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Re: Memorium - Your Guitar's Manufacture Anniversary
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:58 pm
by walker
HEY KIDS! LOOK! IT'S JUNE!
Have a Rick guitar with a June birthday to celebrate? Tell us about it! Was it your first Rick? Who'd you buy it from? Find $100,000 in twenties sewn into the case lining like I did? Give us all the dirty deets right here!
Re: Memorium - Your Guitar's Manufacture Anniversary
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:24 pm
by ajish4
OMG!
I don't have a JUNE baby!!

Re: Memorium - Your Guitar's Manufacture Anniversary
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:14 pm
by rickenbrother
Here is my 4004 Cii/5 born June '04. For many years, I anxiously waited for RIC to make a fingerstyle friendly 5 string bass. As soon as I knew that these were available and that I could order one, I did. Almost 18 months later, this beauty arrived. I've gigged with this bass many times and I've also recorded with it, so before anyone assumes that the pickups on this Cii/5 do not properly pickup the B and G strings, THEY DO!
This is the only bass I know that has a tone that is more powerful and muscular than Da Blue Beast.

Re: Memorium - Your Guitar's Manufacture Anniversary
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 4:16 pm
by jch
I bought my 360/12V64 new back in 1989, so its birthday time!
Always wanted one just like George's after seeing Hard days Night for the first time around 1984/85 ,can't remember exactly!
I mean, i love all Ricks but these bound ones are sooo cool

Re: Memorium - Your Guitar's Manufacture Anniversary
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:48 pm
by johnallg
Nice, nice, very nice, Joey!
Re: Memorium - Your Guitar's Manufacture Anniversary
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:10 pm
by rickenbrother
Thank you John!

Re: Memorium - Your Guitar's Manufacture Anniversary
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:53 pm
by nukebass
Nice bass, Joey! I imagine it looks even better in person since I heard the translucents don't photograph well. (Maybe one day I'll get to see a TR, but then it might make me want one and we know what happened last time I wanted a Cii

). I haven't decided if the all black pickups look better than the pickups with gold surrounds. I wonder what the redesigned ones will look like if RIC ever gets to produce them.
Re: Memorium - Your Guitar's Manufacture Anniversary
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:05 am
by walker
That's a real stunner, Joey! Love that figured wood + red.
HIggins - I don't know if my computer is just acting up, but I can't see your pic.
Re: Memorium - Your Guitar's Manufacture Anniversary
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:04 pm
by rickenbrother
Thanks again guys.
Ryan, guitars rarely look good in pics I take of them. That trans red is actually a bit darker than in those photos.
Re: Memorium - Your Guitar's Manufacture Anniversary
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:10 pm
by jch
You are correct Mark ,it was there but its gone.
I think i'll have to find somewhere to host my pics
Its in the register somewhere though.
Re: Memorium - Your Guitar's Manufacture Anniversary
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:35 pm
by walker
Higgins - 'Photobucket' is a pretty popular pic hosting site. I use 'Imageshack.' It's pretty user-friendly. Both of these sites are free, I believe.
http://www.imageshack.us/
http://www.photobucket.com/
Re: Memorium - Your Guitar's Manufacture Anniversary
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:54 am
by jch
Lets try this again

Re: Memorium - Your Guitar's Manufacture Anniversary
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:32 am
by scotty
John after much Thrusting im sure your worn oot

. let me be of assistance.Would this help?
Re: Memorium - Your Guitar's Manufacture Anniversary
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:18 pm
by jch
Thanks again Scott
I thought it would be a bit smaller ,i still haven't put them up on a hosting site ,i'm slow like that.
I have some pics of my geets on the Gretsch talk forum and this is where i linked from.
I'll get it right someday , I Hope!
Re: Memorium - Your Guitar's Manufacture Anniversary
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:10 pm
by ram
John I agree – binding looks so cool on 360s… nice pair you have there!!!
Joey damn nice 4004. I think I like the black covers with the red. Yeah the color is never true… outdoors is closer but not exact either. Still schweet looking!!