It was showing major cosmetic ware, lots of belt rash, scratches some chipped binding and wood at the top of the rear and was missing the last fret. It had been refitted with a Badass I bridge and a Low Z jack on the stereo side but other that it was stock. I was a Maple Glo 1973 Rickenbacker 4001. I looked it over and bought it for $175.00. Our Drummer told me about a bass that a friend was selling. I didn’t have much money back then so a new ax was out of the question. Early on I realized after blowing a string in the middle of a song I would need a back up bass. The great tone is partly due to the Ampeg SVT’s and the fact that the Washburn weighs 12.5 lbs! Tone was the main reason I played this bass.
I used to get tons of compliments and questions about my sound. The sustain went on forever and you could get it to feed back like a guitar. There were no holes in the frequency range. The Washburn was a great sounding bass for the type of stuff we were playing then. My only bass at the time was a bright Red 1981 Washburn Scavenger. They ruled Detroit at that time and probably still would if they ever got back together. Sometimes headlining, mostly opening for more established bands like Seduce. We were a 4 piece Hard Rock/Metal band that was playing in local clubs.
I played in a band back in the early 1980’s. Let me start off by saying my motivation to restore this 1973 Rickenbacker 4001 was driven by guilt over the evil I had bestowed upon it and the fact that I loved playing it.
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