If Roger and Leo had mated.

[spectoremg]

Apologies to the mods if this is an infringement. 

Seen on a social media site on sale for £200!! He's forgotten the Shonky decal on the headstock.

[itu]

I was expecting to read about the quarrel of costs between Mr. Fender and Mr. Sadowsky...

[LeftyJ]

Same! The founder of Rickenbacker was mr Adolph Rickenbacker 😛

And to be really specific, the 4000 series basses were developed after Adolph sold his brand to mr Francis C. Hall (current owner John Hall's father I suppose). 

Edited January 2, 2020 by LeftyJ

[Earbrass]

That body looks a bit like it's made of foam rubber to me. In fact, are you sure the whole thing isn't actually just a giant novelty bath sponge?

[EMG456]

44 minutes ago, LeftyJ said:

Same! The founder of Rickenbacker was mr Adolph Rickenbacker 😛

And to be really specific, the 4000 series basses were developed after Adolph sold his brand to mr Francis C. Hall (current owner John Hall's father I suppose). 

Yep but the 4000 series basses and 400 guitars were designed by one Roger Rosmeisl. I presume that is who the OP is referencing.

[spectoremg]

7 hours ago, EMG456 said:

Yep but the 4000 series basses and 400 guitars were designed by one Roger Rosmeisl. I presume that is who the OP is referencing.

Yep. 

[Doctor J]

I was way off and way off even further

[therealting]

3 hours ago, Doctor J said:

I was way off and way off even further

That’s Rafael Nadal, not Roger Federer!

[Doctor J]

4 hours ago, therealting said:

That’s Rafael Nadal, not Roger Federer!

I know people who get jokes 😉

[LeftyJ]

On 02/01/2020 at 15:32, EMG456 said:

Yep but the 4000 series basses and 400 guitars were designed by one Roger Rosmeisl. I presume that is who the OP is referencing.

That does ring a bell! Thanks for the heads-up 😀

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

According to wikipedia Roget Rosmeisl worked at Fender from 1962 to 1973 where he designed the Coronado range which I'd always assumed had been designed by a committee.

[grenadillabama]

On 04/01/2020 at 06:16, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

According to wikipedia Roget Rosmeisl worked at Fender from 1962 to 1973 where he designed the Coronado range which I'd always assumed had been designed by a committee.

Fender used a dye injected into a living tree to make the Wildwood colors. That is what a catalog said. Have you seen one ever ? They did make a pretty picture.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

as they say: "beauty is in the eye of the beerholder"