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Re: An Old Lost Friend...

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:51 pm
by grayk
I cant believe how well this bass has turned out, its a credit to Dale ! I'm totally jealous and I want one !

Re: An Old Lost Friend...

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:58 pm
by ben_brown
Hey guys and gals...here are a few pics of the finished beauty!
I don't have her home yet but I will in about a week. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
AzureGlo13.jpg
AzureGlo14.jpg
AzureGlo15.jpg
I have become giddy :!:

Re: An Old Lost Friend...

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:19 pm
by tmossman
Beautiful, Steve, beautiful.

Re: An Old Lost Friend...

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:33 pm
by incubus2432
Excellent.....it looks much like my 1st Ric (therefore I'm quite jealous)! :twisted:

Re: An Old Lost Friend...

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:36 pm
by ben_brown
incubus2432 wrote:Excellent.....it looks much like my 1st Ric (therefore I'm quite jealous)! :twisted:
Well Brian you can look at her at RIO....but don't touch! :lol:

Re: An Old Lost Friend...

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:22 pm
by brycycle
:shock: :shock: :shock:

Re: An Old Lost Friend...

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:02 pm
by incubus2432
ben_brown wrote:
incubus2432 wrote:Excellent.....it looks much like my 1st Ric (therefore I'm quite jealous)! :twisted:
Well Brian you can look at her at RIO....but don't touch! :lol:
.....me not touching it is probably the best thing you could do to preserve it's classiness! :twisted:

Re: An Old Lost Friend...

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:55 pm
by jps
Looks really great Ben-jammin' :D Can't wait to see her this June.

Re: An Old Lost Friend...

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:16 am
by markbass99
Wow- you have to be absolutely ecstatic over how this bass has turned out. If it had a LK-MC jackplate it would be pretty hard to say this wasn't the real deal. Of course it probably has Dale's sig in the control cavity, but a lot of ricks have employee names in them also. Looks like it just came out of a time machine.

Re: An Old Lost Friend...

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:13 am
by teeder
Beautiful!

Re: An Old Lost Friend...

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:06 am
by sloop_john_b
Gotta echo what everyone else says. Simply gorgeous, Steve. I suppose Darren's bass inspired this one? Also, I can't tell from the pictures, did Dale spray it with any amber CV, or just clear?

Edit: Nevermind, definitely not amber on her.

Mark, in the control cavity of my v68 it says "Dale Fortune 2006".

Re: An Old Lost Friend...

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:23 pm
by ben_brown
sloop_john_b wrote:Gotta echo what everyone else says. Simply gorgeous, Steve. I suppose Darren's bass inspired this one? Also, I can't tell from the pictures, did Dale spray it with any amber CV, or just clear?

Edit: Nevermind, definitely not amber on her.

Mark, in the control cavity of my v68 it says "Dale Fortune 2006".
Yes Darren's 72 AZ did have a big influence on my color choice. Ever since seeing his in SoCal I just had to have one.
He just sprayed clear CV because of the "green effect" that may happen. I love it just the same though! :D

Re: An Old Lost Friend...

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:39 pm
by VRICKY63
BLUE !! I love blue ! I want all my basses to be blue ! Congratulations , that is beautiful ! :shock:

Re: An Old Lost Friend...

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:43 pm
by markbass99
Thanks for the info Johnny B, I hope to have a 4001 delivered this year in trans-burgundy that says "Dale Fortune 2008" in the cavity.

Re: An Old Lost Friend...

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:23 pm
by s4001
Gotta love a happy ending. :D