An Old Lost Friend...

[grayk]

I cant believe how well this bass has turned out, its a credit to Dale ! I'm totally jealous and I want one !

[ben_brown]

Hey guys and gals...here are a few pics of the finished beauty!
I don't have her home yet but I will in about a week.

I have become giddy

[tmossman]

Beautiful, Steve, beautiful.

[incubus2432]

Excellent.....it looks much like my 1st Ric (therefore I'm quite jealous)!

[ben_brown]

Excellent.....it looks much like my 1st Ric (therefore I'm quite jealous)!

Well Brian you can look at her at RIO....but don't touch!

[brycycle]

[incubus2432]

Excellent.....it looks much like my 1st Ric (therefore I'm quite jealous)!

Well Brian you can look at her at RIO....but don't touch!

.....me not touching it is probably the best thing you could do to preserve it's classiness!

[jps]

Looks really great Ben-jammin' Can't wait to see her this June.

[markbass99]

Wow- you have to be absolutely ecstatic over how this bass has turned out. If it had a LK-MC jackplate it would be pretty hard to say this wasn't the real deal. Of course it probably has Dale's sig in the control cavity, but a lot of ricks have employee names in them also. Looks like it just came out of a time machine.

[teeder]

Beautiful!

[sloop_john_b]

Gotta echo what everyone else says. Simply gorgeous, Steve. I suppose Darren's bass inspired this one? Also, I can't tell from the pictures, did Dale spray it with any amber CV, or just clear?

Edit: Nevermind, definitely not amber on her.

Mark, in the control cavity of my v68 it says "Dale Fortune 2006".

[ben_brown]

Gotta echo what everyone else says. Simply gorgeous, Steve. I suppose Darren's bass inspired this one? Also, I can't tell from the pictures, did Dale spray it with any amber CV, or just clear?

Edit: Nevermind, definitely not amber on her.

Mark, in the control cavity of my v68 it says "Dale Fortune 2006".

Yes Darren's 72 AZ did have a big influence on my color choice. Ever since seeing his in SoCal I just had to have one.
He just sprayed clear CV because of the "green effect" that may happen. I love it just the same though!

[VRICKY63]

BLUE !! I love blue ! I want all my basses to be blue ! Congratulations , that is beautiful !

[markbass99]

Thanks for the info Johnny B, I hope to have a 4001 delivered this year in trans-burgundy that says "Dale Fortune 2008" in the cavity.

[s4001]

Gotta love a happy ending.