1978 RICKENBACKER 3001 BASS
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1978 Ric 3001 features: Small headstock, black truss rod cover with raised letters logo, riveted tuners with slot-head screws and black plastic shims under the tuner plates, bolt on neck with skunk stripe, 20 fret Brazilian rosewood board with pearloid dot fret markers, chrome 4 bolt neckplate, one hum cancelling single coil pickup covered in black plastic, one ply black pickguard, three black heptagonal shaped knobs with silver tops, chrome bridge assembly including mutes, strapholder, black case with blue interior.
The letters on the chrome mono input jack plate determine the year and month of production. The digits indicate the number of production. Some examples of 1978 Rickenbacker serial numbers are:
| RA 16x | 1978 January |
| RB 83x | 1978 February |
| RC xxxx | 1978 March |
| RD 204x | 1978 April |
| RE 275x | 1978 May |
| RF 362x | 1978 June |
| RG 422x | 1978 July |
| RH 434x | 1978 August |
| RI 515x | 1978 September |
| RJ 589x | 1978 October |
| RK 680x | 1978 November |
| RL 708x | 1978 December |