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1981
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:26 am
by bassduke49
Going through available RIC catalogs and noticed the huge variety of Rickenbacker basses that were available in the 1981 catalog. Featured were:
3000
3001
4000
4001
4001S
4002
4003
4005
4005 WB (white bound)
and if they weren't enough:
4080
4080/12
Strangely missing was fretless option, but it may have been available by special order. Later catalogs feature fretless 4001 as a separate model.
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:36 am
by kcole4001
The year of birth of my JG 4080!
I know for a fact that some of us wish we could go back to that year.
4002 & 4005 sales would be through the roof!
The trim options were most likely quite varied also.
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:22 pm
by john_l
And there was a 4003S available too!
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:33 pm
by jwr2
naaa ... it can't be golden ... the 4003s5 and the 4003s8 weren't in there ...
1986 would be my choice for a golden year ...
4003, 4003s5, 4003s8, 2030, 4003fl, 4003s, 2050, 4001v63
they had cool colors like white, red, silver, and they had black trim ...
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:08 pm
by sloop_john_b
Remember we saw that '82 with checkered binding - would it be available as an option then?
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:33 pm
by bassduke49
An '82 with checker binding? Maybe on a 4002.
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:40 pm
by byu
Paul, fretless was a special option in '81. My '81 4001S is fretless.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:33 am
by wints
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:45 am
by bob_atherton
That one will give Ilan a heart flutter. Nice bass but a big price.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:41 am
by ilan
Oh dear. IIRC he paid $1,600 for it.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:46 am
by rickcrazy
Hmm... The seller of the '82 4001 with block binding is in Spain. Too bad I'm broke at the moment, otherwise I'd make that baby MINE!
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:08 am
by ilan
That bass is only a white guard and TRC away from being THE WHITE SHADOW!
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:52 am
by bassduke49
Hmm. Thanks, Bill. I wasn't aware that you could special order checker binding. I also wonder if it might have been one of the production lots for export to Japan. I believe you could get checker binding on a Rick in Japan long after it was replaced by solid binding on the US market. Hmm. More fodder for the book.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:44 am
by johnhall
I believe you could get checker binding on a Rick in Japan long after it was replaced by solid binding on the US market.
I didn't know your book was going to be in the fiction genre.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:12 am
by ilan