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It's always nice to see another lefty. Welcome aboard!

Carlos13 wrote:When I bought the 4003 it had a black pickguard, Perspex treble pickup surround and no pickup cover fitted. It came with the original parts except the surround, so I bought one and reverted it to standard.

Good man. Standard is the way to go...just a classic look.

Welcome fellow lefty!
Your basses almost make me want a Jetglo. Almost.

welcome,and 2 nice looking basses,there! it's also cool to see the 2 trc styles side by side. the ) and the (.........

enjoy those basses!

all lefty 4003's should still have the upside down headstock. just sayin....

bobbolux wrote:all lefty 4003's should still have the upside down headstock. just sayin....

Agreed. But lefties can be choosers.

welcome to the forum , your basses look fantastic, i own 8 rics myself , you do get a bit obsessed by them lol, you have chosen the finest bass on the planet to learn on which can only help you progress as a player enjoy your new instruments, well done . cheers george

iamthebassman wrote:

bobbolux wrote:all lefty 4003's should still have the upside down headstock. just sayin....

Agreed. But lefties can be choosers.

That MMT is Sweet! Did you ever consider installing a full length pickguard on it?

What...is that!?

geofio wrote:welcome to the forum , your basses look fantastic, i own 8 rics myself , you do get a bit obsessed by them lol, you have chosen the finest bass on the planet to learn on which can only help you progress as a player enjoy your new instruments, well done . cheers george

Thanks very much geofio. Obsession is my middle name, unfortunately, but not literally

Carlos13 wrote:

What...is that!?

It is reffered to as a 4001MMT. It is a replica of the paint job of McCartney in the 60's. He (Paul) got high and painted it up, looks pretty good!

woodyng wrote:welcome,and 2 nice looking basses,there! it's also cool to see the 2 trc styles side by side. the ) and the (.........

enjoy those basses!

Not to steal the OP's thunder, but I thought I'd give you all another example of the mirrored TRCs/headstocks.

Welcome lefty

For your temptation:
There is a ’04 Fireglo over at Leftybassist that have been listed for a while. Coincidently, someone seems to have shown interest just yesterday.
Also, one of the British dealers has two Mapleglo lefty 4001V63s, but the price is a bit extreme.

Lovely. For some reason I like the look of the ’70’s better than the newer ones

Carlos13 wrote:

Carlos13 wrote:Thanks for the warm welcome

Some photos of the 4003 I took at the weekend:

while it goes without saying that the Bass itself is beautiful, your photographic skills are incredible...

welcome to the forum

IvanMunoz wrote:That MMT is Sweet! Did you ever consider installing a full length pickguard on it?

Naahh..I doubt if many folks at the shows are that into Ric minutia, paintjob was done for the show. The bass needed to look a certain way, and besides, from the cheap seats....