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Ladies & gentlemen, it is not without considerable reluctance that I offer, for your consideration, this 1993 Rickenbacker 4001CS outfit, complete with original case, certificate and case candy which includes: the German distributor's hanging tag; the original RIC North American warranty document (still 100% intact); the RIC owner's maintenance manual; RIC polishing cloth. Additional candy includes a large poster of [i]Schindleria praematurus[/i] himself along with a review of the instrument and an interview with CS, taken from two contemporary trade magazines. £1119.50 at 1991 prices, eh? Points to note:- [list] [*]raising of lacquer in upper regions of neck; no actual absence [*]reaction in pickguard around front pup mounts (common on the CS) [*]red leach mark near rear strap-pin; this was a reaction to foam on gtr stand [/list] No other issues. Interesting to note that I only found out about the propensity for finish reaction to certain guitar stands within the RIC conversion varnish months after I'd noticed it. RIC doesn't advertise this (not to my knowledge) and only when commenting on it on the official RIC forum did I discover that they've known about it all along. Strange that they offer no warning at point of sale. I have had three Ricks' finish flawed by this reaction. Anyway, moan over. The instrument has never been gigged by me and it is my belief I am the second owner, given that I bought it from Germany where it was imported (see dealer's card). This bass has been in my posession for about 5 years and has been kept in its case ever since the reaction with the guitar stand. I would mark this bass 9.5 out of a score of 10. Please also note that this is one of the models with the slimmer neck and smaller 'cresting wave' on the headstock. There are quite a few that were made with fatter necks and headstocks when RIC, bizarrely and in the middle of a prodcution run, changed the template of the V63, which is the bass the CS takes it's footprint from This instrument is offered for sale within the British Isles, ROI and Europe; I will not ship anywhere else. Furthermore, I also request that, should the instrument sell, the buyer [i]must[/i] arrange his own courier and insurance; this is not open to dialogue. Sorry if that appears a bit of a bind but those are my terms. Collection in person is also welcome; home try-outs are not. No trades. Ok, here are a couple of pix for starters:-

[quote name='UK Ken' post='575977' date='Aug 20 2009, 07:32 PM']Pictures ? Price ? thanks[/quote] Check the pix tomorrow, Ken, and PM me if you have a figure in mind.

Pix will follow tomorrow am.

CS bass (with certificate in the 400s) and silver RIC case. All VGC. No issues apart from a small reaction in the finish near the rear strap button and slight lifting of the lacquer on three of the higher frets; no lacquer missing. Monster sound. Pix available soon and on personal request.

You are correct about the CS. The three Ricks are being kept and the savings are being raided. And selling something to buy something else? Sure, done it many a time and regretted it only a few. That XL2A in my avatar pic? BAck in the day I sold my old Vauxhall Cavalier to cover the cost of getting that, using the logic that I could always get another car but maybe never another XL2A. ^_^ The only time that backfired on me bigstyle was when I sold a fretted and fretless Warwick Thumb for a Warwick Dolphin ProI. Again, the 'do your homework' rule wnet right out the window chased by impetuosity and I landed the newer Ovangkol version which I hated and not the older Boire version that I coveted. Did get a Boire one eventually. Howz about a pic of that '69 4001 SS73?

Naaah it's cool, Daz. He hasn't gotten back to me by phone nor mail since I spotted the relist so I presume he wants to run it again. I've made hime an offer but I won't bid. So please, any fellas here that're keen, just bid away.

Hmm. He said he wasn't sure he was going to refloat it. Seems he has.

It is based on his but is in no way a true reproduction; it was never meant to be, according to RIC themselves. I found this out after I'd bought it! The best Rick bass I've had and played though, and I've owned around 9 over the years.

Thinks it's just the angle I took the pic at, although the CS has a longer, skinnier upper horn (starts [i]on[/i] the 20th fret, not in between like the others) and a good bit of wood taken out fusther down the curve. The neck is slightly longer, too, but then the bridge assembly is slightly further forward than on the '73s.

Ok, here's the three Rick basses I have left (660DCM left out for obv reason). The one in the middle is another '73 that came to me as a botch refin. I sanded it back, sealed it and kept it nice and natural. Put a 4003 7-screw bridge and a horsey on it.[attachment=31082:CIMG1421.JPG]

[quote name='BarnacleBob' post='572612' date='Aug 18 2009, 08:52 AM']I think it's the silver XL2.......... BB[/quote] No, but I've just had a look at that! never ever heard of a silver one before. I have an XL2A, though. The bass I was after was a 20th Anniv Stingray fretless. I sat there and watched it tick down to zero without bidding. Later on in the evening I decided that I would rob the savings after all so I emailed the guy asking if was going to relist and I haven't heard anything back. Moral: He who hesitates is bassless!

[quote name='4000' post='572600' date='Aug 18 2009, 08:27 AM']Sell the '73. To me. (I've actually got one incoming so unfortunately couldn't afford it at the mo. Be interested to see it though!). Seriously, depending on condition of all 3 I'd sell the DCM, and not just because it's a guitar. Edit; just read the rest of the thread. Doh!!!!! We still want pictures though!!!!! [/quote] What of? The two Rick basses?

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='571768' date='Aug 17 2009, 04:43 PM']save up then. or sell something else that isnt a bass or a guitar. I guess it depends on how much you want the thing that you might go for.[/quote] I want it very much - it's a tad rare but non-vintage - but I can't bear to shift anything. It's end ing soon on evilbay and I may jsut let it pass, for now. Thnx to all.

I am in a serious turmoil!!!

[quote name='mrcrow' post='571569' date='Aug 17 2009, 01:23 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150352452939"]any help?[/url][/quote] Thanks for that. I hate this: I spent over a year hunting for a 660DCM and then found one sitting unsold in a shop up here and now it may have to fo.

Does the 660 go, then?

Thank you, Aleksandr! Anyone else?

Something's come up on the market that I might go for. Unfortunately, I may have to sell one guitar to cover this purchase. Question I'd like to ask what would you let go/keep out of these three:- Rickenbacker 4001CS (lower number, non fat-neck) Ricken backer 660DCM 75th Anniversary Rickenbacker 4001 1973, chq binding, toaster and hi-gain with philips-head pole pieces The firsrt is VGC, the sceond immaculate as new, the third has some buckle rash on the rear. No modds on any. Just sussing the forumites before I punt one.