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wints wrote: the 4004 comes across more as a follower rather than a leader...and I'm not sure that's going to change any time soon.

I look at the 4004 as evolution from 4001/3, not a follower. How iconic or desirable they are probably won't change until some high profile, influential bassist(s) regularly use them. The 4004LK does not count as far as I'm concerned. It's more like an ornate 4003 with HB1 pickups.

rikk wrote:I can't get used to the neck on my 4004.

I can get used to it for you!

rickenbrother wrote:How iconic or desirable they are probably won't change until some high profile, influential bassist(s) regularly use them.

[<clears throat>]

rikk wrote:Thank you. This is great news. I can't get used to the neck on my 4004. I really want the 4003W. Looks like I'll be putting it up for sale at some point.

Funny, my customized 2008 Laredo's neck is downright amazing. It is definitely unlike a 4003. It alleviates the common complaint by non-Ric players that the string spacing is narrower than a Fender, as it supports a little more than 19 mm.

rickenbrother wrote:

rikk wrote:I can't get used to the neck on my 4004.

I can get used to it for you!

You or someone else can get used to it. It's going up for sale.

I would love to try one.
JOEY..Can you post a few pictures of your RUBY..
I might order one?

jps wrote:

rickenbrother wrote:How iconic or desirable they are probably won't change until some high profile, influential bassist(s) regularly use them.

[<clears throat>]

Can someone in Jeff's area, please get him a throat lozenge?!

mikeyesfan wrote:I would love to try one.
JOEY..Can you post a few pictures of your RUBY..
I might order one?

My photography of guitars is kinda lousy. Probably best to see some of Jeff's 4004L Rudy photos.
Here are some of mine anyway:



As she appeared at the 2012 Winter NAMM show:

rickenbrother wrote:Probably best to see some of Jeff's 4004L Rudy photos.

Sorry, I don't recall having any photos of anyone named Rudy.

Try Google, I'm sure you can find something there.

jps wrote:

rickenbrother wrote:Probably best to see some of Jeff's 4004L Rudy photos.

Sorry, I don't recall having any photos of anyone named Rudy.

Okay Jeff, here, now you do! This is Rudy (Fito Man) at the Ruby drum kit from Ricktoberfest® '12.


Here's a couple of my Ruby Cii that I took outside.

Thanks joey, a (mostly) faceless Rudy!

Your outdoor Cii photos look great.

jps wrote:Thanks joey, a (mostly) faceless Rudy!

Your outdoor Cii photos look great.

I'm sure you've seen Rudy's face posted in SCARF/So Cal jam event threads before.
Thanks for the comment on the outdoor pics. Coming from the master photographer, that's quite the compliment!

Thanks, lovin it!

I do like Ruby. like the Black TRC, n Gold too...

if it's just going to go down to outside 4004 porn...

I have to say that sometimes I'm not totally convinced that 4004s actually exist. Honestly; I have never seen one (pictures, yes, but ... ), and no one at the dealer here remembers ever selling, or seeing, one, either. So, where are they? I realize that my chances of getting my hands on a lefty 4004 are somewhere between slim and none (and Slim just left town), but honestly, I'd be happy just to actually see and touch a righty. Is the demand for them that small that nobody ever wanted one here? The 4003s seem to move out the door fairly briskly. Now I'm confused, and my headache is back...

Well, I have two, and used to have another one, Joey has a few, Ed has one, John Allgaier, too.........

I guess you need to leave LV and go where they are.

I have these two.....