RicCon II pix

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Tue May 17, 2005 12:18 pm

These pics are really high quality. Nothing short of awesome. They look like pics of celebs I've met in person!

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:25 pm

I am very envious of Ted's and Jeff Scott's beautifull collections.

Nice pics Paul!

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:27 pm

Great job Paul, the field guide should be a must have for all Rickenbackerites! Did you shoot these in RAW format?

Bob,
I have a small selection of very nice Ricks, Ted, on the other hand, has an incredible collection!

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:29 pm

BTW Paul, the Rick-O-Sound jack was on the bass in '73 already when I bought it. Can't say for sure who did it, but it does not look like someone modified the bass, so it may have come from the factory that way. I don't really know.

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:31 pm

I thought Randy's 4000 was from '65!

Randy?

I was surprised at the number of basses with non original V63 horseshoe pickups in them.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:46 pm

I thought it was a '65 too.

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Tue May 17, 2005 4:37 pm

What I thought was pretty neat was that even after playing all of the other attendees fantastic basses....a few of which I would snatch up in a heartbeat....I came home to my run of the mill 4003's and was just as thrilled playing them. I guess having a history and a setup perfect for my style goes a long way in making my "typical" '97 4003MID very special to me.

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:21 pm

Funny thing i just noticed Jeff's hipshot on the fretless, plends in great ,how is it Jeff night and day or what?

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:10 am

I just posted this in Pics of you Playing, for Scott Provencher so I will copy/paste this:

I got the Hipshot bridge a couple of weeks ago. It drops right in with no mods at all, but I couldn't really tell if there is a change in sound as it is on my fretless and would not be representative of a fretted bass. The 4003FL does sound great for what I am looking to get out of it; I think it will sound very similar to the stock bridge however, plus it is very strong so no tail lifting from this. Not having the mute superstructure is quite nice, although it does take a bit of getting used to visually!

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:14 am

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:57 am

Here are some more. This is Jeff Scott's 2003 4004Cii Mapleglo with twin Toaster-Top pickups, Hipshot bridge and Ultralite tuners, and vol/vol/tone controls with vintage knobs and TRC. Smooooooooooth!

basshawk · Post by **basshawk** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:57 am

Sorry I'm late chiming in here. My 4000 is a '68. Serial # HD734.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed May 18, 2005 3:05 am

A couple of 4005s from Chris Pappas. On the left is a 4005WB that he had professionally refinished in modern Fireglo and new frets. On the right is a more typical 4005 in vintage Fireglo. Both were made in February 1967.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed May 18, 2005 3:09 am

Another from Chris' armada, a fine '73 4001 in Jetglo. Notice the brass nut.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed May 18, 2005 3:13 am

One more from Chris (actually one of two): the Shadow limited edition. Supposedly somewhere around 50 Shadows were made, but three were at the Confluence.