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Re: Checkerboard Binding

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Keep us posted. If I had to guess - a production 4002S and SW with skunk stripe.
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aceonbass wrote: Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:05 pm Ben, the reason I ask this question is that there are a couple of morons over at TalkBass perpetuating the idea that checkered binding is now printed on, based on an online photo of a current walnutglo 4003. Another member has shown a photo of a section of binding on his CB 4003 that he was able to scratch a little off of one checker where it turned white, supposedly proving it to be some kind of printing. I have a 4003MG CB I bought a couple of years ago, and it looks authentic to me, but after being called a "fanboy" by the Cretan that started all this, I thought I'd pose the question here. I would have contacted you directly, but all of my emails and contact info have been deleted here.

I seriously doubt that pic was even of a Rickenbacker, it looked “off”.

Was he saying it was his bass, or was it pulled off the interwebz?

My eyes glaze over when peepholes complain about stupidity.
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RIC_FACTORY wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 7:23 pm And I don't plan on using it on a certain 4000 Series kinda reissue that might be revealed within the next few months or so 8)
Any hint? A teaser? :P
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And I don't plan on using it on a certain 4000 Series kinda reissue that might be revealed within the next few months or so 8)
Yer killin' me!

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Hey, this sounds GREAT!!!! And you can call me a Tony Tiger fanboy! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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After the 4005 XC I’ve been hoping a short scale bass neck might make an appearance on a 350 body !
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4001V68!
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A V68 would be nice, but would need the checker binding, sparkly inlays, and no center stripe. I'm thinking a return of the V63.
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bassduke49 wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 10:38 am A V68 would be nice, but would need the checker binding, sparkly inlays, and no center stripe. I'm thinking a return of the V63.
That would be fantastic, indeed...
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"kinda reissue" is the important part of my post.
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Maybe making the 4005XC a standard catalog item? Maybe without the checker binding and with a reduced price? Maybe a revised 4004 lineup? Keep this up and I may have to make a third edition. :?
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Re: Checkerboard Binding

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RIC_FACTORY wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 6:40 pm "kinda reissue" is the important part of my post.

I just need a 620 in any colour but the big 3.
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RIC_FACTORY wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 7:23 pm Fun fact: The last time we actually bought the checkered binding was in 2014. Those boxes in the pic I posted? Yeah, they got here to the factory 8 years ago. I reckon we have enough of it to last another 90 years too :wink:

And I don't plan on using it on a certain 4000 Series kinda reissue that might be revealed within the next few months or so 8)
You don't? I'm confused.
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RIC_FACTORY wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 6:40 pm "kinda reissue" is the important part of my post.
I'd be happy with a V68 or a V63 with a skunk stripe!
Always loved the look of the 5 piece pegheads on the 4005's!
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Re: Checkerboard Binding

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WillyWonka wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:11 pm
aceonbass wrote: Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:05 pm Ben, the reason I ask this question is that there are a couple of morons over at TalkBass perpetuating the idea that checkered binding is now printed on, based on an online photo of a current walnutglo 4003. Another member has shown a photo of a section of binding on his CB 4003 that he was able to scratch a little off of one checker where it turned white, supposedly proving it to be some kind of printing. I have a 4003MG CB I bought a couple of years ago, and it looks authentic to me, but after being called a "fanboy" by the Cretan that started all this, I thought I'd pose the question here. I would have contacted you directly, but all of my emails and contact info have been deleted here.

I seriously doubt that pic was even of a Rickenbacker, it looked “off”.

Was he saying it was his bass, or was it pulled off the interwebz?

My eyes glaze over when peepholes complain about stupidity.
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