Rick's Fine '52

[quote name='BassBod' timestamp='1426378178' post='2717556'] I've heard tales of early stack knobs with ash bodies and two-tone sunbursts, but I don't think I've ever seen a photo of one. [/quote] Yeah, thats just the 3-tone of that era, here's a pic of the back, showing the red unfaded, and if you look under the control plate, the red is still unfaded also; http://[url="http://s208.photobucket.com/user/rosesguitar_2007/media/pots_zpstxglqley.jpg.html"][/url]

[quote name='BassBod' timestamp='1426347028' post='2717193'] Interesting - very different sunbursts and plate colours. How much is due to exposure to light, and how much was originally the same...any thoughts? [/quote] the guards are the same, thats just the photo. The bursts though are very different. Both are 3 tone, during late '59 to late '60, the vast majority of fenders appear 2-tone, across all models, after this period, the red is far more accentuated, and lasts. The body on the bottom one is 8/60 (there are many stacker jazz bodies with this date, which was the first batch, the top one is early 61. I'll try and get a pic of the back of the '60, And front from a different angle, so you can see the 3-tone. Search on gbase for Fender between 1959 and 1960, and you'll see what i mean.

Here's my two 61's, together; http://[url="http://s208.photobucket.com/user/rosesguitar_2007/media/91e88eb2-6648-4b4f-819f-117fae7c107e_zpsnhvnu3wg.jpg.html"][/url]

Rory bought a pedal from me, prompt payment and comms, all good here. Rick

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1422375210' post='2671847'] Oh and to add that stack knob jazz is awesome and my fav in the vid. [/quote] Now sitting in my rack, and it is indeed awesome!

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1422360061' post='2671523'] Cool and i like/love fender basses... But found it a bit boring just pulling out the same old fender p's and jazz basses. The same basses over and over again really. [/quote] Considering the guy was showing us a quick snapsot of some of the different early Fender Basses in the collection, what would you expect? He showed us the different evolutionary models of P bass, including a possible one-off custom colour '58, with matching headstock. Same with J's, rare stack knob and some great custom colour examples shown. Would be nice to have an extended verion of the vid, showing them being played,and comparing the tones etc, but I thought it was a nice little watch. Considering that Fender only made 2 pre-CBS basses (I wont include the bass vi for purposes of this discussion), a Jazz and Precision, what else could he show you, other than fine examples of rare models, which he did. There is a whole series of other video's showing other stuff they have, and newer bits, hollow bodies, solid bodies etc. I respect your opinion, just curious as to what you would have liked him to show?

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1422362864' post='2671579'] Perhaps my thread title was a bit OTT... "Rickenbacker reissue old bass (very similiar to current standard)" probably would have been more appropriate. [/quote] Fixed.

[quote name='Who's Who' timestamp='1422344827' post='2671304'] So was there more than one model of the 4005. When I google images of the bass, some have no binding, with rounder edges and triangle fret markers. But some have binding, back and front, and dot fret markers? [/quote] Here ya go, there were apparently some 6 string versions (4005/6), although i've never seen one, and they were basically baritone guitars like the Fender VI, but here's the basses;; [b][u][url="http://www.rickresource.com/rrp/burgundyglo4005.html"][color=#660000]4005[/color][/url][/u][/b] [b]This bass is a hollow body model. Features: Offset double cut semi-hollow away body similar styling to 1965 model 360-375 guitar, single bound edge on the back of the body, unbound rounded front edge, bound cat's eye soundhole, teardrop shaped pickguard, clear plastic finger rest, large crushed pearl triangle inlays, 2 toaster pickups, R tailpiece, 2 volume/2 tone/mix controls. Available only in Fireglo and Mapleglo finishes. 1965 - Introduced 1969 - Headstock shortened 1970 - Colorglo finishes available 1972 - High gain pickups replaced toaster pickups 1973 - Single color (white or black) binding replaced block body binding 1973 - Smaller pearloid inlays replaced crushed pearl large triangle inlays 1974 - Gap in center raised lip of bridge eliminated 1984 - Discontinued[/b] [url="http://www.rickresource.com/rrp/burgundyglo4005.html"][color=#660000][b]4005[/b][/color][/url]S [b]This bass is also known as Rose Morris European export model "3261". Features: Hollow unbound double cut away body similar to model 360 guitar, R tailpiece. Available only in Fireglo and Mapleglo finishes. Un-bound F-Hole sound hole. 1965 - Introduced 1969 - Discontinued [url="http://www.rickresource.com/rrp/4005WB75.html"][color=#660000][size=5]4005WB or 4005OS[/size][/color][/url] This bass is the double-bound version of the 4005 model. Originally this model was called 4005 OS. Bound Cat’s eye soundhole Features: Hollow double bound double cut away body similar to model 360 guitar, R tailpiece. Available only in Fireglo and Mapleglo finishes. 1966 - Introduced 1984 - Discontinued[/b] [b][url="http://www.rickresource.com/rrp/4005lightshow.html"][color=#660000][size=5]4005 LS "Lightshow"[/size][/color][/url] This bass is a special multi-colored light version of the 4005. It is the companion to the 331 model light show guitar. This was a special order item. Catseye soundhole. Features: (1968?) - Introduced (1968?) - Discontinued [/b] [b]4005/8[/b] [b]This bass is the eight-string version of the 4005 model. Features: The headstock was elongated in order to accommodate the 8 tuning machines. 1967 - Introduced 1984 - Discontinued [/b]

[quote name='luckman67' timestamp='1422200419' post='2669770'] It would be great just to spend a weekend going through every case, & trying them out . [/quote] I'm not sure a weekend would be enough?