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21 fret weirdo 4001 on the bay
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:36 pm
by motoryeshead
Looks like its been refinished, but in all honesty, theres something very wrong about this bass to my eyes, apart from the p/ups, plate etc. Stripey head, narrow inlays, bad refinish, is this a John Birch 4001 with added Rick TRC or something more sinister?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3764372723
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:12 pm
by rickfan60
The walnut wings appear to be stained and not real walnut. This looks to be just an abused 4001.
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:12 pm
by rickfan60
I count only 20 frets.
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:42 pm
by jaymi
it is just a bad stain job...
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 5:04 pm
by walrus
One word comes to mind....YUCK!!
Looks like it was refinished with magic markers and a can of spray varnish.
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 5:14 pm
by rickfan60
In every hacked Rick lies opportunity! This one could be cleaned up with some effort. As long as the price is low enough this could be worthy project.
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 6:00 pm
by jnbass
a Picasso!
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 6:04 pm
by jwr2
it looks like his dog pooped on it ...
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 7:30 pm
by rickfan60
...after eating a bowl of hot peppers and exlax........
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:59 pm
by motoryeshead
Oops, my bad, it is a 20 fret
Still horrid though. Needs a good refinish, there is hope for it as a restoration.
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 12:53 am
by adam_swapp
To my untrained eye, this one looks like a reasonable candidate for renovation, as the body appears to be solid (if ugly), and it looks like it may have the original tuners, TRC, and bridge. Any alterations to accommodate the neck pickup would probably be covered by the new pickguard, so that's not a great cosmetic concern. Whether it's worth it (and how much you'll pay in parts) is something I couldn't begin to answer.
I don't know a lot about the minutiae of RIC basses, but what kind of pickups would this have had originally? What's the going rate for them?
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:02 am
by henny
It's a 1976 4001
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 5:33 am
by rickfan60
This one would have had the standard button top 70's high gains. They come up on Ebay often enough. If it were my project, I would probably just get a set of modern high gains. They are a lot hotter.
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:23 pm
by jps
I have some hi gains available.