| Rickenbacker
4001CS Chris Squire Limited Edition Bass
Features:
Built in November 1991, #277 of 1000, made in USA, 33 1/2
inch scale, African Vermilion headstock wings, solid Eastern
Rock Maple neck and body, neck-through construction, dual
truss rods, African Vermilion lacquered fretboard, mono output,
single coil Rickenbacker pickups, Rickenbacker bridge with
built in adjustable string mute, contoured body, neck profile
and custom cream color matches Chris Squire's original vintage
60's Rick, which he used on most of Yes's legendary recordings.
Read
Rickenbacker's
press release about this special Limited Edition bass!
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This was given to me by my friend Steve
Harvey. He bought it as a collector of Yes things, and
he's also a bassist. He found he wasn't needing it, and wanted
someone who would really appreciate it to have it. So it's
on semi-permanant loan to me. I'm a huge Yes fan, and have
been very influenced by Chris Squire's bass playing and his
compositional style. It's a real pleasure to have this piece.
It also happens to sound very much like Mr. Squire if you
play it just like he does, that is, with a pick. Squire's
original bass, as he himself tells it, was the third one ever
imported into England in the 60's. He had it refinished in
the late 60's after removing some psychedelic wallpaper he'd
stuck on it. The color was never a Rickenbacker color, so
this edition is the only Rick model to have this yellowish-cream
color. Thank you, Steve, for letting me use this cool instrument!
Previously
owned, but still very dear to my heart:
Rickenbacker
4001 Bass
Features:
Built in 1983, made in USA, 33 1/2 inch scale, laminated maple
neck, maple body, neck-through construction, dual truss rods,
padauk lacquered fretboard, body and neck binding, mono and
stereo "Rick-O-Sound" outputs, single coil Rickenbacker
pickups, Rickenbacker bridge with built in adjustable string
mute
This
was my first "real" bass, after learning on a no-name
bass and then a Jazz bass copy, both borrowed from friends.
Senior year in high school, having decided to attend music
college of some sort, I somehow managed to convince my parents
I needed to have this bass and that it would be the best graduation
present EVER. For a Geddy Lee fan, there is no other bass
to have. I used to stare at the pictures of Geddy in Rush's
live "All The World's A Stage" album (see below),
fascinated by this unique looking and sounding instrument.
I wasn't even a guitar player at the time, so it obviously
had a huge effect on me. It got me through Berklee and several
bands, before I moved on to the 5 string Rickenbacker (now
sold). I haven't had a need for this Rick, so I let it go.
It was hard to do, but I don't think I will miss it too much,
since I have these lovely pictures! Not to mention the fantastic
Roscoe bass it helped me buy!
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