The Rickenbacker Club! (part 2)

[elysrand]

An updated picture of my '68

Nice bass, Donne! I can see that the bridge pickup has been replaced (or at least a pickup cover addition). But is this a replacement pickguard?

The reason I ask is that does not appear to have a pair of holes for the finger-rest bar.

 

[Bubba Ghanoosh]

Been lurking TalkBass for months. I finally registered today.
Here are mine.
p.s. The center one is MID.

 

[Jaymi]

Those are killer! Especially the 4001S

 

[Bubba Ghanoosh]

Thank you!
They make me smile.

 

[zbigniew]

Been lurking TalkBass for months. I finally registered today.
Here are mine.
p.s. The center one is MID.

Wow, what great picture of great basses. Tell me what do you mean by "MID"??

Z

 

[GregShadoan]

Wow, what great picture of great basses. Tell me what do you mean by "MID"??

Z

Mid Night Blue? Some are darker than others, and may appear black (jetglo) in photos.

 

[elysrand]

The first one here is a 4003 that I have, made in 2007, and it is the newer (darker) MID:

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The older color, as shown in this circa-1995 350v63 MID (yes I also own some of those funny skinny-six string geetars! ), is a much lighter and more "metallic" blue:

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[Bubba Ghanoosh]

Hi, zbigniew. Sorry for the late reply. Yes, Midnight Blue. Mine is a March '08. I've tried many times to capture the coolness of the color, but here is the closest I could get. You can see how light and angle can affect its appearance. From the "sparkly" blue on the bottom left, to almost JetGlo-ish on the right.

Thanks for the kind words!

 

[Chronicle]

yeah MD blue is such a nice color. I still love blueburst though :]

 

[Valerus]

The first one here is a 4003 that I have, made in 2007, and it is the newer (darker) MID:

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Whoa man.

 

[elysrand]

yeah MD blue is such a nice color. I still love blueburst though :]

Me too! (BTW, that is not a scratch on the back, it is instead a reflection of the edge-banding on the case itself)

There is also a fretted 4003 BBR around here too, will see if I can find it and make some photos of it as well....

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[rcubed]

*drool*

 

[Bubba Ghanoosh]

I just checked the Rickenbacker page ([Invalid or Expired Link Removed]), and saw that Blueburst, and other Colors of the Year came out during the 10 years that I stopped playing.
Dammit!
Anyway, here's more blue Ric goodness.

p.s. Can I have a number?

 

[Chronicle]

I just checked the Rickenbacker page ([Invalid or Expired Link Removed]), and saw that Blueburst, and other Colors of the Year came out during the 10 years that I stopped playing.
Dammit!
Anyway, here's more blue Ric goodness.

p.s. Can I have a number?

195

 

[Sufenta]

Me too! (BTW, that is not a scratch on the back, it is instead a reflection of the edge-banding on the case itself)

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Looks like the fretboard came from the same tree as the flooring.

 

[elysrand]

Looks like the fretboard came from the same tree as the flooring.

Had to do SOMEthing with all the fingerboard wood that was left over...

 

[Sufenta]

Had to do SOMEthing with all the fingerboard wood that was left over...

My bad....clearly NOT a FRETboard.

 

[zbigniew]

Hi, zbigniew. Sorry for the late reply. Yes, Midnight Blue. Mine is a March '08. I've tried many times to capture the coolness of the color, but here is the closest I could get. You can see how light and angle can affect its appearance. From the "sparkly" blue on the bottom left, to almost JetGlo-ish on the right.

Thanks for the kind words!

Thanks for the reply mr. Ganoosh I wasn't aware of this new Midnight blue color - it's pretty cool. The white S-type bass is though my favorite of the three in the picture, pretty amazing

If you have time I would like to see more pictures of that one - and probably I'm not the only one who likes that.

z

 

[Jaymi]

the S basses are killer!!!

 

[Bubba Ghanoosh]

My well-used Aug '81 4001S with original tolex HSC. Bought it brand new in '82 for around $600-ish (don't remember the store). I "settled" for this one because it was the only Rickenbacker they had (I REALLY wanted a MapleGlo).

All-original, except for the tailpiece. Before the purists get huffy, the first pic shows why I swapped the RIC tailpiece for a Hipshot. Yes, I kept the original, but I don't plan on parting with my first real bass.