Cool Rics on eBay / Reverb / Craigslist

[Dave W]

Congrats. I hope it plays as good as it looks.

[eb2]

Good for you!  That is a nice looking bass.

Now, I hope the switch tip is an original.

[weekend warrior]

Should see it later this week On Friday!Cant wait to get my sweaty hands on it It should be a killer bass! I know that it has no issues what so ever so its really just a matter of setting up to my taste.I got the bass for 3K even wich is way to much to pay for a 4001 but considering its the rarer (for pre 73) jetglo and in really nice shape!i couldnt resist.even my wife was cool with it!She's a major jetglo fan.She's loves my black 66 jazz bass as well.Now ya gotta love a woman that would let her man deal out 3K for a bass on a wim like that.as for the switch tip,It is original to the bass.Why it was off and in the case i will never know.

[ilan]

as for the switch tip,It is original to the bass.Why it was off and in the case i will never know.

Maybe the previous owner took the tip off to avoid flipping the switch unintentionally when playing with a pick.

[Denis]

Congrats, she's a beauty!

[Hornisse]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1960s-Vintage-Rickenbacker-4000-4-string-bass-guitar-/260704696579?pt=Guitar&hash=item3cb335f903

Cool '67 4000.

[ilan]

Where is the horseshoe?

[warriorbass05]

Where is the horseshoe?

probably under the later cover...or it was Macca modded in the 70's

[ilan]

A '67 pickup will not work with a chrome-plated plastic cover. It needs the horseshoe magnets. It's not like the reissue pickups where the shoes are just cosmetic, aren't magnetized and can be removed). The pickup must be a newer hi-gain.

[ilan]

Nice 1972 Mapleglo -

[ilan]

'71 Glueburst with wide pickguard.

No shedua strip.

The '72 MG in the previous post also had some discoloration along the edges, possibly a reaction of the binding glue?

Anyway this one is a more serious case of glueburst. Otherwise nice and not yellowed, maybe (according to the seller) from spending most of its life in the case.

[Daniel_J]

I have seen a lot of Glueburst japanese copies before, first time I am seeing a real Ric like that.

[ilan]

I've seen Rics with varying degrees of glueburst. There is no definite answer to what causes it - here's the latest controversy between Paul Wilczynski and Dale Fortune:

http://www.rickresource.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=398761

[ilan]

Another '71 glueburst - this one has the shedua center strip and narrower pickguard. The horseshoe pickup is a reissue.

[Dave W]

I've seen Rics with varying degrees of glueburst. There is no definite answer to what causes it - here's the latest controversy between Paul Wilczynski and Dale Fortune:

http://www.rickresource.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=398761

I'll have to go with Dale on this one.