Introduction

redrickmi · Post by **redrickmi** » Sun May 13, 2007 3:03 pm

I've lurked this board and the Rickenbacker forums for a while, but just recently joined. I bought my 4001 brand spankin' new back in March of 1974. Thanks to the info I got on these boards, I added a cap bypass switch and a Hipshot bridge a year and a half ago, a couple of days ago I installed the toaster and vintage knobs. The love affair continues! The first pic is about 5 years old, the second I took today.

I hope you enjoy the pics, and it's good to be here!

Reid

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Sun May 13, 2007 3:17 pm

Welcome to the forum, Reid. Thanks for posting photos of your bass - always a great way to introduce yourself.

jim_morris · Post by **jim_morris** » Sun May 13, 2007 3:17 pm

Wow that is a really cool looking bass! Very unique. How is that Hipshot working out? The saddles on mine wiggled all over the place so I had to get rid of it.

admin · Post by **admin** » Sun May 13, 2007 3:19 pm

Thanks for the photo Reid. An different look than I am used to with the red guard.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Sun May 13, 2007 3:53 pm

Welcome, Reid!

relayer4u · Post by **relayer4u** » Sun May 13, 2007 3:57 pm

Welcome to you Reid, nice bass!

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Sun May 13, 2007 5:20 pm

Welcome Reid.

Always cool to see someone who still has their first Ric.Bought new in 74? Ya know you coulda saved money and bought a used one...say a 68...

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Sun May 13, 2007 5:32 pm

welcome!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Sun May 13, 2007 6:22 pm

Howdy!

redrickmi · Post by **redrickmi** » Sun May 13, 2007 6:24 pm

Hi again and thanks for the warm greetings! I'm going to indulge in one last bit of self-promotion and bass porn, and include a full frontal shot!

The red pickguard, which I really like, didn't start out that way. For Christmas one year back in the 80's (remember those?) I received a Schecter polished brass Rickenbacker replacement pickguard. I lived with it a few years but never really liked the polished brass effect. It was a little too gaudy, somehow. I happened to have a can of GM Dark Red Metallic spray paint around, and one thing lead to another, and I've had a red pickguard for nearly twenty years. I've still got the 1989 Camaro, in Dark Red Metallic, that caused me to have the paint!

I know what you mean, Marc, back then I could have gotten a used '68 for probably a couple of hundred bucks! Unfortunately, Ricks were hard to come by back then, too! A friend of mine had found and bought a used Rick, it was a 1970 I seem to remember. Someone had committed some serious truss rod atrocities on that bass, and the last I saw of it, my friend actually launched an arrow off it due to the bending of the neck. The finish on that bass seemed to be somewhere between a FireGlo and a BurgundyGlo, it was a beaut.

Actually, I think I have figured a way to save a few bucks. Instead of ordering an Amber FireGlo Rick, get a FireGlo and wait thirty years! :-0 LOL

Anyway, thanks again and it's great to be here!

Reid

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:02 am

Welcome Reid. Real eye catcher you got there.

peter_sillery · Post by **peter_sillery** » Mon May 14, 2007 3:00 am

Thats a really nice bass. Welcome to the site. Im fairly new here too.

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:45 am

Welcome, Reid!

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Mon May 14, 2007 6:34 am

Reid. Welcome!

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:38 am

Welcome, Reid!
That's a real beauty of an FG finish.
It's also good to see that there are a few Ricks still in their original owner's hands.