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10-03-2010, 08:34 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector, Bluesman | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nashville, TN | | | 79 Rickenbacker 4001 Burgundyglo
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If you want to be a closet Cliff Burton or Paul Macca/Geddy/Chris Squire, this is the one you want....There is a lot of history in this bass and it is a real player. Early 79 Burgundyglo....try to find this color....it is difficult--ESPECIALLY at this price....
It has gone from death to life since I have had it. When I got it:
the pickups were dead---they are brand new now
all of the wiring was cooked---all rewired correctly
Bada$$ I bridge--left it because it makes the bass come alive and tightens up the sound
Original P/G was mangled---found another one very close, holes are slightly off
tuners were shot--has brand new Rickenbacker tuners on it
OG hard shell case comes with it. slight crack where the body had been routed for the bada$$....has not moved or opened.
Could use a level job on the frets and maybe a new setup since I have it tweaked for me...strings ride pretty low but buzz because that is how I play...Considering the prices of Ricks and the shape this thing is in, $1300 shipped in the CONUS
My only reason for selling, there is a Rick that I have seen before and it is available to me and I don't want it to go away again.....
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(Don't ask about the painted one...it stays here with me!!!!) |
10-03-2010, 08:43 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector, Bluesman | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nashville, TN | | | oh yeah, currently has new slinkies 45-100 on it... |
10-03-2010, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Jaymi 
(Don't ask about the painted one...it stays here with me!!!!) | Sorry, Jaymi...I ain't leavin' that out there. What's the scoop on that bizarre design/color scheme?
Free bump for a good dude and a nice Ric!
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10-04-2010, 07:24 AM
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Could an original Ric bridge be put on it without holes showing?
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10-04-2010, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Engine207 Sorry, Jaymi...I ain't leavin' that out there. What's the scoop on that bizarre design/color scheme?
Free bump for a good dude and a nice Ric! | It started life as a white Ric and the PO decided to paint it and had the top and the headstock painted with the designs and then clearcoated so it feels and looks like a factory finish. It was done very well... |
10-04-2010, 08:14 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector, Bluesman | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nashville, TN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Disco Batman Better pics?
Could an original Ric bridge be put on it without holes showing? | I will be putting some more pics up this afternoon. I believe it would be necessary to fill the hole in to not have anything show. I have done the reverse mod myself before to put it back to stock but this one sounds REALLY good this way so I left it... |
10-04-2010, 12:20 PM
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10-04-2010, 12:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | BurgundiGlo bump. I had one of these in the early 90's and stupidly traded it for a Rickenbacker 330 guitar. Burgundiglo is an amazing finish. Pictures don't do it justice. Very tempted by this myself and may have to pull the trigger if it's still here in a couple days.
Is that the original pick guard?
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10-04-2010, 05:47 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector, Bluesman | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nashville, TN | | | it is a rick pickguard but did not come on the bass, I had to search it because the one it came with was aftermarket when I got it. |
10-04-2010, 07:48 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector, Bluesman | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nashville, TN | | | There is no separation of the neck/fretboard.
the pickups even out on volume
No neck twist and it is close to Rick specs
It has fret buzz because that is how I set it up, it is part of my sound
I have not checked for dead spots.
Serial number is SA (Jan of 79) |
10-05-2010, 09:31 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector, Bluesman | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nashville, TN | | | TTT Good morning! |
10-05-2010, 10:23 AM
|  | May The FORCE Be With YOU | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Middle Tennessee | | Jaymi, were is the General Lee???? Good God man, have you no sense of pride? Fix that Avatar 
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10-05-2010, 10:50 AM
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10-05-2010, 12:11 PM
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10-05-2010, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by TheEmptyCell Man, if I only had the money, this would be an excellent first Rick, it seems like. | +1
Jaymi, that color combo is excellent. If I had the coin to part with, I'd make it mine, leave the BadAss I, and cut me a new, black pickguard for the surrounds like this one: 
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10-05-2010, 01:50 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector, Bluesman | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nashville, TN | | | I thought about it but I have a chance to get one that got away and don't want to do that again.. |
10-06-2010, 11:39 AM
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10-06-2010, 07:14 PM
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10-07-2010, 07:39 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector, Bluesman | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nashville, TN | | | ON HOLD |
10-19-2010, 12:13 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector, Bluesman | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nashville, TN | | | SOLD...on its way to FLA!!!!! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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