Post of picture of you PLAYING your ric

[12stringbassist]

Midnight blue 4003

[FretlessOnly]

Despite my username:

[jps]

You look like a shadow of your present self, John!

Are you in the witness protection program?

[FretlessOnly]

It's art, man! BTW, that was taken about 90 minutes ago.

[bassduke49]

Ah, the 75th Ann. Dark Cherry Metallic. Good to see one put to use! Nice one, John.

[FretlessOnly]

You know; I really don't care for fretted basses, but I was browsing Joey's site shortly after I'd picked up my '08 MID 4003 FL, and I saw his DCM on his intro page, and I showed my wife (How about this one?), and she almost wet herself (she's a sucker for gorgeous instruments, as her Dad and Mum ran a music store when she wes young) - let's face it, most Ricks are absoulutely gorgeous. Shortly thereafter, rickaddict had one for sale here (the only other one online was mint at Pick of the Ricks for $4,495), and I just had to get it.

I'm getting used to frets again, but I have to keep playing my fretless' otherwise my intonation on both will suffer!

[jps]

You know; I really don't care for fretted basses, but I was browsing Joey's site shortly after I'd picked up my '08 MID 4003 FL, and I saw his DCM on his intro page, and I showed my wife (How about this one?), and she almost wet herself (she's a sucker for gorgeous instruments, as her Dad and Mum ran a music store when she wes young) - let's face it, most Ricks are absoulutely gorgeous. Shortly thereafter, rickaddict had one for sale here (the only other one online was mint at Pick of the Ricks for $4,495), and I just had to get it.

I'm getting used to frets again, but I have to keep playing my fretless' otherwise my intonation on both will suffer!

I have had many fretless basses over the decades, the only ones I currently have are my Zon Sonus 5/1 with a single passive volume control and spalted maple top, and a Rick Turner RB4FL, which has the most unique mwah this side of Rigel III.

[walker]

Out of all my basses, I only own 1 fretless - a '76 4001. I string it with either flats or half-rounds, and get a great smooth tone, unlike the Chris Squire twang I get with my fretted basses, which is my personal tone of choice. However, the fretless is my go-to bass for gigs. Most bands I play with prefer it's basic fundamental warmth.

[fazeka]

Aloha,
I'm new here and wanting to get some info on my 4000 Bass. I was told it was a '63 but the ser. # is GK 4651 which would be Nov. 1967, yeah? Great site here, I look forward to further perusal.
Aloha, Ric Chick

Hi,

Nice bass. Are you living in Hawaii? Do you still gig with the bass?

Chris

[pacealot]

Steve Breman's former '71 4001 finally gets stage time outside of Moab, Utah:

In a rare moment of using just the toaster!

Can't wait to finally use it through my own amp rig in a couple of weeks in Santa Cruz....

[johnallg]

Paul, that second picture is really neat - great lighting and two classics.

[fretless]

[wints]

Noodling around and feelin' all white...

[jaymi]

Noodling around and feelin' all white...

all you need now is to bleach out your hair....

[jps]

Noodling around and feelin' all white...

all you need now is to bleach out your hair....

...or shave it off.