The Rickenbacker Club! (part 2)

[sarcastro83]

Sweet Sassy Molassee... this is just pure awesome...

 

[2nd Wind]

It's not Fireglo. When I bought it the salesman called it "Tobacco Sunburst". As I've later learned there's no such official Rickenbacker color. I'm pretty sure its Walnut.

Saint Joseph by the lake. Not too far.

If it is a shiny finish, Walnut; if matte, then AutumnGlo. Oxymoron, I know.

I spend my summer weekends in South Haven. Love the lake!

 

[2nd Wind]

Looks more like the Montezuma brown which i think Rickenbacker doesnt make anymore, been looking for one of those for a while

Can't be - Monty Brown was the COY for 2003-04 only. Has to be Walnut or AutumnGlo.

 

[Obese Chess]

Sweet Sassy Molassee... this is just pure awesome...

Thanks.

 

[CaptainWampum]

I put this on layaway today.
Just need to sell my '64 Epiphone Hollowbody and she's mine.

It's a late 70's 4003, I think - might be a 4001. I don't know anything about Rickenbackers. She just kept calling to me. What a phenomenal tone. They had 2 new ones that I played, didn't even come close to how awesome this one sounded.

Congrats on having my dream bass, haha.

It's a 4001, and I think it's a 78, but I'd put the serial # in.

 

[Obese Chess]

Store listed it as a 78. So I'm thinking that's what it is.

 

[CaptainWampum]

Yeah. I'm not 100% on this, but I think 78 was one of the only years they made the black on white coloring. You're a lucky one.

 

[Obese Chess]

Yeah. I'm not 100% on this, but I think 78 was one of the only years they made the black on white coloring. You're a lucky one.

I am now exceedingly giddy.

 

[heinpete]

Congrats on having my dream bass, haha.

It's a 4001, and I think it's a 78, but I'd put the serial # in.

It is definietly NOT a '70s bass, rather early '80s and also NOT a 4001 but a 4003 earliest production series. It has the very significant split pick guard and the 7 screw tail piece. No way, it can never be a 4001 unless it was heavily modified???:scowl:

 

[Obese Chess]

It is definietly NOT a '70s bass, rather early '80s and also NOT a 4001 but a 4003 earliest production series. It has the very significant split pick guard and the 7 screw tail piece. No way, it can never be a 4001 unless it was heavily modified???:scowl:

Well tell me something good about it again

 

[12bass]

Don't think those differences are bad per se..... just not consistent with the earlier model. Still a nice bass!

 

[pringlw]

Just put the serial number into the Rickenbacker website. That will tell you when it was made. Beautiful bass BTW.

People think I'm nuts, but even though I have a fretless Rick (and a Fender Jazz) my biggest GAS at the moment is for another (fretted) Rick. As they say, GAS = "What you Have" +1

 

[heinpete]

Well tell me something good about it again

...so here you go:
- it has a more modern sound due to the high gain PUs and (suppose) the ommittance of the 0.047 mF capacitor on the bridge PU, still retaining the RIC-growl
- the neck is more stable with regular round wound string gauges and more easy to adust the truss rods(access via upper part of pick guard removed)
- the white finish will not yellow (close to urine:scowl so fast by aging as the 4001 series did.
- the early 4003 white is rather rare in comparison to the white 4001

who ever will get it might have a lot of fun!?

 

[Jaymi]

That is a mid 80's 4003. Should be a really nice thin neck and have a good beefy sound. The new ones don't have the grit that some of the 80's basses do. The serial number should begin with the letters U, V, W, X, Y, or Z. That letter represents the year, the second letter is the month and the numbers are the production #...

Like I said...I would play that bass in a HEARTBEAT!!!

 

[lowendblues]

I have one just like it, and mines a '97.

The good points, White is a discontinued finish, one that John Hall has said many times again that they will never offer again, and it has black trim and hardware, another discontinued option.

It also looks to be pretty white, finding a white Rick that has stayed white and has not "yellowed" is very hard to do.

A pretty good find in my opinion.

 

[2nd Wind]

It is definietly NOT a '70s bass, rather early '80s and also NOT a 4001 but a 4003 earliest production series. It has the very significant split pick guard and the 7 screw tail piece. No way, it can never be a 4001 unless it was heavily modified???:scowl:

I agree it is an early 4003. But I thought the .0047uF cap remained until sometime in 1986? By then the split guard was gone, so this should still have the bridge series cap in it.

Very nice bass, BTW!

 

[MaskedJackal]

Count me in. Best 21st birthday evar.

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A literal dream come true. I'm a happy boy.

 

[Chronicle]

Count me in. Best 21st birthday evar.

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A literal dream come true. I'm a happy boy.

207 mr. make chicks jealous with that shiny smooth hair.

 

[Johnnyb101]

hi

Got my first rickenbacker. its only new so I havnt had a chance to take the stickers off.

 

[EagleMoon]

hi

Got my first rickenbacker. its only new so I havnt had a chance to take the stickers off.

Nice! I have one just like it. I left the Made in America sticker on because I just like the looks of it.