Post of picture of you PLAYING your ric

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 5:42 pm

Lonely Heart's Club...

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 6:01 pm

The Rutles ...

40014002 · Post by **40014002** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:52 am

The bass and you look great.

gearhed289 · Post by **gearhed289** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:08 pm

Rockin Milwaukee 6-09-06

'89 4003S
Horseshoe, toaster, Hipshot bridge, mirror guard, vintage knobs, 4004L TRC

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:37 pm

Sweet bass Tom!

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:57 pm

Milwaukee? Where?

gearhed289 · Post by **gearhed289** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:03 am

Points East Pub. Was my bands final show.

http://www.myspace.com/ivorywire

walker · Post by **walker** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:20 am

Cool tunes, Tom. Sorry to hear that was the "final show." Here's some of my stuff:

http://www.myspace.com/markwalker

Great looking bass! Here's my black & chrome everything 4001. I swear I have actual pics of me playing it somewhere, just none are scanned. So here's a facsimile until I can find a real one.

This is my first Rick. I bought it when I was 17. It was the first cool thing I bought with my own money.

ram · Post by **ram** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:57 am

Mark, I have always liked that bass. How do you keep finger prints off it? Or maybe in this case ink smudges.....?

walker · Post by **walker** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:18 am

Dude - the smudges & prints... can't keep them off it. That bass gets prints on it just by walking within 10 feet of it. I always have to give it a good buffing down everytime I play it. Which isn't a bad thing. I think that's why the chrome has stayed so new looking over the years. Except for the horseshoe mags - the chrome is pretty well worn there. That's why I got the 4001SLH - so I had a bass in my collection that I didn't have to put so much maintenance into and could gig with without worrying about it getting kicked around.

ram · Post by **ram** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:27 am

Yep, like that one too. Neat concept a reverse leftie - Hendrix meets Rickenbacker. Real eye catcher. Did you do the art on it? Cool doodle art ala Ric...

walker · Post by **walker** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:41 am

Thanks. Yeah, I hand-painted that using acrylic. For more pics of it, check out my album on the Bjorn Eriksson site:

http://www.rickbeat.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=41

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:28 am

Playing in a cover band is about the most creatively de-stimulating thing I can possibly do as a musician at this point in my life. But I make money and get free beer. And of course, the 4005WB gets to come out to play.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:32 am

Nice pics, John, but you don't look quite right with that WB - I'd like to help you out and take it off your hands cheaply!

westtexasrickenbacker · Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:40 am

Hey Mark and John,

Cool basses and cool pictures. Mark, I really like that paint job on your bass and you have a G. Lee kinda look. You must be a bass master

John, I'll bet your bass sounds like an upright. Tim B. Schmidt look, too!