NAMM news/photos?

sublimate · Post by **sublimate** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:51 am

Is there a new bridge?

turlu · Post by **turlu** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:17 am

I also assume that there will be no new Bass models ( Reissue, signature or else )this year...
Still hoping for an anouncement of some sort.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:40 am

Yeah, I think the "new model" is the 1996 in the vintage collection. That's a 325 hollow body 3/4 scale with F hole and the new Amber Fireglo (AFG) color; photos on the RIC website.

So far from RIC we have AFG as the color of the year, the "vintage tone" selector on the 4003, and the 1996. There has been talk about a new bridge, but we don't know yet.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:42 am

Come on attendees....Weeeeeeee'rreeee wwwwwaaiitinnnnnggggggg!!!!!!

sublimate · Post by **sublimate** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:50 am

Here are some, but no Ricks yet.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/markandkara
http://homepage.mac.com/beezelite/PhotoAlbum4.html

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:58 am

Thanks Victor! PLEASE make your way over to the Rick booth if you can!!

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:17 am

Nothing new????

loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:20 am

What's taking so long to hear some news?

Cole

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:28 am

Maybe there is nothing new to report?

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:52 am

Who's reporting?

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:50 am

Will someone throw me a friking bone here....

bear · Post by **bear** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:52 am

Victor,
Thanks so much for the opening salvo of NAMM photos.

Any possibility of more info on the "Affordable" line from Epifani. Those really caught my eye in the photo sets you posted.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:48 am

Thanks Victor... now look a pic #2 (Benavente Oracle) and tell me if the headstock shape reminds you of anything.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:11 pm

Yeah, it is kind of like a 4000 series headstock as viewed on a funhouse mirror.

throw_this_away · Post by **throw_this_away** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:15 pm

Yeah, Ilan, if we are thinking of the same bass, the headstock looks a lot like a twisted ric head.

Funny... some great craftsmanship put into a lot of those bases, but after a while all those 5, 6, 7+ string custom jobbies start looking the same to me. Must every soapbar pickup be covered in grain matching wood? Must every bass have a huge deformed top horn? Must every Neck through design be a 20 piece laminate neck?

The more I look at it, the more pretty the good old fender's and rics look. I think if I saw someone locally playing one of the custom monsters I would probably laugh. Wood like that should be reserved for furniture or animal carvings.

The Warwick Infinity LTD 2000 is kinda cool though... though even that is a little fruity.