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Rickenbacker 4005 lightshow
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:06 pm
by Wickedbacker
Anyone ever seen one of these before??
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=d7j_6XM1woQ
It doesn't come in until near the end, but it's pretty interesting. Anyone here in the video? Or have another one of these basses? I can't imagine very many being made.
Re: Rickenbacker 4005 lightshow
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:54 pm
by kennyhowes
Link not working.
Re: Rickenbacker 4005 lightshow
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:12 pm
by Wickedbacker
Ah, sorry. It's a mobile link. Try
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7j_6XM1woQ
You could also search 'rickenbacker 4005' on YouTube.
Re: Rickenbacker 4005 lightshow
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:05 pm
by bassduke49
Thanks. We have seen this one before, a collector or two in Japan who have these rare instruments. Not many people have seen the 4005LS bass in the flesh, as supposedly there were only five made!
Re: Rickenbacker 4005 lightshow
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:25 pm
by Wickedbacker
Wow. Pretty amazing. I couldn't tell from the darkness, but because of the electrics and wiring, did they just do away with the whole semi-hollow feature or just the hole/opening?
Re: Rickenbacker 4005 lightshow
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:19 pm
by jps
bassduke49 wrote:Not many people have seen the 4005LS bass in the flesh, as supposedly there were only five made!
Maybe I should do that to my 4005WB.
Re: Rickenbacker 4005 lightshow
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:46 pm
by marc61
jps wrote:bassduke49 wrote:Not many people have seen the 4005LS bass in the flesh, as supposedly there were only five made!
Maybe I should do that to my 4005WB.
I have that ice-y penguin toy I can send you to use as the light circuit
Re: Rickenbacker 4005 lightshow
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:26 pm
by jps
That's a start!
Re: Rickenbacker 4005 lightshow
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:30 pm
by aceonbass
How 'bout replacing those aftermarket tuners on your 4005 with the RIC vintage reverse tuners you bought two years ago first
Re: Rickenbacker 4005 lightshow
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:06 am
by jps
I know! I will probably wait till I do a full restoration on it.
Re: Rickenbacker 4005 lightshow
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:40 am
by sloop_john_b
jps wrote:I know! I will probably wait till I do a full restoration on it.
Refin?
Re: Rickenbacker 4005 lightshow
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:33 am
by aceonbass
Sounds like something you do to fish.
Re: Rickenbacker 4005 lightshow
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:01 am
by ilan
No offense please.... I think it's lame. You say they made five? that's four too many.
Re: Rickenbacker 4005 lightshow
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:29 am
by T.A.R.
Kind of strange, only five made wow.
Re: Rickenbacker 4005 lightshow
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 6:07 am
by aceonbass
Hmmm. How can calling something RIC made in very limited numbers "lame" not be offensive to someone...whether if be RIC or just people who think 4005 LS's are cool?