The Rickenbacker Club Part Seven

[thiocyclist]

Roto steels are higher tension compared to other steels. Not sure about nickels.

[Duke21]

Originally Posted by 2nd Wind

I wonder how much Pete paid the camera person - we see a lot of him in that video. LOLOLOL

Actually the camera man of Transatlantic tent to film all the members, so Pete gets a nice coverage of TV time on the Transatlantic DVD's!

[A-Step-Towards]

Is $2300 for a 4001C64S a good deal? its in nice shape with case.

[woodyng]

That's a fairly good price,these seem to be very desirable basses. I got to sample one,and it was a honey! Just beware the older style bridges on these are supposedly more prone to the "lifting" tendency. People seem to be evenly divided about the look of the reverse headstock. (I'm on the "con" side,myself) I would compare the prices for V63 models,which i think tend to be a bit less than this. ($1800-2000)
Edit:just saw a v63 on the bay for an even higher price,although i doubt it will go for that...bottom line,the "s" series seem to command a pretty good price,and these models have the better (imo) pickups,as well as the nice unbound contours,and are relatively rare,especially since they're not currently being produced.

[2nd Wind]

Originally Posted by A-Step-Towards

Is $2300 for a 4001C64S a good deal? its in nice shape with case.

I think it is. That seems very low. Check it over but they are a honey as Woody said.

[thiocyclist]

Originally Posted by A-Step-Towards

Is $2300 for a 4001C64S a good deal? its in nice shape with case.

If you are in love with the features. Otherwise a 4003 is a better deal. The satin finish of the C64S is kind of cool.

[A-Step-Towards]

I talked to him and its pretty clean , he was willing to even negotiate off that price a bit.

I have a beautiful mapleglo 4003 from 2011, so its not like I am really looking to replace it just have a "buddy" for it

[2nd Wind]

Originally Posted by A-Step-Towards

I talked to him and its pretty clean , he was willing to even negotiate off that price a bit.

I have a beautiful mapleglo 4003 from 2011, so its not like I am really looking to replace it just have a "buddy" for it

No need to justify. LOL

[Jeff Scott]

Originally Posted by A-Step-Towards

I have a beautiful mapleglo 4003 from 2011, so its not like I am really looking to replace it just have a "buddy" for it

That's the right attitude!

[Coolhandjjl]

Originally Posted by A-Step-Towards

Is $2300 for a 4001C64S a good deal? its in nice shape with case.

The Rick Resource Forum has the Rick Register that lists high, low and median prices for every model.

[woodyng]

If you already have a 4003,this still would make an excellent "alternate" Ric to have. It is so different to the 4003 in many respects,but the familarity is still there....

[sloppy_phil]

A-step- Little known fact, but when Moses returned from Mount Sinai, accidentally dropping and breaking the tablet containing Commandments 11-15*, one of them read (roughly translated from the original Aramaic):

Thou shalt acquire more Rickenbackers


*see: Brooks, Mel, "History of the World, pt. I" for full citation

Originally Posted by kcole4001

Pretty cool, huh?
I would get that with my FireGlo 4000 under normal stage lights.
The red would turn green, greyish, sea green, and bright orange depending on the colour of the lighting.
Midnight Blue goes from black to purple to bright electric blue at times.

hmmm, i had heard it was only the jetglos that would do that, but apparently I was misinformed. must be the finish they use. I didn't see any orange, although that may have been too much for my poor brain to register at the time, anyways!

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Originally Posted by sloppy_phil

A-step- Little known fact, but when Moses returned from Mount Sinai, accidentally dropping and breaking the tablet containing Commandments 11-15*, one of them read (roughly translated from the original Aramaic):

Thou shalt acquire more Rickenbackers


*see: Brooks, Mel, "History of the World, pt. I" for full citation

I saw that movie when I was a teenager, back in 1983. It was a smash hit in my town at the time and it made me laugh a lot back then, but I felt sad when I didn't find it that funny after watching it again more than 20 years later.

[mccartneyman]

Originally Posted by A-Step-Towards

Is $2300 for a 4001C64S a good deal? its in nice shape with case.

I just paid $2250 for a fireglo 4001C64, so I think the price is fair. I've seen them as high as $3000 but never much lower that $2300. I love the dot markers, lack of binding and the reverse headstock. Note that the tuning machine also are reverse, so your first instinct in tuning will be backwards. But my '59 P bass also had the reverse gears and you get used to it.

[Kopfjaeger]

Originally Posted by A-Step-Towards

Does anyone on this forum own a 4002? I searched the classifieds it looks like none have ever been listed for sale here.

Oh and also does anyone know how many were made roughly?

Here is mine. i actually own two. This one and another project 4002 produced in 1977. It's a bit rough but it will be a diamond next year when Larry Davis gets finished with it.

The 4002 is a beast! It growls with authority and with little effort. Huge tone and a neck that fells like it was made for my hands. This Walnut is the best sounding bass I own and have ever played.

Sepp

[CrashAlpha]

Somewhere in the pic is my 2004 4003 - do I get a number? Any extra points for the cute Rottie?

[Duke21]

Originally Posted by Kopfjaeger

Here is mine. i actually own two. This one and another project 4002 produced in 1977. It's a bit rough but it will be a diamond next year when Larry Davis gets finished with it.

The 4002 is a beast! It growls with authority and with little effort. Huge tone and a neck that fells like it was made for my hands. This Walnut is the best sounding bass I own and have ever played.

Sepp

The pup position, almost like a Jazz!?

[A-Step-Towards]

Saw this for $1999.99 at guitar centers used site, I am tracking down a 4004 currently so not my thing but seems like a good deal.


Manchester, Connecticut 06040
860-648-3900

[Duke21]

Originally Posted by A-Step-Towards

Saw this for $1999.99 at guitar centers used site, I am tracking down a 4004 currently so not my thing but seems like a good deal.


Manchester, Connecticut 06040
860-648-3900

If you do not want this one buy it for me!!

[Duke21]

Is this a Ric or a very good looking copy?
Does anybody knows anything about this one?




Edit: i found out, it is a copy, from the 70's.