From the mouth of my wife.....

highway_star · Post by **highway_star** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:44 am

If it can be made better, than I can wait. I have plenty of other basses to use in the interim. But you'll offer it in Transparent Red, right?

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:43 am

In spite of said R&D, the 4004/5 we've been using at the studio sounds pretty tough.

scoobster28 · Post by **scoobster28** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:12 pm

I was thinking about selling my Rickenbacker 360/12CW to afford an engagement ring, but my girlfriend won't let me even talk about it. She doesn't really appreciate Rickenbacker's like I do, but she knows they mean a lot to me. More then her? Hum... both have thin slender necks and great curvy bodies...

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:20 pm

Hey John, I'd really like to purchase a pair of those pickups but I was told by Kenny that they're not available. Surely you must have a couple extra now that production is halted.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:18 pm

Not a one, sorry.

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:24 pm

"All I get when I show my wife my V63 is "That's nice honey" as she doesn't even look up from whatever she's doing.
How am I going to get her to buy into the idea of a V68 when they're out?"

If she never looks up you could buy anything you want and she would never know it!

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:27 pm

easy, aquiring a v68, is a matter of life or death !!!

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:35 pm

Thanks John. You saved me a another phone call and some goveling.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:03 pm

"she mentioned how the Translucent Red finish would make a nice compliment to my Translucent Blue 4004Cii."
...Ron, your wife has excellent taste!!

"MY wife is VERY happy every time you buy a new RIC instrument".
...My wife is VERY happy every time I buy a RIC instrument"...and she took the pics of me unpacking the new trans red 5Cii.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:23 pm

Stepford wife...

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:30 pm

Hey, what's with the different pickup locations on your two 5-ers Joey?

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:34 pm

...and and unfinished fingerboard. The trans red one has a thicker sound than the mapleglo. I'm glad that they are different.

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:21 am

"If she never looks up you could buy anything you want and she would never know it!"

Jeff,

Well, when then V68's come out I'll have to get one in Fireglo. I wonder if she'll notice that it's different from my MG V63?
I'm thinking she'll just "sense" it!

Kind of like the other day when I took my son steelhead fishing, and dropped our new digital camera in the water. I wasn't in the door 5 seconds and she new I did "something"! So much for trying to fix it without her knowing!

Joey,

Those 4004's look sweet!

scoobster28 · Post by **scoobster28** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:26 am

What is the v68? Are you guys just joking about a wishful 4005v68, or are there other guitars in the works. I have heard of 360/12v66, and 360/12v67, but not of any guitar with a v68 designation.

highway_star · Post by **highway_star** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:27 am

It's a long-standing wish of some of us to have a 4001v68 produced. That's all I know.