4003s's

DrRick · Post by **DrRick** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 4:35 pm

Shipping next week! see the ric forum and Facebook page for some pics

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:19 pm

Interesting, Where did you order yours, DrRick?

DrRick · Post by **DrRick** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:24 pm

Sound Affects in the UK

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:49 pm

DrRick wrote:Sound Affects in the UK

What finish did you order? Be sure to post pics when it comes in!

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:51 pm

Close examination of the first pics seem to indicate that the neck pickup route has been changed for the better.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:14 am

It looks also that you could easily put the neck pickup in the 1/2" position with a pick guard made for it.

Man! I stopped buying too soon!

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:43 am

bassduke49 wrote:Man! I stopped buying too soon!

That's why I bough the Yamamoto MS-12 I and not done buying but I am looking for more interesting pieces to bolster my collection as wee as it is.

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:02 am

bassduke49 wrote:It looks also that you could easily put the neck pickup in the 1/2" position with a pick guard made for it.

Man! I stopped buying too soon!

Welllllll.....
There IS an easy cure for that....

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 6:01 am

jps wrote:
bassduke49 wrote:Man! I stopped buying too soon!
That's why I bough the Yamamoto MS-12 I and not done buying but I am looking for more interesting pieces to bolster my collection as wee as it is.

You mean this?

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:31 am

squirebass wrote:
jps wrote:
bassduke49 wrote:Man! I stopped buying too soon!
That's why I bough the Yamamoto MS-12 I and not done buying but I am looking for more interesting pieces to bolster my collection as wee as it is.
You mean this?

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No, not that one, the other one. As far as I know Tony has made only two of them, same year, 2011.

woodyng · Post by **woodyng** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 10:19 am

aceonbass wrote:Close examination of the first pics seem to indicate that the neck pickup route has been changed for the better.

Excellent! That, along with the the new pickguard shape,are good things.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 10:51 am

woodyng wrote:
aceonbass wrote:Excellent! That, along with the the new pickguard shape,are good things.

If RIC doesn't make them in black, I know someone who does...

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:59 pm

No, not that one, the other one. As far as I know Tony has made only two of them, same year, 2011.[/quote]

D'oh!!! But that "other" one is blowout priced at $5,000

What are they like to play, a little bit different than a 481 slat-fret I suppose...

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 5:05 pm

A small fraction of the fingerboard has a similar slant to the frets.

Actually, going by this only example of a fanned fret instrument I have played, they are quite natural feeling, I don't notice any adverse or weird affects of the multiscale neck, only an amazing bottom end from both the longer scale length to the bass strings and the jumbo body (which BTW, has a Manzer Wedge®, along with an arm bevel making the instrument feel smaller than it really is).

lordblackmore · Post by **lordblackmore** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 7:20 pm

I never considered that the neck pickup pocket could accommodate a 1/2" spacing. If it does, I know I'm going to be ordering yet another pickguard from Tony D. The 620 white plexi guards just arrived today and I put a plexi on my 4003s.

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