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[ilan]

Another 4000 - '74 Burgundyglo

[Dave W]

Good luck!

The Bass Palace site is still up and the show schedule is current. Did the Swami sell it?

[the mojo hobo]

Now here is a funny thing about that '73 4000. I remembered seeing it somewhere in the past. And then I found it. It was sold by Swami at the now-gone Bass Palace, in Jan 2012, when it had a black overspray. I remembered the exact same crack in the pickguard. I compared the pictures for the one definite birth mark - fretboard grain. Well, as far as I can tell it's the same bass. I guess someone managed to get the black paint off the Fireglo. Also there's a mark under the MADE in the TRC - same on both pics. And the off-center cut on the E bridge saddle... it's that bass.

I entered a bid... wish me luck.

If it is indeed the same bassI think a question to the seller would be "Has it ever been refinished?" The wear on the back doesn't look natural to me.

[ilan]

1993 2050 2060 El Dorado - $1.6K BIN

[Paul Boyer]

What a beauty! But it's a 2060, not a 2050. I've PMed the seller about that.

[Dave W]

Pretty.

They could hardly sell any of these in 1993. Now they're relatively rare enough to fetch decent money.

[rockinrayduke]

Now here is a funny thing about that '73 4000. I remembered seeing it somewhere in the past. And then I found it. It was sold by Swami at the now-gone Bass Palace, in Jan 2012, when it had a black overspray. I remembered the exact same crack in the pickguard. I compared the pictures for the one definite birth mark - fretboard grain. Well, as far as I can tell it's the same bass. I guess someone managed to get the black paint off the Fireglo. Also there's a mark under the MADE in the TRC - same on both pics. And the off-center cut on the E bridge saddle... it's that bass.

I entered a bid... wish me luck.

I almost bought that 4000 from Swami at the Dallas Guitar Show in 2011. I wanted a jetglo Ric and almost handed over the money but found a jetglo '79 4001 at another booth and got that instead. I remember it because I could only find 2 Ric basses at the entire show that year. IIRC he was letting it go for 13 or 1400 then. Now that I see it in fireglo I sort of wish I'd pulled the trigger now but I love the one I wound up with.

[ilan]

And another 4000. $2.9K

[Dave W]

Nicer than today's Fireglo.

[ilan]

'72 dark AZG - $8,675 BIN

Coolest Ric ever IMHO

[Dave W]

Beautiful!

[Highlander]

+1
Bizarre translation on the notes though...

[ilan]

Two of the Grovers fell apart, glued back into place and the glue has reacted with the CV finish.

[D.M.N.]

And another 4000. $2.9K

Damn, love the grain and burst on that. Wish my 4001v63 had that burst.

[ilan]

An early 4080 - GBP 4,000 ($5K) BIN