Opinions please

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 2:59 am

Very nice!
I wish mine was still white.

gearhed289 · Post by **gearhed289** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:24 am

Get a chrome tail piece and tuners and that will be one beautiful bass!

walker · Post by **walker** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:41 am

Hey Scott -

Here are a couple of ideas for your consideration. First, here's your original pic for reference:

Then option 1 - with black bridge PU surround and chrome knobs to accent the chrome toaster:

Then option 2 - with white toaster PU cover and white bridge PU bobbin AND white knobs: (borrowing Jeff's Theory Of Negativity)

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:52 am

Thats some pretty cool photoshopping there Mark.

However, I'm kinda liking the way it looks now.

walker · Post by **walker** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:25 am

Thanks. I had fun messing around with your bass' aesthetics. (slow business day!) It's definitely a great looker as is. I think the most I'd do if it were my bass is consider chroming the bridge saddles to emphasize the chrome theme.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:18 am

But then it would look like an AllParts bridge!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:58 am

Originally the white/black trim basses were all chrome, only the plastic was black, I had one. I always liked that color scheme better than when they switched to black metal.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:10 pm

Yeah, my very first RIC was like that. Im really leaning that direction due to sentimental reasons.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:17 am

Update. After playing with the toaster for a while I realized that the "essential" growl was there, but not quite as pronounced as with the high gain.

So, I decided to go back with the high gain again.

Hey, you dont know unless you try,, right????

walker · Post by **walker** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 4:47 pm

Right! That looks really cool, too.

hieronymous · Post by **hieronymous** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 5:12 pm

The bass looks great and the background is perfect!

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 5:41 pm

Thanks Harry! She's a great bass, I chose the front seat of my Polaris Ranger for the photo. Seemed to accent the white / black nicely.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:20 pm

That's the fanciest lawnmower I've ever seen.

gearhed289 · Post by **gearhed289** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:06 pm

That looks killer!

I've got the early 90s "hot" toasters on all my Ric basses. They read like 12K on my meter. Big tone!

4001CS
4003S
4003S/8

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:18 am

That ain't no lawnmower, that's a Zamboni!