75th Anniversary value speculation

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:45 am

Captian Firglo .. I love it Lol .. that is indeed a 72, that's here in my Calzone armoured road case ... and he only had to give up the one !!!!

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:48 am

I've been RAS-ing for years for a '72FG.

Someday!

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:51 am

Lucky Dawg is an understatement!

Only one V63. I had a mapleglo and a Fireglo for him to choose from. Can you guess which one he picked?

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:07 am

Kevin that is one fine bass. Just about the perfect looker and player I would have thought.

Jeff, what a cake!!! that is such fun. I think you got away without a copyright infringement because there was no writing on the TRC.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:57 am

Thanks Bob! Yes, she did do a nice job. She matched the frosting colors, and got the proportions right. The tuner shape and locations are right. She obviously wasn't feeling comfortable about putting letters on the TRC (maybe she was afraid that the RIC police would confiscate the cake before I could blow the candles out!)

And another thing I noticed (this is a non-musician painting a bass guitar on a cake, mind you)... unlike about 5% of the Ricks you see on ebay she had the good sense to wind all four of the "strings" around the tuner posts in the correct direction!

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:03 am

So Jeff, since it was just a couple months ago, does the cake have the older chunky neck or the new thinner profile?
Does thinner profile = fatfree?

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:19 am

Splenda!

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:03 am

Well Kevin, it was only a couple months ago...but the cake was built based on 1994 specs. It was slimmer than a cake based on a 2003 model!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:48 am

Happy birthday Scott and Kevin!

It was four years ago on Scott's birthday tat I ordered my trans red 4004Cii/5...that's hoe I celebrated his birthday.

Jeff, that is the COOLEST cake!!! My compliments to your sister in law. If that was my cake, no one would get a piece. I'd tell them to go get yer own cake! Well, I'd let them have the cake, they just couldn't eat the top.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:38 am

I'd happily share it .. unless it was Fireglo !!!

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:12 pm

Happy Birthday guys!

Here is the full sheet casada cake my brother-in-law made for my 50th.

It's not a RIC but still very nice.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:13 pm

Jeff T - you have email.

Happy birthday to both - it's been 14.5 years since I turned 40! Enjoy those intervening years to the max!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:22 pm

Just before the RIC 75th anniversary event, I turned 24 again.

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:39 pm

I could have sworn you didn't look a day over 23, Joey!

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:40 pm

yes Happy B-day (not the commode)!