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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:55 am
by josef
OK, now I think I can answer my own question. My serial number is SE 2454. By a scale I have just found, this would mean my bass is a 1979 which was built in May. Does that sound right?
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:00 am
by rickfan60
Are you sure that is AZ? Could it be perhaps A2? AZ does not fit any of the numbering schemes that I have seen. When two letters are used ('61-'86) The first letter is the year (A=1961) and the second is the month (A=January). After that it gets confusing. For a short time they switched to another series where the month came first followed by a number. The number is the number of years past '87. So A2 is January 1989. There was then one more short-lived scheme before they settled on the current scheme of using the last two digits of the year.
EDIT
Yes, SE is May of '79. That is more like it!
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:03 am
by leighthal
I think they stopped making them in 1984.
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:07 am
by josef
When I wrote AZ, I was referring to the color. It seems to be black, but upon closer inspection, it is a very dark blue. That is an Azureglow, right? Anyhow, I think that it's an AZ, because it looks just like the one I saw in the photo by that fellow who put together that incredible price guide of all Ricks.
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:08 am
by sloop_john_b
Ted, I think he meant it's Azureglo! (AZ)
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:16 am
by rickfan60
Probably right around the time JH took the helm, I am guessing. He has never been a big fan of that model.
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:18 am
by rickfan60
Oh! That explains it. :\
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:07 am
by jps
Kenny,
I got great Squirish tones on mine with XLs.
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:20 am
by tomg
Jeff, that's a great picture you posted.
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:03 am
by kennyhowes
Cool JPS, I will mess around with that. Maybe even so with RIC 95511 strings?
AzureGlo would be AG, according to the '70s color chart.
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:55 pm
by jps
Luckily for you Kenny, you have many options available to you, in case of trouble. I have also used the long discontinued D'Addario XL Reds, which were pretty interesting strings with their copper coating/windings, I don't remember which. They sounded very good, but were a tad 'dry' sounding.
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:40 am
by bob_atherton
Lets face it guys, it’s impossible to get a string that works well on a 4005. Just so your weekend isn’t spoilt, being in a very generous mood, I will offer up to 1000 USD on these old basses and that will get you a decent 4003.
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 10:04 am
by johnallg
Ha ha, very funny. Not even April!
But having said that, I will also duplicate Bob's generous offer.
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:01 pm
by kennyhowes
Me too!
I mean...umm...