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71 4001 variations
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:28 am
by glking14
One of the other members (Ric N. Backer) asked if my pickguard was original because mine is longer between the pick ups ,I pulled off the pickguard again and closely examined to find any previous holes,there were no previous holes,which got me wondering,did the guys at Rickenbacker put on an older pickguard because they ran out of newer ones or was this a test and also what I noticed was the word FIRE was crossed out and NAT was written,started out as a fireglo ended up a mapleglo.My grovers are not the wavy ones,they're flat and has 20 frets.Does anybody knows what other varieties are out there other than the 21 frets.
Re: 71 4001 variations
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:16 pm
by BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS
your '71 does not mean it was made in '71, just means it had a '71 jackplate attached to it depending on the order received, thus the color code scratch out. could have been a late '69-early '70 piece of wood and had a later plate. the guard looks like a '68/'69. but with RIC , anything is possible. a rare bird indeed.
Re: 71 4001 variations
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:21 pm
by Lost Coyotes
The only one I own, so I can't speculate. This one is definitely all original, though.
Re: 71 4001 variations
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:36 pm
by Ric N. Backer
Lost Coyotes wrote:The only one I own, so I can't speculate. This one is definitely all original, though.
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"The ONLY one I own."
I like that.
Well, if there was just one to own, that would be it!
Very nice indeed.
Re: 71 4001 variations
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:39 am
by badeggs
Sometimes they don't have the tugbar. As in "never installed," not just removed or missing. But that might be more of a '72 thing, as they phased it out by '73.
Re: 71 4001 variations
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:44 am
by teeder
Graham,
That's pretty interesting about your guard. I agree with Ron that it was probably a '69 bass that hung around the factory.
Your's should have the flat Grovers. These were installed from early '69 to about mid '72.
What month is your '71?
Re: 71 4001 variations
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:47 pm
by glking14
Yes the grovers are flat and was made in April
Re: 71 4001 variations
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:19 pm
by teeder
Lost Coyotes wrote:The only one I own, so I can't speculate. This one is definitely all original, though.
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Mike, that looks sweet! Is that birdseye I see in there?
Re: 71 4001 variations
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:45 pm
by Lost Coyotes
Yeah buddy!
It has a little of that birdseye character...really makes me want more!
Re: 71 4001 variations
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:39 pm
by jps
I love birds eye maple.
Re: 71 4001 variations
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:09 pm
by antipodean
Birdseye? Now I have a craving for fish fingers....
Re: 71 4001 variations
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:20 pm
by cjj
Re: 71 4001 variations
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:38 pm
by antipodean
We have highly-evolved fish down under!!!!
Re: 71 4001 variations
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:20 pm
by cjj
antipodean wrote:We have highly-evolved fish down under!!!!
Hmm, evolved, or some sort of mutants?????
Re: 71 4001 variations
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:23 pm
by rickenbrother
antipodean wrote:We have highly-evolved fish down under!!!!
Keeping all the mermaids down under, Evan?!
Fish have fingers????????