1977 Rickenbacker 4001

1. SERIAL NUMBER Stamped onto jack plate; two letters: ‘Q’ (1977) and ‘I’ (September); four-digit number 2. HEADSTOCK Maple wings; ‘cresting wave’ profile; dual truss-rod nuts (under cover) 3. BODY Neck-through-body (maple with walnut centre strip); contoured maple wings; ‘cresting wave’ horns; 1¼-inch depth; plain single-layer top binding; Jetglo (black) finish 4. PICKUPS Dual Hi-gain pickups with individual tone and volume controls; three-way selector switch; Ric-O-Sound stereo jack; mono jack 5. HARDWARE Chrome-plated cast zinc tailpiece; metal pickup surrounds (chrome-plated plastic cover removed from bridge pickup); four individual nickel-plated tuners (two-a-side) 6. PLASTICS Single-layer, eight-hole white pickguard; single-layer white truss-rod cover embossed with Rickenbacker logo; reads ‘Made in USA Model 4001’ 7. NECK Neck-through-body (maple with walnut centre strip); dual truss rod; single-bound 20-fret lacquered rosewood fingerboard with triangular resin inlays Guitarist would like to thank Andrew Raymond of Vintage ‘n’ Rare Guitars in…