4003 AFG?

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:54 pm

Sweet bass!

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:25 pm

John, thanks for that blast from the past. It's strange how my mind played tricks on me, I always remembered the 4005 with more of an ambered middle, still a stunning bass. One day, one day.....

beefandbones · Post by **beefandbones** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:17 am

Nice bass Robert! What a smooth burst! I hope mine's as nice as yours.

robriboflavin · Post by **robriboflavin** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 3:24 pm

A couple of more photos, as requested... I have to say that the slim neck profile is sweet! Very fast...

Back:

robriboflavin · Post by **robriboflavin** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 3:26 pm

Here's the headstock...

robriboflavin · Post by **robriboflavin** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 3:29 pm

And a little more binding detail:

rumbush · Post by **rumbush** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:21 pm

I wonder how that would look with an ambered pickguard...

Nice Rick, Robert! Walnut ears are the shizzle.

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:51 am

Robert, thanks for those photos, that has put my mind at rest.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:08 am

Wow. Alot nicer than I thought.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:38 am

Robert, it's a beauty. I like the way the binding is ambered.

actual_size · Post by **actual_size** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:01 am

Thank you very much for the pics Robert. Beautiful bass you have there. I think I am going to have to get one myself. Are the fret inlays ambered as well?

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:51 am

Well Eric, I guess that extra dose of amber tint did the trick on these. Raffa hit these puppies hard I noticed!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:59 am

Indeed they are, Steven.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:06 am

I love the look. Ambered pickguard? I never thought of that.

wints · Post by **wints** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:12 am

RIC really have done a nice job there with that whole retro look. The AFG does grow on you...

We have the ambered inlays, but do they have the authentic "green" frets like the vintage basses I've seen...