help me identity this rickenbacker

[lordziros]

I saw this last time I went to guitar villa for my lesson both me and my instructor were confused as to what kind it is exactly. Can anyone help me out

 

[StealthBanana]

It's likely a 4001 or 4003 series, not sure which.

 

[PlungerModerno]

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4001 apparently.

Somebody will know. It seems legit but I wouldn't know.

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[JimB52]

Does the headstock have walnut wings?

 

[msb]

You don't normally see a skunkstripe with that pickup and pick guard combination if it is a late 60s 4001S .

 

[lordziros]

Hopefully the owner will be there today so I can ask the 1 pic looked pretty close except for the color though

 

[Paul Boyer]

Hmm. There are some conflicting field marks there. It looks to me like a late '60s 4001S (or if it came through the U.K., then a Rose-Morris 1999 - super collectable), but the wide dark stripe is not typical at all. Note the other field marks could have been replacement parts: pickguard going all the way down to the treble pickup surround; holes to the right of the Toaster for the acrylic tug bar, Toaster and Horseshoe pickups. It could be a 4001V63 if the headstock was standard, or a 4001C64 if the headstock is reversed, but that darn wide center strip isn't normal. It could even be a Rickenfaker. Better pix would help me figure it out. I would need to see pix of the back, headstock, jackplate, and under the hood (pickguard and TRC) to determine if it is a real Rick or not. Some fakers are awfully close.

 

[PWRL]

It looks like it wants to be a C63 or C64, but I thought they didn't even come with skunk stripes. And it's missing the gap in the bridge.

 

[Paul Boyer]

Yes, it could be a V63 or C64, but shouldn't have the "skunk" (shedua) strip down the middle. Even still, the strip on this one is much wider than those usually seen in basses made between 1972 and 1982ish. Better photos should reveal all.

 

[woodyng]

Curious! It is not listed on GV's website,but my impression is it may be one of those rare dot neck fakers from Matsumoku, with RIC parts added. It's a nice looking bass,whatever it is.

 

[FrednBass]

The body has a weird shape... don't look legit

 

[johnk_10]

Hmm. There are some conflicting field marks there. It looks to me like a late '60s 4001S (or if it came through the U.K., then a Rose-Morris 1999 - super collectable), but the wide dark stripe is not typical at all. Note the other field marks could have been replacement parts: pickguard going all the way down to the treble pickup surround; holes to the right of the Toaster for the acrylic tug bar, Toaster and Horseshoe pickups. It could be a 4001V63 if the headstock was standard, or a 4001C64 if the headstock is reversed, but that darn wide center strip isn't normal. It could even be a Rickenfaker. Better pix would help me figure it out. I would need to see pix of the back, headstock, jackplate, and under the hood (pickguard and TRC) to determine if it is a real Rick or not. Some fakers are awfully close.

+1. the wide walnut stripe is making me wonder what it actually is too.

 

[paste]

hahahaha looking from a low resolution computer the lower horn of the rick looked like it was connected to the CT's upper horn

 

[lordziros]

the reason its not up on the site is it just came in last week and they take a while to update it

 

[baba]

hahahaha looking from a low resolution computer the lower horn of the rick looked like it was connected to the CT's upper horn

That's exactly the way I saw it.

 

[CnB77]

How common is it for them not to have binding? I've seen a number without, but not usually in Fireglo

 

[johnk_10]

my V63 has a dot neck, no binding and it's in fireglo:

notice that there's no walnut stripe down the center of the neck on the V63 reissue, which is the same way that my '66 4001S was.

 

[jbiscuti]

The skunk stripe was on Rick basses from 1972 'till the end of the 4001 around 1980.

 

[GM60466]

Looks like an Ibenez knock off. I could be wrong

 

[iiipopes]

If it is real, the skunk stripe is shedua, not walnut.