Dear John Hall

[Casiraghi22]

Dear John Hall, We the Rickfourm family wish for the Big dream to come back true again. In NAMM 2012, you announced that "Ruby" was coming back to a standard color. I was truly amazed by that news. John, can you make our wish come true by bringing back Azureglo,Grayglo,Lightshow,Purpleburst,Sea Foam Green and Turqouise? Can you make it a standard color?Jetglo,Fireglo,Mableglo and Midnight blue still rocks, but Rickenbacker will be praised more for having outstanding colors for our taste. please John hear our prayers. Amen.

[sloop_john_b]

Aww. He's not jaded yet.

[gareth]

Who's Mable Glo ?

I'm not sure I want a bass her color.

[wim]

Yea, lightshow should be a standard colour!

[wim]

Who's Mable Glo ?

I'm not sure I want a bass her color.

I Googled her and this was the first pic to show up.

[winston]

Who's the "we" in all of this anyway? I am quite happy with JG (most of my Ricks are JG) and FG. and a few other nice colours sprinkled in every once in a while.

[ricaddic]

Im in favor of turqouise, would love a brand new Turqouise bass... although I do love midblu, fireglo, and yes me too am a huge jetglo fan, would buy more Rics if I had other colors to choose from..but thats just me..

[Rick]

Here's an idea ... make a "lightshow" that can change its color into anything we desire at the moment.

I dub thee "Chameleon"

[winston]

Here's an idea ... make a "lightshow" that can change its color into anything we desire at the moment.

I dub thee "Chameleon"

Too funny.

[T.A.R.]

Here's an idea ... make a "lightshow" that can change its color into anything we desire at the moment.

I dub thee "Chameleon"

Too funny.

+1!!!!

[rkbsound]

I thought that white-on-white might make an appearance. I'm glad it didn't, because I'd be out a couple of grand! Not to mention having to explain "what's in the box?" to my wife.

[chucksimms]

I keep thinking 'custom shop' is the answer to many of these requests. I know, Mr. Hall has addressed the myriad of reasons why it's not feasible (all of which make perfect sense), but it seems like a few folks (myself included) want something that's not readily available.
Want a 21 fret neck? '60s headstock? 330 with an F hole? Azureglo with toasters? Man, I'll bet a lot of folks would pony up for a custom order.
Just to be clear, I'm not complaining. I love my Ricks and understand it's economics that preclude a custom shop. This is simply an observation as we have another 'what colour/feature/model would you want?' thread again.
BTW, my favourite Rick is not a factory colour- it's the '69 365 O.S. refinished by our own Paul W. several years ago. The 360/365 O.S. alone as a custom shop item would be very attractive to many.

[cjj]

Well, you can always buy a guitar and send it to one of the folks who refinishes 'em such as Paul W. or Larry Davis. Yeah, it's going to add some cost, but something from a custom shop is generally going to add a fair amount to the price too, even if it's only a custom paint job...

[jps]

I thought that white-on-white might make an appearance. I'm glad it didn't, because I'd be out a couple of grand! Not to mention having to explain "what's in the box?" to my wife.

You had your chance with those 5 white 4001C64 basses that POTR had recently.

[Casiraghi22]

Who's Mable Glo ?

I'm not sure I want a bass her color.

opps its mapleglo. It's funny that I used to own a mapleglo 4003 and I had mistaken it for "Mableglo". My apologies to all. But all of you get the idea