1963 Rickenbacker Fireglo 4001

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Sun May 22, 2011 8:51 pm

Scarce as hell. Ask Ted. A GREAT playing bass. Sounds incredible! This one is coming up in July at the Valley Forge Guitar Show:

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Sun May 22, 2011 9:52 pm

Excellent example, Mike! Do you get to play these great basses?

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Sun May 22, 2011 9:54 pm

Fortunately, yes! Don't have time to get thru all of them.

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Sun May 22, 2011 9:54 pm

mgauction wrote:Fortunately, yes, Scott! Don't have time to get thru all of them.

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Sun May 22, 2011 10:51 pm

Nice job perk!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sun May 22, 2011 10:59 pm

That's a sweet one!

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Mon May 23, 2011 7:53 am

Sweet. Odd placement of the tug bar...

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Mon May 23, 2011 11:17 am

Yes, Ilan. That's exactly what Ted Staberow said. Do you think this might have happened in the manufacturing?

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Mon May 23, 2011 11:25 am

My vote is that it could have come from the factory that way. The pick guard would have to be removed for a definitive answer.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Mon May 23, 2011 1:57 pm

Is that Ted's bass?

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Mon May 23, 2011 2:07 pm

No. It is the only other '63 I know of though.

Ontario_RIC_fan · Post by **Ontario_RIC_fan** » Mon May 23, 2011 3:34 pm

I wonder what the Serial number is?

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Mon May 23, 2011 3:51 pm

mgauction wrote:No. It is the only other '63 I know of though.

Here's another '63 Mike

MaplegloMatt · Post by **MaplegloMatt** » Mon May 23, 2011 5:53 pm

What a beautiful bass, I don't want to hijack this thread but......now that the C series are discontinued, think how easy it'd be for RIC to put out a bass (very much) like that by using the current 4003. It'd have all the coolness of the early basses and would hardly disrupt current production. Maybe if we ask nicely?

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon May 23, 2011 7:51 pm

This is Ted's:

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