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Need help Id'ing Rickenbacker bass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 4:52 pm
by Kopfjaeger
HELP!! I find myself in need of a bit of assistance!!
Can anyone help me ID this bass?
it looks like a Rickenbacker and the TRC says it's a Rickenbacker but it has many differences that are throwing me for a loop?
It has 4001 characteristics but a 4001 on steroids. Is it a "Fakenbacker"??? If so, is it worth "picking up"?
It sounds awesome and feels like it was made for me. Please let me know what you think.
Thanks in advance!
Sepp
Nice figuring, huh??
"Skunk" stripe
?????
The money shot!!
Re: Need help Id'ing Rickenbacker bass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:01 pm
by ilan
Re: Need help Id'ing Rickenbacker bass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:05 pm
by Kopfjaeger
Oooops, I forgot one.
Sepp
Re: Need help Id'ing Rickenbacker bass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:07 pm
by jps
I'll give you $100 for it right now, sight unseen, so long as you can verify it is all original.
Re: Need help Id'ing Rickenbacker bass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:08 pm
by cjj
Re: Need help Id'ing Rickenbacker bass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:13 pm
by rickenbrother
It looks just like one I've played a few times. Congrats Sepp!
Re: Need help Id'ing Rickenbacker bass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:48 pm
by Kopfjaeger
Thanks all!! Just a little good natured humor!! Of course I know what it is. I was very privileged to add this awesome specimen to my stable. I've been pondering this particular acquisition since march!! I got cold feet and backer out but I thought about it nearly everyday since then. I was in a better financial position several weeks ago after emailing the owner, we decided to use Pick of the Ric's as a "meeting" place. In all honesty, It was love at first sight!! When I picked it up and plugged it into Chris' Ampeg stack, I was smitten by the tone it put out and ease at which it played. It growls harder than any Rickenbacker I have ever played and the neck..... Man, it is fast as hell!!
Thanks Dave, my new bestest friend,
and thanks Chris, for all your help!!
Sepp
Re: Need help Id'ing Rickenbacker bass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:58 pm
by cjj
Re: Need help Id'ing Rickenbacker bass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:02 pm
by Kopfjaeger
CJ, when I'm playing her, I'M the fake!!
It's an entirely new ball game playing this bass. The pups capture everything, good and bad. I need to clean my technique a bit when I play her.
Sepp
Re: Need help Id'ing Rickenbacker bass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:29 pm
by Lefty4003S8
WOW!!!! What a lucky man you are!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!
How and where did you find it????????
Lefty4003s8
Do not drink from the toilet when taking Lyrica
Re: Need help Id'ing Rickenbacker bass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:59 pm
by Kopfjaeger
Lefty4003S8 wrote:WOW!!!! What a lucky man you are!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!
How and where did you find it????????
Lefty4003s8
Do not drink from the toilet when taking Lyrica
Greg,
A forum member owned her and she was well cared for and loved! I'm told for quite some time she was his "go to" bass and has been gigged often but she is showroom new looking. She has been refinished by Dale Fortune but I don't know when.
I am a lucky man, indeed!
Sepp
Re: Need help Id'ing Rickenbacker bass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:04 pm
by bassduke49
That one is featured prominently in the book. Congrats!
Re: Need help Id'ing Rickenbacker bass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:11 pm
by Kopfjaeger
bassduke49 wrote:That one is featured prominently in the book. Congrats!
NICE!! So that makes two of the basses I own in your book!
Sepp
Re: Need help Id'ing Rickenbacker bass
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:29 pm
by jps
Kopfjaeger wrote:bassduke49 wrote:That one is featured prominently in the book. Congrats!
NICE!! So that makes two of the basses I own in your book!
Sepp
That just means you have to buy more books.
Re: Need help Id'ing Rickenbacker bass
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:02 pm
by coolingitdown
Congrats, Sept! That is a beautiful bass, and I'm pretty sure most of the bassists on the forum are quite envious right now. I know I am!
