What's your favorite bass to play?

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:46 am

Tony, I would have used a horseshoe if I could find one, but the unbuttoned high gain doesn't lack for much in the area of power and brightness. It should be lighter than a 4001 because of the walnut. The 4004FL came out great and was at SoCalRickenfest'07, but I do need to post pics. Paul B. took some nice pics though. While I love the 4004's, especially their nicer choice of woods, I like retro look of a 4001S with it's plexiglass and chrome.

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:04 am

Dane,

You are dead on, I love the classic RIC "S" bass look. You have just made the 4004 A LOT more eye appealing IMHO.

I don't have much experience with the 4004's. I only had one of the original Walnut 4004Ci's.

I liked the light feel of that bass, but it was just SO lacking in lower end, I was buried in the mix every time. But, now that I have a much better rig, I'm hoping my new 4004Cii will kick some butt.

If RIC offered a 4004FL, I'd have ordered one in a minute.

Dane, have you ever thought about a R&D job with RIC!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:10 am

Dane has some great ideas on how to dress up a bass. He should be making money with this talent!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:22 am

I was diggin' the 4004 that Dane made fretless. I don't like lined fretless basses, but his really sounded and played very nice.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:36 am

OK, here is a shot of Dane's 4004LFL, lounging on the same couch (at the Holiday Inn during the SoCalConIII):

Note that this has an interesting combination: maple fretboard, but pickups in the "lowered" position. Dane has made it a "lined fretless" and added a "teardrop" pickguard and white TRC. Sorry about the quality. The original is a fairly large file, and to get to the 35k file size, a picture with a lot of detail (like all those pillows) eats up the bytes when reduced.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:27 am

Paul, this one has frets - the Mapleglo one is the fretless.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:48 am

That's okay John, my 4004MID needs attention too.

walker · Post by **walker** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:44 pm

Dane Wilder wrote:

"...I would have used a horseshoe if I could find one, but the unbuttoned high gain doesn't lack for much in the area of power and brightness."

You know how I love my horseshoes, but I've got to say that the dual toasters on this bass look DOPE.

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:44 pm

Kinda like this one?

walker · Post by **walker** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:19 pm

Yeah! I though I had seen that somewhere before!

OK. It's on. Cage match: Jeff Scott's dual-toaster 4001V63FL vs Dane Wilder's dual-toaster 4004V63.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:52 pm

Wouldn't that kinda be like Under Dog vs Mighty Mouse?

walker · Post by **walker** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:44 am

Aaaw, Yeah! Let the trash talkin' begin!

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:52 am

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:54 am

BTW, the 4001V63FL is now in the loving (I hope) hands of Alex Heist.

clarky · Post by **clarky** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:29 am

Dane, fantastic and unique looking bass. Could I ask how much it cost (roughly) to put together that beauty (if you don't mind saying of course)? Its making me think ...!