You never know who plays a Ric

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:29 pm

My wife invited her friend over, with her husband and kids. Tyrns out the husband plays bass and has a 1980 4001 in Ruby red.

So,first we turn the kids onto a little Rush 2112. Then we go into the music room and I take out my 4001 seagreen project. Can;t believe I ever though about selling it. The set up is perfect, and the sound awesome

hieronymous · Post by **hieronymous** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:14 pm

That thing does look awesome! I love the dark neck with the dot inlays. Hmm, in fact, it looks like key lime pie with an oreo crust. *homer* Mmmmm, pie... */homer*

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:21 pm

That thing is a real one-of-a-kind - sea green, checkered binding, ebony board, horseshoe + HB1 (?). Keep it around for the MARF, at least!

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:42 pm

That was my first completed forum project. I love that bass! Remember when it looked like this?

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:29 pm

the Green Goblin was your first?

Damn!

and you never know who doesn't play his RICs...

markbass99 · Post by **markbass99** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:09 am

Marc- there are a few Blue Boys out there that are starting to look like your Sea Green, I've seen the pictures.(without the check binding)

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 4:31 am

Mark - that's funny because Pickguardian has an old pic of this bass on there when I had a gold guard. They described the color as blue boy. It looks like genuine sea green in person though.

That bass has seen a lot of change. It's great now. All started with a little trip to Ted's shop...I have a whole disc Ted sent me of pics during it's conformation.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 4:48 am

The middle pic shows the fingerboard as it was when Marc bought it. It was flat with no inlays. The original board was partially planed down and the ebony was applied directly to it. The result was a little..... thick. I pulled the frets and drilled it for dot inlays. Afterwards, I applied a period correct 7.25" radius and refretted it. The bass then went off to Mike Dolan for finishing. Later, Marc had further work done on the mechanicals. Along the way FedEx somehow crushed the bass and ruined Marc's signature guard.

eric_b · Post by **eric_b** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 5:17 am

That green kinda looks like one of the test boards we had out at the factory tours..Cool.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 5:43 am

Eric: I thought of that bass when I saw those test boards in the factory.

wints · Post by **wints** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:28 am

Marc, good call on not selling the SG 4001. You would quite possibly regret that one...

The factory test colour does looks kind of similar to the green RM...

markbass99 · Post by **markbass99** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:10 am

Here's Marc's SG beside a Blue Boy that just showed up on ebay, will the real Sea Green please stand up.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:34 am

Amazing,,,here's mine.

Although there is someone interested in her.

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:34 am

Hmm!

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:46 am

Dont mess with me Jeff,,,,I've had a few Bud lights.