Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Apart from the $4700 '67 4001FG discussed in the other thread, we have an Autumnglo, a Burgandyglo, and a 2060 JG.

While I'm not in the market to buy anything else right now (there's only one guitar I would have a hard time resisting at the moment), it's interesting to see what's coming to market.

Hey Jeff, where can I find more info on the 2060? The pics in the ad suck! Is this a semi-hollow body bass? Is there an f-hole on it? I just can't tell and haven't been able to find anything out about it.

Thanks!

See what happend! I stop Ebay watching, and all the cool stuff comes up!

Just went back and checked Ebay. Not only are that 67 and 2060 listed, but I saw a 3001 also.

All overpriced.

Docbass: A very good question. The Model 2060 is a Model 2050 with binding. The 2020, and 2050 basses were fashioned after the Model 220 and 250 guitars. The 2060 is a solid body and there is no f-hole.

You can see a brief description of the 200 Series basses here. I have absolutely no idea how many of these basses were made, but there could not have been a great number. Perhaps Kenny or John Hall could comment.

Do I recall a pic of McCartney with one of these - perhaps from the earley 70's around RRS or WL

cheers

I have little to no knowledge of most of Ric's non 4000 series basses. Bjorn's site has this listing for the 2050 Eldorado, which looks the same to me (has the binding).

Thanks guys, looks like a sweet little bass. Interesting that it was meant to be an affordable series by Ric and now folks are expecting confiscatory prices from them! I like it, but not $1,700 worth!

The 2000 series bass is nice ... it has a nice feel and sound ... but they are worth less than a 4001/4003 bass ... the reason they are more rare is they didn't sell all that well when they were new ...

A 4003/4001 looks better and sounds better than the 2000, 3000, and 4004 series basses ...

Jeff, You've never heard my horseshoe equipped 3000 or my humbucker equipped fretless 3000!

I've seen the Jetglo 2060 in person. I drove 5 hours round trip to a music shop in Chatham Ontario after I was assured it was in terrific shape. I can tell you that it's not in as good shape as they claim. Typical body wear but not mint. The main reason I passed was there was a flaw in the headstock finish near the G string tuner - it's almost like the finish is lifting. Iwasn't impressed by the bass or the seller - beware!

Dane: ... nope I haven't ... but I've played lots of basses ... active, passive, fender, musicman, Rickenbacker, hofner, warwick, schector, spector, etc ...

I just haven't found any bass that I like as well as a 4001/4003 bass ... the look and feel and sound just rules ...

Wow, thanks for the info Steve. I was thinking about this one too. I have a soft spot for binding (3 of my 4 basses have bound bodies) and this is a nice body shape. Too bad about the wear and the finish. I think many sellers on eBay are prone to understatement of the flaws in their instruments. It's common, I'm sure. By the way, how hard, or expensive would it be the fix the lifting finish on a bass?

Jeff, you are so right. I haven't found a solid body bass yet that plays as good as my 4003. I had 3 Fenders and my friend at a local music shop talked me into the 4003. Boy am I glad he did. It fits me like a glove! I've since gotten rid of the Fenders and might even buy another Ric if the right one comes along!

If the finish is indeed lifting, it will be pretty tough to fix, at least properly. To do it properly would require stripping it back to bare wood and repainting it. On an old instrument, you'd have a hard time doing spot repairs, unless you were extremely skilled and knew exactly what the finish used originally was. Even if you managed to match the color, there's no guarantee that it wouldn't show with age, which it probably would.

William - the only part of the neck that's finished is the face of the headstock (where the nameplate is) and this is where the finish flaw is. You would have to refinish the face, which shouldn't be a huge job. The price is still a bit high and this is at least the second time it's been up on Ebay.
After looking at this 2060, I found a Turquoise 2060 from a shop in the states. Here's the link http://www.abcs.com/themusicshoppe/basspage.html
They had my 2060 listed as a 2020 and they actually have a couple of 2020's on there now - you never know, there could still be a 2060 there.