Post of picture of you PLAYING your ric

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 3:59 am

I was just referring to the resemblance {:^)

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:29 am

That does look like early Pete. Uh oh...early Pete and a Rickenbacker...?

John-GENTLY set the bass down at the end of your show, and CAREFULLY step away from it!

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:14 am

Here are a bunch of me... yeah the quality sucks, but what are you gonna do.

My hair doesn't stay like that. It's soaked. First pics of me online anywhere heh.

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:15 am

Black guard and TRC on that thing.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:43 am

Only looks like one of you to me, Nate.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:46 am

"If Townsend were a bass player......."
I thought the same exact thing before I read your post Charlie, the resemblance is almost uncanny to me.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:48 am

Hey, Nate, care to share the year of manufacture of that beauty? Late '75? '76? Early '77?

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 12:26 pm

April '76. I love it to death. I was gonna replace it with a 4003 but I love the slim fast neck on that one.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 12:33 pm

I like the 4001JG with black TRC and pickguard, Nate. Oddly enough...it looks really unique with the chrome and the silver-topped knobs. I would think that I had seen one like it before(its obviously not that hard to do!), but none that I remember.

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 12:41 pm

Kewl. Glad I'm a first for you, Jeff.

Wasn't that hard to do actually. I spraypainted them both... Going to Pickguardian to get them professionally done when I get the money... Pickguard looks like leather with the paint on it. Very unique. Lat time I posted any pics of my bass it had a white guard and TRC. Much better looking to me like this. I do need to mod it some more.
New pickups or cut the .0047 cap. Not enough low end.
New tuners. A screw is missing from one of them and I'm pickey.
Hipshot bridge. My tailpiece is lifting and chipping the paint on the front of the bass. Very bad.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:33 pm

Hm... I'll post a pic of my totally stock April '74 4001 which looks just like your '76, Nate.

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:37 pm

Besides the painted stuff and missing pick up cover everything is original. Best pruchase I've ever made. Well until I get my custom bass... then it'll be second best.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:45 pm

Nate you can buy black pickguards, black TRC's are harder to come by though.

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:57 pm

Anyone on here have a black TRC to trade?? I trade mine for a white one and trade that for a real black one... I doubt I'll have any takers heh.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:41 pm

You'll see them on ebay occasionally.