New and Blue and on it's way!

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:29 pm

That '05 4003 I got of Ebay two weeks ago has a neck like the business end of a Louisville Slugger. Not my kind of neck.

wints · Post by **wints** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:31 pm

That's a cool looking bass, especially with the gold hardware.

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:32 pm

Seems to be 1 11/16" at the nut and goes as wide as 2 11/16" where the neck meets the body.

The bass is really light and well balanced. Almost seems neck heavy if anything.

grayk · Post by **grayk** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:56 pm

Its a great looking thing Marc ! I would get the buzz and setup sorted and Im sure you will get used to it. I was the same with my 04 4003, the neck felt positively fat compared to my 2000 4003. I very soon got used to it though. The bigger necks are not an improvement, but its not the end of the world either.

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:12 pm

I'm getting a little more used to it after playing for the last hour. I have a nice light brown strap that matches the fingerboard, so I guess she's a keeper.

Maybe if I set her up with a nice set of Roto's she'll respond better.Haven't had a new Ric in 26 years. The strings on her seem kinda junky..

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:24 pm

Congrats Mark, very nice. Just give it some time, you'll get accustomed to the neck.

los_sentidos · Post by **los_sentidos** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:05 pm

Is it just me and my hate of bling but I can't see past the gold hardware!

Is the neck really that different~?

What do you think of BB~?

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:33 am

The neck is different than the 4001. That's what I'm used to. I think I'm also thrown off by the light body.

henny · Post by **henny** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:09 am

So, overall don't you like it then, so far?

crazypink · Post by **crazypink** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:26 am

I assume you mean light by weight and not by the light blue colour! Surely the light body has to be a bonus, definitely on your shoulder and posture!

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:28 am

Mark, Overall at this point, the bass is growing on me. I actually can't wait to get home and play it tonight.

Warren,Yeah, the bass is light. Definately less than 10lbs, perhaps as light as 8. I'm just not used to having a neck heavy bass over a body heavy bass.

crazypink · Post by **crazypink** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:14 am

I can understand that, do you think that neck will take you a bit to get use to, with the difference of the necks being more rounded?

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:17 am

The bass is definately a keeper. Funny thing is that the neck and string spacing make it easy to slap, except for one thing. The neck pickup is to close. I think if the moved it back a little, many funk and R&B guys would dig it more.

henny · Post by **henny** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:27 am

I disagree with what you say about the pickups, but yes - they're perfect for slapping.

Just recently a shedload of people have bought into the Cii. Odd!

bottom4 · Post by **bottom4** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:49 pm

Marc - that is exactly why RIC move it back from it being right on the neck - if I recall JH correctly!

And Mark - that's something that Scott, Jeff, myself and a few others here knew for a couple of years now. They are great basses and I'm surprised we haven’t seen them show up on "big" stages yet!