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was the 4005 ever a romo or were they imported by british groups of the time ?

Hey, Ronbo, there was the RM 3261 in 1967. It was a fully appointed (full-width triangle inlays, checker binding on the back) 4005 with an F hole instead of the slash. Have no idea how many were made. The only one I have photographed belongs to Forumite Gary Clauson:

IIRC, I have heard tell of three other Fireglo examples (all in Europe) and at least one, possibly two, Jetglo examples (there is an old clip on YouTube that shows a Jetglo in action).

The bassist in an 80s retro 60s Pop band called "The Fad" played one.

bassduke49 wrote:Hey, Ronbo, there was the RM 3261 in 1967. It was a fully appointed (full-width triangle inlays, checker binding on the back) 4005 with an F hole instead of the slash. Have no idea how many were made. The only one I have photographed belongs to Forumite Gary Clauson:

GClauson-67-RM3261web.jpg

looks cool with a f-hole ! thanx fer da pik. nice example.

....didn't one of the guys here have one a few years ago? .... Ken Swearingin(sp)?

beatlefan wrote:....didn't one of the guys here have one a few years ago? .... Ken Swearingin(sp)?

Gary got it from him IIRC.

Whaaaaa Whaaaaa I want a 4005 sooo bad

sloop_john_b wrote:

beatlefan wrote:....didn't one of the guys here have one a few years ago? .... Ken Swearingin(sp)?

Gary got it from him IIRC.

Ahhhh.....that's what I get for bein' outta the loop for a few years.....

paologregorio wrote:The bassist in an 80s retro 60s Pop band called "The Fad" played one.

Hey, that's my old friend Frank on guitar...who's also my current bandmate in The Beat Rats.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/THE-BEAT-RATS/8583688585

The bass player Martin (The Martian) gave that Jetglo 4005 to The Fad's roadie. I met the guy a couple of years ago in Philly & he still has it.

Yes, I did kind of fish around as to it's availability...but was told that "It's THE holy grail of Rickenbacker basses".

The fishing ended there...oh well.

As far as these 4005's with F holes go, I've seen two others not mentioned here...both were in Italy.

It seems a batch of "new style" guitars & basses with F holes were shipped to Italy in '67 or so.

BTW, that jetglo Fad bass has a bound F hole. My guess is that it was painted on. Has anyone seen a factory bound F hole on a Ric?

For us old timers who know there's more to this site that just the forum, here's more on The Fad bass...

http://www.rickresource.com/rrp/4005fhole.html

wints wrote:For us old timers who know there's more to this site that just the forum, here's more on The Fad bass...

http://www.rickresource.com/rrp/4005fhole.html

So, does anyone know this "John Sweeney"?

opticnerve wrote:As far as these 4005's with F holes go, I've seen two others not mentioned here...both were in Italy.

I have pictures of 2 italian Romo 4005's which I got in 2008 from the seller. I will add them to the register. One is without serial though.

[edit] I'm not sure if I am allowed to do this as these pictures where posibly not publicly available. I got them in an email.
[edit2] I emailed the person whom sent me the pictures.

I got permission to use the pictures. I added them to the registry as type 3261 and collected instruments (I can not even change the records anymore myself). Both are '67, but one of them is recognized as an '84 by the registry, but the same serial is an '67 according to the Rickenbacker service serial page. I believe the Rickenbacker site and the fact that it has FWMOP.

Just had a quick look at the new register additions, two 3261's and an Autumn Glo!!!! 4080, that's a good week.