Re: Bring back the 4003s?
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:18 pm
I wouldn't mind seeing a 4003s! It would make it more affordable (therefore more feasible) for me to get a second RIC bass!
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Re: Bring back the 4003s?
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:15 pm
Buy a Laredo and parts. Make your own. Dane has already made a quasi-4003 from a 4004 series bass.
Re: Bring back the 4003s?
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:39 pm
I've actually done a few 4004 to 4003s style conversions....but you should see what I have on the workbench now..... 
Re: Bring back the 4003s?
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:01 pm
Not a bad idea, but it unfortunately wouldn't help one get a Rick for less money.johnallg wrote:Buy a Laredo and parts. Make your own. Dane has already made a quasi-4003 from a 4004 series bass.
Re: Bring back the 4003s?
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:18 pm
aceonbass wrote:I've actually done a few 4004 to 4003s style conversions....but you should see what I have on the workbench now.....
Maybe time for me to leak a photo?
Re: Bring back the 4003s?
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:15 pm
Now that they use the same necks... this definitely seems feasible.johnallg wrote:Buy a Laredo and parts. Make your own.
Re: Bring back the 4003s?
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:33 pm
John...Leak away...deepthroat 
Re: Bring back the 4003s?
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:42 pm
How much is a new Laredo roughly?
Re: Bring back the 4003s?
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:47 pm
Why buy new? Used examples trade in the $1300-$1500 mark on ebay....sloop_john_b wrote:How much is a new Laredo roughly?
Re: Bring back the 4003s?
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:51 pm
Cause they won't have the 4003 neck.antipodean wrote:Why buy new? Used examples trade in the $1300-$1500 mark on ebay....sloop_john_b wrote:How much is a new Laredo roughly?
Re: Bring back the 4003s?
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:09 pm
John, my favorite RIC dealer has asked me for (roughly) $1750 for 4004Ls in the past, and $1900 for Ciis. Seems pretty fair to me.
Re: Bring back the 4003s?
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:19 pm
Ah, silly me!!!!sloop_john_b wrote:Cause they won't have the 4003 neck.antipodean wrote:Why buy new? Used examples trade in the $1300-$1500 mark on ebay....sloop_john_b wrote:How much is a new Laredo roughly?
Re: Bring back the 4003s?
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:34 pm
As a former temporary contract trade show customer service representative for RIC at NAMM`10 I can second/vouch for the affirmative on that.sloop_john_b wrote:Is that true? 4003 and 4004 necks are the same now??
Re: Bring back the 4003s?
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:41 pm
As a trier-outer of a 4004 at NAMM I can also vouch for that.paologregorio wrote:As a former temporary contract trade show customer service representative for RIC at NAMM`10 I can second/vouch for the affirmative on that.sloop_john_b wrote:Is that true? 4003 and 4004 necks are the same now??
Re: Bring back the 4003s?
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 4:10 am
A 4003S with a 1.5" wide nut would be perfection for me. Why does Rickenbacker make the necks so wide ?