What kind of 4003 is this?

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:01 pm

Can someone educate me more on the 21 frets.

Forgive me if this was beaten to death before...
But it's new to me..

Was the scale longer???

Were the fret spacings smaller??

What was the idea behind them, (from Ric)?

Made from 68 to 72???

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:51 pm

I think the 21 fretters were only made in late '70, early '71. They are rare birds.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:06 pm

Same scale, the bridge/tailpiece was moved forward, and a 21st fret was added. Pickup positiones remained the same.

henny · Post by **henny** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:54 pm

Wints - have you bought this baby?

wints · Post by **wints** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:13 am

No Henny. Someone here has I believe....

henny · Post by **henny** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:41 am

Ah, bummer.

wints · Post by **wints** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 1:09 am

No big deal. The unoriginal finish (even if it was white!) meant I wasn't chomping at the bit . Got a couple of irons in the fire elsewhere that I am much more interested in...

Hopefully, the bass will turn up here on the forum.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:07 am

The neck (and fretboard of course) was a bit longer to accommodate the extra fret. Since the scale didn't change, the bridge had to move "up" (closer to the neck) to compensate. Everything else was the same. Don't know why Rick made them, and don't know why they don't make them. Interesting.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:08 pm

Probably Sergio got it!

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:27 pm

Nope.

henny · Post by **henny** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:43 pm

Well I didn't...

I was THIS close, though.. I only held back as Wints expressed a desire for it, first.

Gotta respect a Rickenbrother.

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:06 pm

Marc,e-mailed me Saturday saying "GrabThisBro" with a link to the store,so I did.Then I saw this thread and realized others knew of it too.

wints · Post by **wints** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:16 pm

That's cool Ken. I'm glad someone here got it. The owner told me he thought someone had. I could have been more proactive, but as I said being a refin and without seeing the neck, rods, headstock etc, didn't want to take a chance on it.

I always think refin and neck issues in the same sentence...

Post some pix when you get it!

ken_swearingen · Post by **ken_swearingen** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:38 pm

Andy,I almost didn't want to say anything cause I found out you wanted it too.I really had no idea anyone else knew,soon as I got his email i contacted the store[or the owner]immediately.