Rickenbacker

[Walbassman]

I am on the hunt for a 4004 cheyenne 1...the early one with the pickup close to the neck, in the walnut finish. I am refin'ing one of my 4001's because it came to me stripped. It will have the union-jack on the front and on the headstock. I am going to call it "Union-Jack-Glo"...hats off to you all in the UK....

 

[AnTz0r]

lol that would be ugly ^^

if youre so british, why not paint it black?

 

[B'Aces High]

I am on the hunt for a 4004 cheyenne 1...the early one with the pickup close to the neck, in the walnut finish. I am refin'ing one of my 4001's because it came to me stripped. It will have the union-jack on the front and on the headstock. I am going to call it "Union-Jack-Glo"...hats off to you all in the UK....

Good luck..i too have an eye out for a CI. Those were hella nice basses..too bad they were discontinued.

Looking forward to seeing your project by the way...sounds cool.

 

[bryan bailey]

Hmm, if I were to get a Ric 4003 in Jetglo, what's the street price for one of those?

MF doesn't give prices for them.

Are they more expensive than they should be?

Just curious.

 

[B'Aces High]

Hmm, if I were to get a Ric 4003 in Jetglo, what's the street price for one of those?

MF doesn't give prices for them.

Are they more expensive than they should be?

Just curious.

Music 123 sells em about 985$
Ricpage 995$
PickoftheRicks about 1000$ if i remember correctly
And i believe American Musical 990$ last i checked
Elderly sells them about 1040$

As you can see..its quite easy in the States to get one for about 1000$ new.

 

[Walbassman]

but you can get a used jetglo 4003 off ebay or used for about 850-900 in great shape.

 

[AnTz0r]

in the states you can if youre lucky.

but ricpage and pickofthericks regularly sell GC ric's for around 800 dollar, they are your best bet i think. far better service then ebay

 

[duncbass]

I switched to this bridge in the early 80's sometime on my 4000. Anyone know what brand it is?

 

[Walbassman]

I switched to this bridge in the early 80's sometime on my 4000. Anyone know what brand it is?

That looks like an allparts bridge? I have a 4000 just like that....

 

[duncbass]

I checked their site. They have what appears to be a nicer replacement. Mine is from the early 80's. And it's a 75 Rick. I bet mine is more beat up than yours.

And another Wal player with a Ric 4000. That's gotta be rare.

 

[Walbassman]

my 4000 is a 73...I think I want another one.

 

[Arthur U. Poon]

I switched to this bridge in the early 80's sometime on my 4000. Anyone know what brand it is?

Or may also be a Stars Guitars bridge.

 

[Walbassman]

I checked their site. They have what appears to be a nicer replacement. Mine is from the early 80's. And it's a 75 Rick. I bet mine is more beat up than yours.

And another Wal player with a Ric 4000. That's gotta be rare.

Ya think???

 

[AstralTraveler]

hmm, I've always heard that Digital Man was a Jazz. Doesn't sound very Ricky to me anyway.

 

[Walbassman]

Digital man is a jazz. Listen to Chemistry, that is the Rick.

 

[00soul]

sorry to bring this thread back from the dead, but here are the pics of my month old-ish 4003

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[HeavyDuty]

This thread has come to life after hibernation several times now - no apologies needed!

 

[Turlu]

This thread will never die !

Nice Rick my friend !!!

 

[Walbassman]

There is nothing wrong with a killer Ric!! I recently acquired 2 candy apple red basses (in Ric terms, RUBY red basses with black trim) pics to follow..

 

[Fealach]

Nice looking bass. I do like the look of them, but...

Seems to me that back in "the day" Ricks were WAY ahead of their time, advanced construction, great access to all frets, etc. Made some really adventurous models for a while, but ultimately became stuck producing basically the same bass for a very long time now. Some few changes along the way, attempts at more modern models that really to me just lost what made the old Rics great, rather than building on it.

I'd love to see a 24 fret Ric. An active Ric. A fretless Ric without dots on the 'board - dots look real silly on a fretless. Not a fan of dots in general, I'd have bought a five and/or an 8 if they had the sharkfin inlays, or even no inlays. When they have something as cool as the Lemmy bass - make more than 50 of them!!! Seems like they only want to appeal to people who are looking for a new "vintage" bass. This could, and should, be done without discontinuing the 4003.