Ebay Sale

vito · Post by **vito** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 2:39 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=3778498430&rd=1

I have no words for this one.....

vito · Post by **vito** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 2:41 pm

Mr. Rath, I see now you're on it. Please tell me you're going to save the patient....

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:45 pm

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:45 pm

Yes he is, I have no idea WHY, but he is. Apparently he wants this one.

pflash4001 · Post by **pflash4001** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:51 pm

Once again, excuse my ignorance, but I didn't know Ric made any bolt ons...

blueflamerick · Post by **blueflamerick** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:20 pm

Oh yeah Javier, the 2020, 2030, 2050, 2060, 3000, and 3001 series basses were all bolt on.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:25 pm

It might become Jeff's 428 project if he wins it

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:47 pm

I like the 2000 series basses ... the 4000 series ugly cousin ... but the slimmer neck and better bridge and hot pickups make for a cool bass ... these baby's rock ... if you want to play heavy music or punk music .. then you will like this bass ...

come on guys ... look at it from my point of view ... it has no ric-o-sound, no mute, no pickup cover, no bass cut capaciter, it has hot pickups, it can easily be palm muted, it is easy to convert to a 5 or 8 string bass ... what's not to like!!!!

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 6:55 pm

Ummm ... No ROS, No Mute, No Cover !!!!

cdaniel · Post by **cdaniel** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:31 pm

Put me down as (the only one?) preferring the 3001 & 2000-series basses. I think they're beautiful. (As is the 200 series of guitars. Mine is a 1991 230 MG.)

Every 4001 I ever played (before and after getting my 3001 waaaay back in 1976) seemed head-heavy; I'd have to hold the neck up as I played while standing. (Did I hold them wrong?) My 3001 (which has a body that is as heavy as a mofo) has never had that problem. In fact, I was in the process or ordering a 4001 in 1976 when I saw the 3001 on the wall of the store, and I've never looked back.

Plus, with my little girly hands and short fingers, having the thinner fretboard (side to side) is ideal. (Can't stand playing a Farder P-bass--too much fretboard to reach across!) I don't care how much neck is in my palm, but gotta have the skinny width for my short fingers.

Sure, I probably still want a 4001/3S or a 4004C or a c64 or a v63 (gimme dots and no binding any day), but mostly because I was raised on Geddy, Rutherford, McCartney, Squire, and Foxton, and the shape still beckons to my 16-year-old heart (in the 44-year-old body) like a Siren. A head-heavy Siren.

No sacrilege intended, dudes. I just love my 3001.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:41 pm

Hi Chris welcome to the Forum, no Sacrilege in preferring one Ric over another, they're all good, some ring our bells more than others is all !!!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:44 pm

No sacrilege taken! We love them all, just love some a little more than others!

I've played Jeff's 2030's and they are very nice basses, I just prefer the looks of the 4001/4003.

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 3:14 am

Right on Chris! I've got a '78 3001 that I simply love. With the exception of the permanent dent it has put in my shoulder it's been a great bass. (My band refers to it simply as "The Coffee Table Bass").
I love the single p/u design & the general feel of it. It has it's own unique tones that my other basses can't reproduce.

Plus it looks really cool sitting between my 4001 & 4003!

cdaniel · Post by **cdaniel** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:29 am

Thanks for the non-scathing remarks, everybody. I was wondering what kind of reception that last post would receive before I dared to admit that...[drum roll]...I absolutely hate fireglo. D'oh!

"Slowly I turn..."

henny · Post by **henny** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:44 am

*restrains a certain somebody who LOVES fireglo*