"New" '75 Ric 4001 - what color?

[PeterB]

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.......

[ilan]

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.

[Highlander]

Forget the differences and enjoy the instrument for what it is... congrats...

[PeterB]

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!

[Denis]

That's a beauty!

[gearHed289]

Love burgundy. Yours looks great with the more reddish hue. I like the dark eggplant ones as well.

[jumbodbassman]

my ric is from early 80's and appears darker and less transparent than both of those.  not as old.....

[PeterB]

Tnx! There appear so many shades of Burgundy, I'm really surprised. Your Ric look great Jim, very nice dark one.

[warriorbass05]

Love Burgundy!!!! Just sold a 79 that was quite dark!!

[gearHed289]

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....

[warriorbass05]

look in the last new thread I posted and you will see why