed him and said it was not azureglo ... he then sent me some rather hateful racist emails ...
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:49 am
by rictified
That's a nice bass, I had an identical 75 which I regret selling. They sound nice with a high gain in the old position, nice and deep.
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:35 am
by ben_brown
A '75 in not in the "old" position is it? I thought they went to 1" after '74. Please correct me ifn I'm wrong.
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:37 am
by jwr2
actually they changed early 75 ...
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:04 am
by seabass
His '73 looks just like mine with the exception of the non-original pickguard. I e-mailed the seller to remind him and he said he took it off and saw no other screw holes! Has anyone ever seen a '73 with old style pickguard? And this one looks just like my V-63 guard. The same pointy bit at the neck position and the knob area nearly goes off the edge of the body. Anyway, it is a nice bass.
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:15 am
by rickcrazy
The pickguard on that '73 4001 IS from a V63, period.
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:57 am
by jwr2
the emperor or monkey face on mars is a liar ... he will say almost anything to jack the price up a few dollars more ...