Taken the plunge!

[yamahabass]

Well done for choosing obe of the classic basss guitars, you cant go wrong with a ricky. Just
Ask uncle Lemmy!

[stoker]

Found an amzing deal on a 4003 from 2004. Gonna be having a look on Thursday and hopefully bringing it home!

Edited March 11, 2013 by stoker

[stoker]

I have a Ric! For a grand! I'm so chuffed!!!!

[Bassman Sam]

Result. Pictures please.

[stoker]

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/201552-rickenbacker-4003-in-fireglo-l1150/

Can't upload pics at the moment but here's the link to it's market place thread.

[fumps]

Yey

after reading this thread I'm very happy for you mate !

[stoker]

Thanks. I still can't quite believe I've finally got my dream bass.

[fumps]

[quote name='stoker' timestamp='1363282865' post='2011044']
Thanks. I still can't quite believe I've finally got my dream bass.
[/quote]
Well give it a hug & do it justice mate I'm chuffed to bits for ya

[GregBass]

Congrats - it sounds as though you will make a very happy couple. My Rick is the one bass I would never sell, even though I don't play it in my current band. There is something unique about the feel and sound of a Rick

[stoker]

She'll be getting her public debut at the blues jam up at my local, the Riflemans Arms, on Sunday if anyone wants to come and say hello.

[Dave Vader]

Lucky you. I am incapable of saving up to buy anything decent.
Luckily I am very fond of my old cheap crap.

Still very jealous though. I love Rickys.

[stoker]

Nothing wrong with cheap crap, it's what I started on.

[One Drop]

I saved up for a summer for my first decent bass, a 79 Autumnglo 4001. Turned out to be more of a fender guy but i still have the Ric, it's mint and sounds and plays unreal. Just not my sound, and being accustomed to Fenders the ergonmics are not quite there.

Never had the slightest problem with the neck, either, which is exptrememly thin front to back and has not budged in over 30 years, even with huge variations in humidity, and Roto rounds on her. They built this one very well, no doubt and the woods must have been top notch.

They are kind of love them or hate them instruments, I can see why they are so polarizing. There are also some great copies out there but they are not Rickenbackers when all is said and done, and the ones that sound most like the real thing have become quite expensive anyways.

Sometimes there ain't nothing like the real thing, baby!

[stoker]

Well the public debut didn't go as planned as I had to dash to Hereford/Wales for the weekend due to a family emergency and only got back today.

Edited March 18, 2013 by stoker

[discreet]

Dammit! Nothing too serious, I hope?

[stoker]

Only my Dad in hospital again.

[stoker]

She had her first public outing at the blues jam last night and all went well. Sounded amazing and drew lots of admiring looks and comments.
Made a new friend too.

[JamesBass]

Good to hear Stoker, my Ric is gonna have her first gigging outing on wednesday, already done some recording with her and she sounded huge! So distinctive and cut exactly where I want her to! So much punch and tone

[stoker]

And to think that apa told me I couldn't take a Ric to a blues jam because I'd get hanged.

[stoker]

Well, I can't upload any pics I took as I appear to have exceeded my limit. It's an embuggerance!

[xilddx]

[quote name='rednose200' timestamp='1362267488' post='1997883']
Well I'd try the Retrovibe Ricky type. That one with the two MM pickups is a killer bass - and damned cheap as well for the spec. But if you want the real thing - well keep on saving man.
[/quote]

Hmmm, I tried a SH one of those last week in my local music shop. It had an action so high you'd need a f***ing visa to get from the strings to the frets, and it still fretted out on the top five or six frets. It was truly abysmal.

[stoker]

There were lots of pics getting taken at our gig on Saturday. I'll see if I can find out if they're up on the net the post links so peeps can see my rig including the Ric.