I absolutely love the look and sound of a Ric, they're iconic on both counts. I once borrowed a mid '70s Ric 4001 to record a song for an EP that I'd written - "Ric into an Ampeg half stack" I thought, that'll sound superb! And it did. Everything I wanted from both the bass and the amp.
Couldn't get through a verse without fluffing it. Awful playability. I did it with a Jazz in the end, and have played them ever since.
Them still purty, purty basses though.