The Devil's 4001

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Sat Jul 19, 2003 7:13 pm

Sérgio sent me this picture for a good nightmare to enjoy. She sure looks like one from Lucifer's collection when he's in the mood of bass playing.

Where did you get this photo, Sérgio?

dave4004 · Post by **dave4004** » Sat Jul 19, 2003 7:31 pm

That looks like something Nikki Sixx would play.

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Sat Jul 19, 2003 7:36 pm

Mike Parks, put this on your Hall Of Shame right now.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sat Jul 19, 2003 9:38 pm

Yeah that has got to be one of the ugliest basses I have ever seen in my life, even if it is a Ric. Anyone notice that it has checkerboard binding and full width inlays? what a waste. And what the hell is that red thing? A light? looks like tin pickups made from air condtioning duct. A bad *** bridge looks bad enough on a Ric never mind that beautiful pickguard. And the inlays look like they were painted white.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 12:00 am

What a waste indeed!

The guy who did this should go back to elementary school and have his basic sense of aesthetics re-cultivated from ground zero.

Obscene obscene...

ojobob2 · Post by **ojobob2** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 12:53 am

Who ever did that, wot a total loser......at the time did he actually think that was cool?

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 3:17 am

Here's the site:

www.dawksound.com/sale.html

Total Rick mayhem!

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 3:21 am

If it is a real Rick, with wide inlays and checker binding, it is really a loss... Like our vanishing wilderness and wildlife, these rare Ricks become even rarer because of hack jobs like this...

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 3:49 am

Who is Joey DeMaios?

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 3:57 am

And a 4001 JG headstock without a TRC is cool huh? Totally beyond me.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 3:59 am

eddier · Post by **eddier** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 4:33 am

Joey DiMaio is the bass player for the band Man O'War. If death/thrash metal is your musical preference this is a good band.
For that genre he is a good bassist and his "flash/solo" playing is comprable to Billy Sheehan. One of his show pieces is playing the William Tell Overture solo on bass. They are one of the loudest bands live too.

dano · Post by **dano** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 5:27 am

The most mind boggeling thing is that someone actually bought this bass. Hopefully the new owner will restore it to it's former glory. Now excuse me, I feel my breakfast coming back up.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 5:38 am

As bad as that Rick looks, it's not the worst looking modification I've seen. At least that one had some imagination go into the pickguard, as bad as it may be. The worst ones I've seen have been on ebay.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 6:35 am

I'll give him a serious offer, burn it!!
Hey we ought to lobby the EPA to put these old Rics on the endangered species act to stop this brutal slaughtering, something on the order of a $10,000 fine for the first offense ought to do it.