Post of picture of you PLAYING your ric

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 4:45 am

Nice pictures Victor. What year is your Rick?

freewheelin · Post by **freewheelin** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 7:36 am

Hi, Ted !
My Rick is a '73 with all the weird features of this transition year (toaster, grover tuners, checkered binding...)
I'd like to learn more about these series, but the RIC site isn't very "helpful"...

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:18 am

Victor,
Is your baby an early~mid '73 (serial # MA~MF)?
4001's made during that time period have "transitional" features like toaster, grover tuners, checkered binding but non mother-of-pearl, edge-to-edge inlays.

Here's an article on the 400X series if you haven't read it yet. http://www.rickresource.com/rrp/axtbassarticle2.html

titanic_tony · Post by **titanic_tony** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:29 pm

Here is one of me in 1979 with my March '78 4001.

Tony

baltimucho · Post by **baltimucho** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:36 pm

Tommy Shaw played bass?

titanic_tony · Post by **titanic_tony** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:40 pm

Hey, now - I'm 6'3". But I did have pretty hair.

baltimucho · Post by **baltimucho** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:48 pm

Ah yes... A 4001 would be like a cello to Tommy.

So, what in the he!! happens to our hair as we get older?! Why can't it just stay long, flowing and sexy?! I mean, it's the whole reason our wives married us!

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:54 pm

Hi Tony.....welcome to the forum!!

I'm gettin' a kind of Peter Frampton vibe while lookin' at that picture Tony....

Geeesh....in '79 , I was a senior in high school...I would have LOVED to have been able to grow hair like that!!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 4:10 pm

I would have had to cut mine to make it that short

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 4:22 pm

Welcome Tony. Cool pic, BTW.

freewheelin · Post by **freewheelin** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:19 am

Thanks for the link, Paul !
My '73 is from March. When I bought it on eBay, people on this forum said it was a fake... But it's not

dean712 · Post by **dean712** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 3:50 pm

Hi guys, I'm new to the forum. Here is a pic of me playing my '03 Midnight Blue 4003 at a gig last weekend. This is a great forum, I really have enjoyed it since discovering it recently.

jps · Post by **jps** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:09 pm

Welcome Dean! You did your first post the way we all should have done so, with a pic!

dean712 · Post by **dean712** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 7:50 pm

Thanks for the welcome! Here is a pic that is a little less dark, albeit a bit grainy. It's my '00 MG. I have four 4003's of varying vintage and finish. I play in a rock/pop covers/originals band in Springfield, IL, USA.

12stringbassist · Post by **12stringbassist** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 12:38 pm

Blue Boy