Re: 4003SPC Tuxedo on eBay
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:13 pm
I take it yours was the winning bid?!jaymi wrote:come to papa!
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Re: 4003SPC Tuxedo on eBay
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:35 am
johnallg wrote:I take it yours was the winning bid?!jaymi wrote:come to papa!
bwhahahahahahahaha (edit evil theme music in behind laugh..)
Re: 4003SPC Tuxedo on eBay
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:19 am
Yes, once upon a time you could order a Rickenbacker without a case.marc61 wrote:Is there in fact a Rickenbacker that did NOT come with a case? I know you can sometimes upgrade to vintage style.
Never seen a Ricken-gig-bag either
In 1982 or so, I went to the DC to pick up a new White 4001 (or 4003, memory is fuzzy) for a friend that was on tour and getting ready to go play in Australia....I got to unpack the bass myself from the RIC shipping box and check it out. For the tour, he ordered a new Calzone flight case from another store and he was set to go.
I think John Hall may be the one who made the change in the mid 80's that all instruments are shipped in factory cases---maybe he will chime in.....
Re: 4003SPC Tuxedo on eBay
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:40 am
When I bought my first Ric bass, sometime in the early-mid 80's, I was VERY surprised to hear the salesman say----"This doesn't come with a case."
THAT, to me, did not make ANY sense....especially since the price was more than I could afford.
I have since encountered this with OTHER guitar manufacturers. WHY do they do it??????
To my way of thinking, if you're willing/able to shell out a good amount of money for a guitar, the case
SHOULD be included!!!!!!!!
Lefty4003s8
Tell Your Doctor if You Experience Death While Taking Abilify
THAT, to me, did not make ANY sense....especially since the price was more than I could afford.
I have since encountered this with OTHER guitar manufacturers. WHY do they do it??????
To my way of thinking, if you're willing/able to shell out a good amount of money for a guitar, the case
SHOULD be included!!!!!!!!
Lefty4003s8
Tell Your Doctor if You Experience Death While Taking Abilify
Re: 4003SPC Tuxedo on eBay
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:01 am
Also my first Rick bass in 1979 did not come with case. Luckily I had a matching case from my previous Aria Fakenbacker 
, that I had kept. 
So my first real Rick was kept safe in a form fitted case, but which fact did not save it from fingerboardsplit
due to brilliant Kramer steel strings, one year later.Re: 4003SPC Tuxedo on eBay
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:45 pm
Congrats Jaymi!
Re: 4003SPC Tuxedo on eBay
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:06 pm
ilan wrote:Congrats Jaymi!
Thanks, now to find a Redneck!!!
Re: 4003SPC Tuxedo on eBay
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:21 pm
Congrats Jaymi! 
Re: 4003SPC Tuxedo on eBay
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:49 pm
Pictures when it arrives, pretty please.
Re: 4003SPC Tuxedo on eBay
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:27 pm
chrisdski wrote:Pictures when it arrives, pretty please.
will do....it will be among a sea of BT...
Re: 4003SPC Tuxedo on eBay
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:42 am
Yup.. pics!!!
Re: 4003SPC Tuxedo on eBay
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:00 am
jaymi wrote:it will be among a sea of BT...
Re: 4003SPC Tuxedo on eBay
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:42 pm
I believe I heard somewhere "BoxStore" center was starting to "sell cases separate"..... maybe thats why they are not a RIC dealer anymore.