for my birthday, i bought this...

[LeftyRickBass]

Happy Birthday to YOU!!!! NICE bass!!! Enjoy!!!

LeftyRickBass





The White Zone Is For The Loading, And Unloading Of Passengers Only!!!!!

[incubus2432]

Nice score Sean and Happy Birthday!

[johnallg]

Happy Birthday, birthday brother! Very nice present you got yourself. I get mine Saturday....

[steve_norgrove]

I have a red '85 4003 with BT that is absolutely wonderful. It plays perfectly and sounds great. I bagged it on a $700 BIN a while back.

I also have a red '85 4003 with BT as well. It's got the slimmest neck of all my Ricks. I always loved the red/black trim combo on the 4003. Doesn't work on 330's or 360's for me, though.

That blue one is a looker, too. Great birthday present! I almost got a blue with white trim (or might have been azureglo) when I bought my first Rick back in '77.

Take it easy,
Steve

[shamustwin]

I don't get it. No binding and wide inlays. Was this normal for those (80's-90's) years?

[phlemmy]

I don't get it. No binding and wide inlays. Was this normal for those (80's-90's) years?

These were all bound.

[phlemmy]

It just got here. The blue is so much darker than the photos suggest. GORGEOUS. The seller's descriptions were spot on. It has about 3mm of tail lift and I am going to try and reduce it...eventually.

[leftyguitars]

These were all bound.

Yes, bound for Texas!

[ric330]

Happy Birthday Sean,
What a great way to celebrate!

[rickfan60]

I have a red '85 4003 with BT that is absolutely wonderful. It plays perfectly and sounds great. I bagged it on a $700 BIN a while back.

I also have a red '85 4003 with BT as well. It's got the slimmest neck of all my Ricks. I always loved the red/black trim combo on the 4003. Doesn't work on 330's or 360's for me, though.

The slim neck is one of the things I like about mine too. It is a bit of a shock to go from my red to my DCM. The DCM feels like the fat end of a bat in comparison. So many people seem to pass on the red ones. Of course they used to do that with a few other colors like Walnut, Autumnglo, Azureglo, and Burgundyglo. The unpopular colors of one era become the treasures of another.

[Lost Coyotes]

Happy Birthday, Sean!
I'm glad to see you got this. It's almost as purty as the MG/BT. Still got that one?
I still got mine, an '86. It's by far my favorite (Ric) player - and color combination.
Cheers!

[phlemmy]

Thanks Mike and everyone else. Yes, I DEFINITELY have the MG/BT. If any of them was to leave, it'd be the MB/BT.

[ben_brown]

Yes I absolutely love my 89 Red BT.....

...and the neck is the thinnest I've ever wrapped my hands around!

[86kubicki]

I find the neck on my '86 Shadow the slimmest, fastest neck on any Rick neck I have ever owned, with the exception of my '66 4005. There definitely seems to be something very special about those necks in the mid to late '80's.

[phlemmy]

Yeah, my 86 and 85 are uber slim.