My official COY guess

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:01 pm

Ken, you'll have a few months/years to wait before you have to make that call....no rush!

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:22 pm

Perhaps the new model is simply the 1996 reissues announced last November in Yokohama ( http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~with/1104ric325c64fgfh.jpg ). As Ben Hall wrote at the time:

The fireglos were sprayed according to an original 1996 we have in the showroom and have amber tint in the clear coats to give them a true vintage look.

He actually told us what the COY was going to be!

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:28 pm

Makes perfect sense.

I guess I'll go ahead and order a new 4003 in amber/fireglo....

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:30 pm

So if the fireglos fade to amberglo and the whites fade to cream, autumns fade to rootbeer, the blueboys fade to seafoam, what do the ambers fade to....?

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:35 pm

...probably a deep , deep, orangish glorious red...*drooling*

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:46 pm

What about the new bridge? I'm hoping for a new photo of the 4003 with AFG. Or maybe a V73?

apollo11 · Post by **apollo11** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:59 pm

Mr. Hall,
Will the vintage reissues such as the C64 be available in the AFG for the year? Even though it is not technically a vintage color by Ric's guidelines for the vintage instruments, it would be neat if it was offered.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:13 pm

I love it!

but I still want a quilted top 4004CII ...

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:34 pm

If they could just get rid of that "edge" where the red stops, I think that is why the '68 FG looks so good, it blends better...

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:45 pm

I think it is all in the hands of the sprayer. Some are gradual and others more abrupt.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:48 pm

I like it "Close to the Edge"...

ricosound · Post by **ricosound** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:01 am

Does anyone know how to search archive postings for the first mention of the term "V68". I recall discussing this back a while ago, perhaps even a year or two ago when discussing potential reissues, and I recall (in my mind) at that time coming up with the idea of the v68 model and there being some favorable discussion about it as an alternative to bringing back the V63. The reason I ask is that I proposed a reissue of all our favorite features and how they really were much like a 68-69 model similar to one I owned, and that V68 had a nice ring to it. Maybe it's been discussed forever and I came up with an obvious desireable choice on my own. If I could find that I did first propose this by name on this forum (even if we all dreamed of one privately), I would be honored to be known as the father of the V68 and that our discussion on this forum really does influence potential product offerings from RIC. Don't throw things, I'm just really curious and interested in owning something like this and thinking I may have had a hand in its inception. For me a 4003 V68 in AFG would be a lifetime buy, and my first "new" Rick bass.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:08 am

I like the gradual, blended FG.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:18 am

Hey Wes...weren't you the father of the internet too?

*This is only a joke. I mean no harm, Wes. I have only good intentions and am trying to get a chuckle out of you, as well as others here on the forum. I am sorry for trying to have a laugh at your expense. I need to stop making jokes at other people's expense. He who lives in a glass house shouldn't throw stones(or something like that). Please do not come to my home and bludgeon me with one of my Ricks.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:21 am

Wasn't it Jeff Rath who proposed a "V68"?