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Re: From my cold dead hands
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:11 pm
by vintagemusicgear
another shot...
Re: From my cold dead hands
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:32 pm
by ozover50
My first Rick - a 330/6 FG - will be going to my grave with me.
And you'd have to cut my arms off to wrest my 350v63 Monty Brown from me!!
Others...... negotiable.

Re: From my cold dead hands
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:40 pm
by winston
ozover50 wrote:Others...... negotiable.

Really? That's a shock Aitch. In that case I can think of one or two that would look really good residing in your summer home...........one especially

Re: From my cold dead hands
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:08 pm
by ozover50
Re: From my cold dead hands
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:16 pm
by jps
But.........I thought you two were friends?

Re: From my cold dead hands
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:25 pm
by winston
Re: From my cold dead hands
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:07 pm
by JakeK
I was once told by a member here (who will remain anonymous), "Everything has a price on it." but after hearing Tony Cabibe's story about how he turned down his 4001CS for a pretty serious offer (more about that from Tony, over to you, Tony), that made me think, "The ones you love the most, you'll never get rid of"
I would NEVER sell or trade this guitar for any price (unless, in that trade, you had one exactly like it or better, along with a 21-fret neck new style 360/12 in MG, then I'd have to ponder your offer for a really long time to the point where you say, "Forget it"). I've been through two before it, and this one is simply the best. It's my go-to guitar, and I've been pretty satisfied guitar-wise since I got it. I can't thank Ron O'Keefe enough for supplying it to me.
Re: From my cold dead hands
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:22 pm
by johnallg
Tough question.... I believe my '75 4001 and my '91 4003S would be last to go. Not sure which order - probably the S first, but tough.
Re: From my cold dead hands
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:05 am
by Tarrbot
It's no question for me simply because I only have one bass that's even in an upper tier category.
I'm too cheap to buy another to my liking (I seriously want some sort of 400x in FL and solid coloring). I won't get rid of this awfully tight 5er for anything simply because I have grown accustomed to how it feels and it's my second "first" after mistakenly leaving music, selling all my gear including my true first Ric (4003MG) behind after college and going on a hiatus for 15 years or so.
I'd love to get that one back but I don't even know the s/n and the store I bought it new from isn't returning my calls.
That would be another one I wouldn't be selling if I ever got it back.
Re: From my cold dead hands
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:06 am
by Danotron
I've got a few I'll probably be burried with. My 1973 620 (the one in my avatar), my 1965 365OS ( that I actually pried out of Collins hands

, my Paul W. Lightshow conversion, and my 1967 360-12OS.
Re: From my cold dead hands
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:08 am
by jimk
kennyhowes wrote:
What's your I'd-never-get-rid-of-it-EVER Ric? And what, barring an emergency, would you sell/trade it for?
The only Rick I have, my 360/12 fireglo. I can't imagine another guitar, or anything else that I'd sell it or trade it for. I saved too long, and knew when I ordered it that that model was (at the time) the only electric I was ever seriously interested in.
JimK
Re: From my cold dead hands
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:31 am
by qwezirider
kennyhowes wrote:What's your I'd-never-get-rid-of-it-EVER Ric? And what, barring an emergency, would you sell/trade it for?
Right now my '08 4003 JG (because it feels so darn perfect) and my 4004L 4-2-5 Mark Gilbert converted and sold to me. That last one is, I swear, not only the most perfect sounding, most versatile, most punchy Rick I have ever owned, it is all of that for
ANY bass I have owned. I cringe at even removing all the smudges for fear of ruining the tone on that one. Simply the most perfect bass I've owned in 28 years of playing.
No exaggeration.
Re: From my cold dead hands
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:08 am
by stringsncords
I actually just got "The One" last week from Chris at Pick of The Ricks; a mint++ condition Carl Wilson 6-string.
Perfect in every way, and the new jewel of the collection!
Bob
Re: From my cold dead hands
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:48 am
by ajish4
As I've said before, my 1995 4001CS LE.
It's in my will to be left to my daughter.
I turned down 10K at one time for that baby, when I could have used the funds too.
The ONLY thing I can ever see parting with it for is a body part for a loved one!
My 1988 V63 is a close second, but doesn't have the HOOK in my lke my CS does.
Re: From my cold dead hands
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:20 pm
by just_bassics
Never, never, unless someday the little girl in the picture asks for it, then
maybe...