Re: To open or not to open (the case)
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:42 pm
I do not mind at all. I use pictures of this bass as wallpaper myself also.bosco64 wrote:Bert, if you don't mind, I'm using this picture as my new desktop wallpaper
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Re: To open or not to open (the case)
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:56 pm
My 4003 AFG is in transit as we speak and I am dreading the wait once she arrives. It is freakin' -4 degrees outside right now!
Re: To open or not to open (the case)
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:36 pm
When my 4004Cii BBR arrived last week, it was about 60 degrees F outside. Not cold here, but very cold where it came from, so I waited over 24 hours to take it out of it's box.
Re: To open or not to open (the case)
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:18 am
Great pictures, and a great bass! Congrats!
Re: To open or not to open (the case)
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:45 am
Sure is a beauty! Great pics too. Congrats Bert!
Re: To open or not to open (the case)
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:46 pm
Dan, I feel your pain. It was -8 here in ND when my AFG arrived. I waited a day, very painful. This should keep you warm:
http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc15 ... goldpg.jpg
http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc15 ... goldpg.jpg
Re: To open or not to open (the case)
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:05 pm
Scott, that's a great looking bass.
Re: To open or not to open (the case)
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:45 pm
Thanks for the pics, Scott. I am happy to see the temps are going up and we may actually be in the high 50's the day my bass arrives.
Re: To open or not to open (the case)
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:46 am
actually one of the cool things about older Rics is the checking in the finish 
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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:27 am
I agree....
Re: To open or not to open (the case)
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:03 pm
relic advice nr 1) open the box as soon as posible.jwr2 wrote:actually one of the cool things about older Rics is the checking in the finish
Re: To open or not to open (the case)
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:07 am
Sorry....resurrecting an old post and all that. Bad form on my part, but I just read the question. Here in Vegas, I keep a room humidifier near the guitars. I usually only need to use it in the winter when the furnace really dries out what little humidity we have. Summer time doesn't seem to be a problem because of the air conditioner somehow humidifying the house (hell if I can explain that one, but it is what it is).jwr2 wrote:I wonder what people in Las Vegas and Phoenix do when the humidity goes down to single digits.
Gotta cringe when it hits 4% some days.
Re: To open or not to open (the case)
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:50 pm
I just became a member on this site and got intrigued with the conversation regarding temperature variations. I bought my Ricky 4001 new in October '73. I have been transporting it reguarly in all kinds of conditions from -40 to +90 degree weather and (other than opening the case just a little bit to lessen the temperature variation from outside to room temperature) I haven't been overly cautious. Through all of this my Ricky still has no cracks in the finish. Just a scrape on the headstock thanks to airline baggage handling. This is an awesome site and I look foward to exploring it more. 
Re: To open or not to open (the case)
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:08 pm
Gordon,
Welcome to the forum.
Welcome to the forum.
Re: To open or not to open (the case)
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:11 pm
Open the dang case! Case closed! I mean open, I mean................