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Gorgeous Walnut 4001, double bound (inner white, outer black), black TRC and guard.

Looks a lot like the Walnut 4002 prototype on the Smith book (p.211).

Tons of close-up pics on the auction page (Olivia's Vintage)

That is a Walnut 4001 with B/W laminated binding. Rickenbacker produced a few like that over the years. That is one is particularly good looking.

Yes but what about the non-stamped jack plate? That got me thinking this could be some sort of a test instrument. That and the beveled edge guard. I know these could be aftermarket parts but the 4002 did have a beveled edge guard. And the TRC looks like Plexi with beveled edge... What do you think?

Anyway, if I had a Walnut 4001, I'd be packing it as I type this to send to Paul W for a double binding job...

IIRC, the bass in the Smith book has walnut headstock wings, checker binding, and and the pickguard is black-white-black laminated.

Ilan, if you dig deeper in the multitude of photos Olivia always provides, there's a shot of the original jack plate, with PC as the date code. It was kind of scratched up, so the previous owner likely wanted to spif it up a bit. The tailpiece looks new, too. The TRC is definitely Plexi and it looks as though the edges were sanded/buffed. I think a B/W laminated pickguard would mirror the binding nicely.

You can read more about it here, back when you could have bought it from Bryce for $1899. The blank jack plate is supposedly the original one, the PC one is a replacement.

http://rickresource.com/forum/viewtopic ... 01#p531889

I was checking that one out. Pricey but pretty..which I guess makes it pretty pricey

cjj wrote:You can read more about it here, back when you could have bought it from Bryce for $1899.

If I had only seen it!!!

That's my fault for never checking any forum here other than Ric Basses - the bookmark goes directly here.

If I could get it for $1,899 I would definitely make the effort.

ilan wrote:If I had only seen it!!!

That's my fault for never checking any forum here other than Ric Basses...

You may surprised to find what else is happening around here, Ilan! I peruse all the sections.

I still like the case!

that''s it guys...rub it in...

it was a hastey sale, i should have sold something else...one of the '73 FGs.

i bought the bass from the original owner, he had a friend from Ric that helped him put the finish package together.

i'm not sure how it skipped a serial # - pssibly due to the shop worker passing it off directly to his friend?

in any case, it is a beauty and unfortunately suffered some finish checking en route from the temperate states to the -30 Canadian winter. yes - i kept it packed for 48hours, but JH confirmed that checking can occure to a boxed/sealed instrument.

Well, one day when RIC re-introduces Color of the Year, I hope one of them will be Amber Walnut with figured maple tops, double binding, black plastic and chrome hardware. Just like that one.

Then I'm going to flip out.

I usually don't care for black binding, but this bass looks great!

Bryce, do you know if the bass came from the factory with beveled edges on the pickguard and TRC?

ilan wrote:Bryce, do you know if the bass came from the factory with beveled edges on the pickguard and TRC?

i can't confirm that, sorry.