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Posted: **Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:26 pm**

This is my RM1999.I don't have original case...very sad...
How do you think of this?

Posted: **Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:50 pm**

Atsushi,I can tell you keep that baby clean.I just sold my 67 4001s.

Posted: **Fri Nov 25, 2005 11:49 pm**

Atsushi, it is beautiful of course.....And that is an 8 so Bob must be wrong.
The fretboard wood colour is so different to mine and yet they are so close in number.
The pickguard looks the same, almost overlapping.

Posted: **Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:03 am**

Thank you for your comment, Gerry!
Yes, my fretboard color is really right brown.
I believe it is ROSEWOOD anyway...
And this bass was refinished on back of the neck somebody before...very ugly...
But it is the instrument to use! I never mind!

Posted: **Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:07 am**

Gerry, the guard has no holes for a finger rest, it appears to have been replaced.

Posted: **Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:33 am**

Mine?It has two holes to stack finger-rest.
But the rest was removed and I didn't use it!

Posted: **Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:41 am**

Got any sound clips, Atsushi?

Be great to hear what that old beaut' sounds like!

Posted: **Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:45 am**

Now I have no clips...sorry.
But try to do something someday!
I am always practicing in a band every week in a studio. so It could be recorded and convert to MP3 or something...

Posted: **Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:19 am**

I didn't see the holes in the other picture,sorry.That bass is to die for that a extremely beautiful fireglo.

Posted: **Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:07 am**

Atsushi, that is a beautiful bass, you should be very proud of it, as should all of the others on the thread as well. Welcome to the Forum, and I look forward to hearing more from you!

Posted: **Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:12 am**

Very Nice, what an entrance! It's nice to see something like this being used as intended, to make music.

Any speculation as to the provenance of this? I wonder when it was originally shipped (since it is a Rose Morris, it had to have gone to England, right?)

-Dave

Posted: **Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:18 am**

Thanks,Steve!
I've never seen such a cool looking guy who use Thunderbird in Japan!!
It is too big for us. (Yes,Short!!)
Anyway,I want to hear your Band playing!!

Posted: **Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:26 am**

Hi,Dave.I don't know about shipping date or year anything...I got this in Tokyo 1998.The shop said that Bass was belong to the Bass player in The Cardigans (Swedish?). He bring it to Japan and Sold to the Shop.
Neck is straight but Treble pickup's Magnet(Horse-Shoe)is weakened now.But sounds good to me!

Posted: **Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:30 am**

Atsushi, thank you!

It is a very long bass but I love them!

If you would like to hear us we have a site you can hear songs on, it is:
http://www.myspace.com/modelcitizendetroit
Also, on the songs "Comfortably Numb" and "Surrender" from that site, I also play a 12-string bass.
And also, as Dave said, I am happy to see you playing yours!

Posted: **Sat Nov 26, 2005 8:46 am**

Nice Guitar!

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