1973 Rickenbacker 4000 *£2,300 with choice of Mono or Tweed case* £2800 London

[Clarky]

Bought a month or two ago on the forum. Beautiful and pretty rare, especially in this condition, but it's just that little bit too heavy for me and my knackered shoulder and back at a whisker under 9 pounds. Wearing brand new TI Flats, plays very well with nice low action and that Rick growl. Comes with Mono gigbag.

 

Collection from public space in SW13 (Barnes, south of perma closed Hammersmith Bridge) or courier delivery at cost.

 

No trades, sorry. The cash would come in handy for continuing medical bills and upcoming daughter's wedding!

 

 

Edited December 6 by Clarky

[karlfer]

❤️

[daveybass]

Year of birth as well...glwts

[Cosmo Valdemar]

Nurse - the smelling salts...

[silverfoxnik]

That's a beautiful looking Ricky @Clarky... as cool as f@*k, for want of a better phrase! 

 

Best of luck with the sale.. 👍

[Clarky]

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Edited June 24 by Clarky

[dballona]

Marvellous. GLWTS

[AndyTravis]

A black 4000 was used in an advert for Wharfdale speakers in my dad’s ok “What Hi-Fi?” Magazines in the 90’s.

 

I cut the ads out and backed my school books with them (think there was a gretsch white falcon one too).

 

Always wanted one.

 

Alas…bank balance currently reads “NO BASSES”

 

Bloody gorgeous in it’s simplicity.

[PaulThePlug]

Nice, Love the simplicity, so the old question about Lemmy's original Ric... Already routed for a neck pickup i presume?. otherwise why the shape of the plate?

To rich for my blood.

Edited June 22 by PaulThePlug

[Clarky]

2 hours ago, PaulThePlug said:

Nice, Love the simplicity, so the old question about Lemmy's original Ric... Already routed for a neck pickup i presume?. otherwise why the shape of the plate?

To rich for my blood.

No neck pickup rout on this one

[Clarky]

Sensible near offers considered as I have spotted something I quite fancy, which would net-net release a decent amount of cash my way

 

Edit: I bought the other bass, so this needs to go

 

 

 

Edited June 25 by Clarky

[Richard R]

That I like a LOT! Shame I can't justify it.

 

GLWTS.

[Clarky]

Flash sale price: £2500

[Ruairidh]

I used to hate Rics but after buying one, have got the bug. This is beautiful and very tempting bass.

[Clarky]

hear what a very similar lookalike sounds like in this review by Jake Serek

 

[Cosmo Valdemar]

1 hour ago, Clarky said:

hear what a very similar lookalike sounds like in this review by Jake Serek

 

Bonus points for Silent Wings Of Freedom!

[Clarky]

Another near identical (same year) jetglo 4000, playing some Joy Division

 

 

[Clarky]

Very near offer?

[NikNik]

On 22/06/2024 at 12:31, PaulThePlug said:

Nice, Love the simplicity, so the old question about Lemmy's original Ric... Already routed for a neck pickup i presume?. otherwise why the shape of the plate?

To rich for my blood.

The neck-throughs had the rout; set-necks didn't.

[Clarky]

Having recently bought a lovely, sub 8lb short-scale bass (Wilcock), this cool old Rick just doesn't sit as easily with my dodgy (post-horse accident) back and left hand, so back it goes FS. £2500 ovno including spendy Mono bag (~£200 on its own)

[Burns-bass]

I absolutely love this. 

[Clarky]

Another Clarky playing a jetglo 4000

[Clarky]

If anyone is potentially interested in this rarely-seen bass, please don't be shy and drop me a line. I could partly defray the cost via a p/x against a CIJ Mustang (not JMJ or US, I prefer a thin J neck width) which could serve as backup to my Wilcock????

[Cosmo Valdemar]

It isn't shyness that's stopping me from getting in touch 🥺

[Clarky]

Looks like this is either not floating people's boat or its a bit beyond their current CoL affected budgets.

 

So its a last bump from me before I let this advert drift slowly page after page into the further reaches of the BassChat for sale forum! Not withdrawing just in case someone searches for a bass like this at a later date