Hello... I just joined today

[ilan]

The Gretsch? It's a '64 Model 6070. Long scale, single pickup. Huge body, and the fattest neck you can imagine. I saw it on TV in 1993, had to have it, took me two hours to find the guy who played it on TV (thru mutual friends), only to learn that he already sold it to another guy who sold it to a third person. Nagged the owner for a year, until he broke down and agreed to trade it for another bass. He wanted a MIJ Squier J in Oly White so I went out and bought one for him.

I have it strung with Rotosound Tru Bass black nylon strings, they make it sound like the epitome of 60's bass tone.

It's a poor man's 4005WB

[uwe]

Single pup and then that far back? Sort of the antidote to an EB-2 then.

I like it though that headstock"plate" is a little an acquired taste!

[Chris P.]

Cool story about a cool bass!

Entwistle talks in his book about his Monkees Gretsch. 'It takes a gorilla to play it' or something he says. In other interviews he also talks about the huge necks. Same as your I guess....

Poor man's 4005? Wouldn't say that! Gretsches are great!

My 4005 isn't that good... Uwe's slightly better I believe.

[uwe]

My 4005 has a voice of its own, a sort of glistening presence with sufficient bass and few low mids, but frankly I do not wonder why this bass did not set the world on fire. A 4001/4003 has a much more identifiable voice. The 4005 is looks, rarity and myth.

Uwe

[hieronymous]

If there's enough interest in a separate Rick board, we can always add one. So far, there hasn't been much if anything posted.

I'm responding really late, and maybe this isn't the best place to say it, but I would love to see a dedicated Rickenbacker forum! I've got a couple of things in the works that I could post about, and I'm sure other people would jump in. The RickResource Forum is a culture of its own, and I'm not too fond of the official Rickenbacker forum...

[Dave W]

Harry, it's one of the things we've discussed recently, and it's definitely under active consideration. Thanks for the input.

[uwe]

Give the horsehoes what they want!!!