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"New" '75 Ric 4001 - what color?
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PeterB
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"New" '75 Ric 4001 - what color?
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June 15, 2010, 11:25:23 PM »
Last sunday I traded my trusty Darkstar-Precision for my first ever Rickenbacker. A '75 Ric 4001 in what I thought was Burgundy. But at home I began to doubt, because it's rather more redish than I expected. I like the color very much though! It has some serious wear-and-tear, but it sounds fantastic
I dated the Ric back to January 1975 and according the available colors around that time it could only be Burgundy. Yesterday I had a short meeting with a fellow bassplayer, and he brought his '73 Ric in Burgundy. Look how different the colors are, although both to be Burgundy:
Strange.......
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ilan
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Re: "New" '75 Ric 4001 - what color?
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June 15, 2010, 11:41:05 PM »
That's Burgundy. There were many shades of this finish, from lighter reds like yours, to very dark eggplant. But they were all designated Burgundy.
Burg was a mixture of Fireglo and Jetglo. The ratio varied.
35 years of fading can have an effect too.
Congrats on your new bass! It looks great.
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Re: "New" '75 Ric 4001 - what color?
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June 16, 2010, 02:06:42 AM »
Forget the differences and enjoy the instrument for what it is... congrats...
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PeterB
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Re: "New" '75 Ric 4001 - what color?
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June 16, 2010, 02:52:22 AM »
Tnx, I'll surely enjoy it!
35 years of fading will also have an effect, but was just curious. I like the color, the bass delivers what I expected, so I'm happy!
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Denis
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June 16, 2010, 04:47:24 AM »
That's a beauty!
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gearHed289
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June 16, 2010, 07:27:02 AM »
Love burgundy. Yours looks great with the more reddish hue. I like the dark eggplant ones as well.
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jumbodbassman
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June 16, 2010, 12:40:40 PM »
my ric is from early 80's and appears darker and less transparent than both of those. not as old.....
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PeterB
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June 17, 2010, 12:52:00 AM »
Tnx! There appear so many shades of Burgundy, I'm really surprised. Your Ric look great Jim, very nice dark one.
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warriorbass05
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October 27, 2010, 08:16:28 AM »
Love Burgundy!!!! Just sold a 79 that was quite dark!!
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gearHed289
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October 27, 2010, 11:04:38 AM »
Quote from: warriorbass05 on October 27, 2010, 08:16:28 AM
Love Burgundy!!!! Just sold a 79 that was quite dark!!
What'd ya do that for? LOL! I'm sure there's some reasonable explanation....
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warriorbass05
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October 27, 2010, 05:17:39 PM »
look in the last new thread I posted and you will see why
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