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Hi All,
Been way too long since I was able to be here, as usual, life tends to gets in the way, and among other things I'm now a Grandfather twice over ...

In addition to that I recently moved and I now the dust is settling have the luxury of my own office / Music room space.

Although life has got in the way of playing and posting I've managed to still aquire a few very nice Rics, some of which are shown below
(three v63's a re-issue 4003-S, my Chris Squire, and my March 73 4001)

The MapleGlo v63 has a Magnetic Horseshoe
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And, yesterday, I managed to score this lovely July 1972 Fireglo 4001 in very good shape which I'll pick up today
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My best regards to you all as always.
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Wait . . . some of those aren't Fireglo! :shock:

Welcome back, Jim!
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Hi Jim! I just saw a photo of your new 4001 acquisition on TB. Nice score. 8)
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jps wrote:Hi Jim! I just saw a photo of your new 4001 acquisition on TB. Nice score. 8)
Neat ... the seller is the same one who sold me the MapleGlo v63
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bassduke49 wrote:Wait . . . some of those aren't Fireglo! :shock:
I have mellowed a little and now have three non-Fireglo Rics.
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Hi Jim! You have some fantastic basses there. Looks great!
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Ah! so it was you. I saw this bass on eBay, posted about it here. Glad it was you who won it. Congrats.
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welcome back and congratulations on the grandbabies! The bass looks sweet! Congrats on that as well!
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Welcome back, Jim!

What year is your MG V?

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bottom4 wrote:
What year is your MG V?

Cheers
Andy

Hi Andy,
YA-XXX built January 1985
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Nice to see you back, Jim
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ilan wrote:Ah! so it was you. I saw this bass on eBay, posted about it here. Glad it was you who won it. Congrats.

Hi,
I took a look over there, nice site, I tried to register to the site, but, site registration is currently disabled.
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thx1955 wrote:
bottom4 wrote:
What year is your MG V?

Cheers
Andy

Hi Andy,
YA-XXX built January 1985
Ah! So a couple of months older than mine. When I bought mine back in 85 I had the choice of the MG and a FG. I obviously went with the MG. Wish I could’ve grabbed both. Back then I had no idea about the HS!
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thx1955 wrote:
ilan wrote:Ah! so it was you. I saw this bass on eBay, posted about it here. Glad it was you who won it. Congrats.

Hi,
I took a look over there, nice site, I tried to register to the site, but, site registration is currently disabled.
Nice site, interesting thread! Anyone know if it will be possible to register there again?
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Great to see you back Jim! :D
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