Francesco's instruments

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:25 pm

I helped out Francesco with some pics he has that he couldn't post. Please excuse the quality as they were taken with a cellphone camera!

Francesco,
Maybe someone here (Chris Pappas?) would be glad to buy you a nice digital camera and good photo editing software in exchange for that old bass of yours (4005).

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:31 pm

Get ready:

learning_curve · Post by **learning_curve** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:46 pm

Jeffrey Nice work your doing better than me I think I ended up getting one photo to load then I called on the other Jeff to help me with mine?

Francesco Wow dude you have good taste!

Hey I like the basses but if you don't want that funny looking Violin, I have a nice home for it right here.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:08 pm

Very nice, the more I see a 4005 the more I want one.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:02 pm

Scott said: "Very nice, the more I see a 4005 the more I want one".

..yeah, me too, even more if it was ever made a 5 string.

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:34 pm

How about a 6 string?

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:01 pm

I've seen the 6 string version. I don't know how well a B string would fit or sound on that model since it was strung with E as the lowest string.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:04 am

I agree with Joey, the more I see of 4005's the more I need one ... RAS is a terrible affliction, only made worse by associating with you lot !!!

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:45 am

The taunting continues......

Hey Francesco, that large bass you have there, the really BIG one...it has a big "slash" in the side of it!! With all of the other NICE instruments you have there, you should probably sell THAT one to ME, so that your very nice collection won't be insulted!! How DARE that big, beautiful hollow bodied, slashed, RIC 4005 invade the sanctity of your home!! Let me help you Francesco! I will sacrifice many $$$$ to help you "correct" your inventory.....It is my DUTY!!

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 12:08 pm

I wish I still had my 3001. The more I look at a 4005, the more I think I could modify the body and heastock to look like one. It would require filling the pickup cavity and making a new guard and such but I think it could be done. I'm all out of 3000's to cut up and my wife says I can't buy any more. C'mon Jeff...do the mods to one of your 2000 series and you'll have a 5-string one to boot!

rickinroma · Post by **rickinroma** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:26 am

Hello! Thank you for the work on my pictures Jeff, they were really bad quality ones...
Hey Chris, sorry, but I don't think I will ever get rid of my 4005

It's more probably that at RIC they (FINALLY) make a 4005V65 reissue!!! how about that? they made a 325/330/350/360/381/4001 reissue and even the Rose Morris models...but no 4005???? that's unfair
..and Randy, the violin bass was made in Deutschland, Europe...I don't think the North American climate would be healthy for him... you know it's getting pretty old....that bass was born around 64/65..and wouldn't be very polite to leave that 60s Vox Super Foundation Bass Amplifier all alone at my home without violin to play through

If jeff's still willing to help me posting my "bad" pictures, I'm gonna send him a shot of my Fireglo 360 with traditional F sound hole…it looks really great

henny · Post by **henny** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:13 am

Gorgeous 4005, Francesco.

Congrats, dude.

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:24 pm

Glad to help, Francesco!

rickinroma · Post by **rickinroma** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:40 pm

thank you Mark!

rickinroma · Post by **rickinroma** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:06 am

And that's me in studio playing my '97 4001V63