The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Rickenbacker Basses => Topic started by: weekend warrior on December 28, 2010, 11:57:43 PM
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Just got a 72 Burgandy turned eggplant glo today.I believe it was another fellow outposters bass at one time.Its a beautiful bass.A fantastic and perfect Dale Fortune refret!The neck is absolutly outstanding!Pencil thin and dead perfect straight.The electronics were all boogered up.The bridge pickup was the only one working when i plugged it in.I had to completly rewire the whole bass.Working perfectly now.Pics forthcoming :mrgreen:
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Just in case you haven't already been informed, unwritten forum rules state "no pic, then it didn't happen" ;)
Just thought I'd get in before Kenny ;D
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(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss305/sqwelchbass/72eggplant010.jpg)(http://)
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(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss305/sqwelchbass/72eggplant013.jpg)(http://)
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Great colour. Looks like a beautiful player.
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Thanks! Yeah, It plays like butter man ;D Gotta love it.Dale also built the bridge pickup for this bass as well.Correct aluminum baseplate and screw pole pieces.4003 cutaway pickup surround for nice low action.The color is very cool!!!
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The color is very cool!!!
Officially this is supposed to be Burgundy, isn't it?
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Just thought I'd get in before Kenny ;D
Damn... ruined all my fun (shame about the ashes... :vader:) ;D
Nice...
Have we had a family shot yet...?
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Damn... ruined all my fun (shame about the ashes... :vader:) ;D
LOL, retained fair and square by a better team 8)
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8) Scha Wheat! The factory color code for this was known as "Burgundglo"
At the factory we ended and called every color: glo, meaning gloss. Jetglo, Fireglo, Mapleglo, Azureglo etc. The Azureglo color was taken from a 1968 VW color chart.
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Awesome bass! Love that color.
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i'd like to know just how many were done with this batch of Burgandy paint.Ive seen a couple others that turned eggplant like this.I think there is also a 21 fretter that was shot with this batch of paint during the same time.Dale might know ;)
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Burg varies from relatively light see-thru red to some very dark purplish red. I guess it all depends on who worked at the paint booth on which day.
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Ive only seen Burgandy glo this color in the very early 70's though.Ive never seen burgandy this color after 72-73
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The Azureglo color was taken from a 1968 VW color chart.
(http://media.motortopia.com/files/18917/vehicle/4a189589470ab/Ghia_-_5-16-09_b.jpg)
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(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/58/160355452_85b5004dda_z.jpg)
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seeblau it is.
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glad you finally got it...I was wondering....rewire is nothing....
oh yeah, my 65 VW bus is velvet green...don't think it made it to a Rick though!
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Played the burgandy almost every set last night.What a great bass! The bridge that Dale built sounds fantastic! I havent put it on ameteryet but my guess is its between 7.5 to 8k it matches the toaster in output perfectly.The tone has a nice midbass growl without the clickity clack when you dig on it.Magic! :mrgreen:
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(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss305/sqwelchbass/72eggplant014.jpg)(http://[IMG]http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss305/sqwelchbass/72eggplant013.jpg)(http://[IMG]http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss305/sqwelchbass/72eggplant010.jpg)
Nice! I think Hornisse had an Eggplant 4001 also.
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I believe that is my old one! I bought it at a pawn shop here in Austin where the electronics were really messed up. It had a Gibson Marauder guitar pickup in the treble position. I bought a pickup from a Ric Forum member in Spain or Portugal. Sent everything to Dale and he did the refret refin on the fretboard and polished her up and wired the new pickup in for me. It looked and sounded great. Glad it is gigging again! Last I knew it was with a collector up in the Northeast.
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Yep.This was your old bass!I got it from a guy in MA.I actually figured out it was yours before i went after it.I PM'ed you about this bass before i bought it but never got a reply.Its a killer bass! Very user friendly tone.
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This was my April 73 Eggplant Burgundyglo 4001 (MD1582). It was stolen four years ago.
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr347/Thornton_Davis/Dscf0025.jpg)
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr347/Thornton_Davis/Dscf0034.jpg)
It was stock except for the horseshoe bridge p/u that I installed in it when the original bridge p/u died.
TD
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Thats a bummer that your bass was stolen man :-[
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Yep.This was your old bass!I got it from a guy in MA.I actually figured out it was yours before i went after it.I PM'ed you about this bass before i bought it but never got a reply.Its a killer bass! Very user friendly tone.
Doh! (8^(I) Shows you how often I look at my messages! I can't remember the collector guy's name but I remember he paid a bunch of $$ for a 21 fretter several years back. Wish I still had mine that I bought in the late 1990's for $500.
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You had a 21 fretter :o Those are worth serious cheese!
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(http://i55.tinypic.com/30cyn7r.jpg)
It was pretty beat. This is the only photo I have of it. Had a changed treble pickup and tuners. Needed to be restored but I sold it to Daryl Jones (Lowdbass) who in turn sold it to Bob Hynoski (Swami). I tried to buy it back from Swami but it was long gone. It was a January '71 bass. Had a sound all its own due to the different positions (slightly) of the pickups because the bridge was moved forward 1/2 inch or so.
Here is your bass as it was when I got it home. Looks much nicer now!
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That was a cool bass!Having the bridge moved forward on the 21 fretter probably gave it a little more mid growl like a jazz.Very cool my friend 8)
Yeah the burgandy looks nothing like it did when you first got it.Dale did an outstanding job on that bass!The fact he was able to save the original finish is nothing short of amazing!He told me he had the original bridge rechromed as well.It was seriously screwed up electronically when i got it.The bridge pickup was the only one that worked.I got a 4001 wiring diagram and rewired it swapping the cut cap for a straight lead.It sounds amazing.In fact better than all my other ricks!Dales fretwork is nothing short of masterwork!It plays like butter!One things for sure though,That bass has been around the block in its life 8)
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Having the bridge moved forward on the 21 fretter probably gave it a little more mid growl like a jazz.
On a 21 fretter (with a 1/2 inch spacing), the neck pickup is located in relation to the string's natural harmonics like on any post-75 4001 or 4003 with a 1" spacing. The mid growl must be from the bridge pickup.
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With both pickups on I could get that "Starship Trooper" tone.
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This was my April 73 Eggplant Burgundyglo 4001 (MD1582). It was stolen four years ago.
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr347/Thornton_Davis/Dscf0025.jpg)
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr347/Thornton_Davis/Dscf0034.jpg)
It was stock except for the horseshoe bridge p/u that I installed in it when the original bridge p/u died.
TD
The headstock looks a very unusual shape, something that the owner of your stolen goods would not be able to hide.
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(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss305/sqwelchbass/72eggplant013.jpg)(http://)
Congratulations again, ww! Beautiful
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Thanks aloy man :)She plays just as good as she looks :mrgreen: