Clarky

Rather not say, lol. It was hundreds though 🙃

Restored Ric 4000 that I have reacquired The story behind it

How it used to look, when I sold it:

Some of you may recall that I bought a 1973 Rick 4000-to-4001 conversion from Gunnar of this parish (aka @Studio GC) a few years back. It was cool AF, mojo'd to heck (with Crue carved crudely into the top) and seriously modded. I ended up selling it on eBay to an enthusiast who wanted to convert it back to a 4000. Well, it eventually came up for sale in 2026 and I have snaffled it back. The seller did a superb restoration job on it (only missing the original wavy Grover tuners). The work he did included: adding new old stock pickguard, original pots and pickup, Hipshot USA machineheads, filling in and making good the extensive additional routing under the pickguard, and repairing the paintwork to remove Crue and to cover the newly fixed area under the pickguard.

A few more pics

I did consider that but opted for the Golden Ratio for chorus/flange. Sounded good, though, on the video demo (think its an Australian-manufactured pedal)

Mud_Tiger_Feet_Live_TOTP_1974.mp4

If the price and animal considerations of the Doc Martens were putting you off @Happy Jack these are much cheaper and vegan 😁 https://www.tukshoes.co.uk/products/black-leopard-vlk-sneaker

Bryan bought a Trace Elf amp from me and everything was grand! Enjoy 🙂

FWIW, Jake Serek uses DR Hi-Beams as the rounds option on his short-scale basses (and you can see on some videos). When I owned a "The Grand" it came as stock with these. I'm generally not a fan of stainless steel (as opposed to nickel) but they did suit the bass

@Happy Jack I think you need to work on the footwear. Exercise/walking trainers are letting the side down. Fortunately I have done the research for you and found the perfect pair (and in the sale too). You can thank me later

Y viva Espana - Sylvia Vrethammar