New Blue! (or should I say AzureGlo!)

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 4:50 am

Hmmmmmm.... Back on the subject of Midnight blue and Azureglo, when I got my 220 a few weeks ago I thought it was Azureglo because it was so much brighter and lighter (electric blue, really!) than my 330 in Midnight, which looks almost black in normal indoor lighting. I was quickly corrected on my assumption, as there were no Azureglos made in 1992, and Mr. Hall explained that although both were Midnight Blue, they looked different because of the way they were painted--the 220 actually had a silver undercoat sprayed on beneath the transparent blue finish. So there are at least two different shades of Midnight out there....

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 5:29 am

You know how old SF guys are... Volkswagen blue? I had never heard that before, I guess Azureglo sounds better than WaffenSSglo... eek.

bottom4 · Post by **bottom4** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 5:39 am

Steve, Great pick! Have fun with her!

cheers!

Amdy

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 8:08 am

That begs the question, John, were any Midnight Blue basses made in 1978? Because I hate to sound like a broken record, (scratched CD?) but mine is a dead ringer for Midnight Blue, put next to a new one you cannot tell them apart.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 4:01 pm

Well, sorry it took so darn long, but here are the pics of my new '76 (Sept.) 4001 AzureGlo. I was waiting until I got all of the new parts for it and put it all together.
Here it is as I got it.

Here it is as I am about to remove the pickguard.

Here is the cavity with the guard off. Is that the dreaded .0047 cap?

And here it is, all done!

Thanks to everyone for their encouragement and help, Mike Parks, and Kenny Howes for great service!

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 7:15 pm

Good job, Steve! It looks so much better now. Azureglo is the best RIC color ever IMHO. The very first Ric bass I ever saw in person (about 1977-8) was blue, in a jazz band that played in my high school, and I thought it looked amazing.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 7:45 pm

Hey Steve ... Those are NOT Ric electronics ...

somebody rewired your ric with different volume and tone pots ...

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 9:29 pm

looks like a .047uf to my old eyes and cheap monitor

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 9:34 pm

BASTARDS!
Looks like another call to Mike Parks is in order...

trick_knee · Post by **trick_knee** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 2:00 pm

Thanks for the pictures with the white pick guard...I now sigh heavily remembering my AzureGlo 4003. I too favor AG as the best Ric color ever! (Volkswagon Blue as I recall John Hall reflecting a few weeks back?)

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 3:15 pm

"Azureglo is the best Rickenbacker color ever." Can't say I disagree. Here's my 1979 4080. Hey, Steve, your 1976 4001 and my 1979 4080 oughta stick together!

bigbajo60 · Post by **bigbajo60** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 3:37 pm

What Sergio's 4080 and Steve's 4001 should do is "get it on" and make a bunch of big, blue, baby Rics!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 4:44 pm

Hey Sergio ... that one is pretty ...

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 5:52 pm

Lets see, theres a four stringer, six stringer,

eight stringer

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 9:52 pm

If, by chance, my 4001 and Sergio's 4080 were left out of their cases, unsupervised, would it produce something like this?

Except in AzureGlo, of course....