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Larry S.
on 12/21/2011 		Thanks, I could have watched even more!
BassmanJoe
on 12/10/2011 		As far as I know, the "wavy" headstock shape was on the earlier (60's - 70's) 8 string basses. The later ones had the standard 4001 shape, only longer. The reason for the earlier shape seems to be necessitated by the alternating guitar and bass tuners, probably done to decrease headstock weight. The newer ones used all Schaller M4 style tuners.
P Matty
on 12/10/2011 		Ricks are great for small hands. I too own a Rick 8 string bass.
rick o sound
on 12/09/2011 		funny to see all the inovations and technology that they've helped with and created that we don't realize that they were the ones behind it, sadly the popular history of our industry doesn't give credit to everyone for the right reasons.

with such a rich history i'd love to see ricky be a bit more innovative at this current time( they haven't changed their booth at NAMM in like at least a decade.)
southpawwill ie
on 12/09/2011 		I m a lead player that tried to play bass back in the 70's and purchased a left handed fireglow 4001 from Manny's in NYC. It was a cool bass but I soon realized that guitar players shouldn't try to be bass players. I sold it and of course, wished I hadn't. The thing about Rick guitars is that they are not known for their lead tones, although some great players have done very cool things on Ricks. I really appreciate the way they use CNC technology to build a more consistant instrument. Most guitar companies are heading in this direction. That's part of the reason why you can purchace a very low cost instrument that can actually play extremely well, thanks to CNC.
Jon Fine
on 12/09/2011 		I've actually been in that room. It used to be the Rickenbacker Museum, and John Hall's office was down the hall. At that time (1988), it was open to the public by appointment only, so I called and made the appointment a month ahead of time--spoke with a very nice lady named Rebecca, who set the whole thing up for me and let me in. (Thanks, Rebecca!) after a few minutes, she excused herself to take a phone call and left me in there! Wow! I didn't touch anything--tried real hard not to drool on anything, and I must have been in there for at least an hour or so. One of the guitars that shows up briefly in the video is a 360-style prototype with a vibrato that was supposed to keep the strings in relative tune when the pitch was dropped, sort of a Steinberger TransTrem before Steinberger--I believe it was from the late '60's or early '70's. That one I would have taken down to check out, but it wasn't playable--it was missing a few strings, for starters! I spent a long time looking at it trying to figure out how it worked--I never did! (Maybe it never did work--that would explain why it never made it into production.) That day is one of my fondest memories, and I'd like to thank Rebecca, wherever she may be, and John Hall, although we've never met, for allowing it to happen.
Bradford Paulson
on 12/08/2011 		This was a really cool tour of all the guitars and basses plus amplifiers that Rickenbacker made. They showed the ones the Beatles used plus some of the other artists who played Rickenbacker. I always wanted to own a Rickenbacker Guitar but I'll have to save up some cash in order to do so. Rickenbacker, a very cool guitar to own for guitar players like me who would love to own one at some point.
Frank L Nashvill
on 12/08/2011 		Mark, i saw a 4080 dbl neck ( bass/ gtr on a 480 / 4000-series body ). I had one that got away...
Paul, I have an 8 string 4003 that i LOVE. I had a Nashville gtr guy switch the string pairs to allow the high-octave string ring truer, and it's a joy to play!
I truly wish they would start making after-market horseshoe pickups again. at one time, uyou could get em from Rck for $100...now they're $500 on eBay...
Paul L.
on 12/08/2011 		I once played an 8-string Rickenbacker bass at a music shop, back in the early 90's. It was pretty cool and it cost $800 at the time. I don't recall it having that head stock shape, though. Never seen one since then.
Peter
on 12/08/2011 		Just beautiful from an American icon. I used to own a 360-12 from the late '60's and it was an excellent guitar. Still made in America and a tribute to American ingenuity.



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