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Has there been 400X's with maple boards?
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:12 pm
by Mr.Mow
Ok, so the faker I scored is odd as it has a maple fret board, everyone who has played it has remarked how much they like the combination of the maple body and board on a ric style bass (its got a great zingy sound, nice and snappy.. works well..
So has Ric ever made a 400X bass with a maple board?
Re: Has there been 400X's with maple boards?
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:21 pm
by rickfan60
No standard 4001 or 4003 has come with a maple fingerboard. The limited edition Blackstar, Tuxedo, and Redneck have maple boards but they are painted over. The first Cheyenne 4004C has a maple fingerboard too. There may have been some one-offs or custom instruments built that way but it was never a standard production feature.
Re: Has there been 400X's with maple boards?
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:45 pm
by bottom4
someone here has a 4003 5er (not a 4003S) 5er with a maple board and I believe it has been confirmed that it's legit. Sorry can't remember who...
Re: Has there been 400X's with maple boards?
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:17 am
by bassduke49
Yeah, that one is thought to be a prototype for the 4003/5 and has a maple fretboard. Early (1993-1999) Laredos also have maple fretboards -- lovely ones, too.
Re: Has there been 400X's with maple boards?
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:32 am
by rickfan60
Doesn't the 2060 have a maple board too?
Re: Has there been 400X's with maple boards?
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:24 am
by bdgotoh
This was a NAMM bass in 1998, lovely figured maple board.
Re: Has there been 400X's with maple boards?
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:11 am
by ricaddic
personally I would love to get one with a maple fretboard, wish they still made them.
Re: Has there been 400X's with maple boards?
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:15 am
by cassius987
I'm not a a big fan of maple fingerboards myself. I think they sound... honky. I dunno. At least on my Stingray it had that thin sound, I thought. I have played maple fingerboard P's that weren't so much this way.
Re: Has there been 400X's with maple boards?
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:47 am
by rickaddict
These guys also had maple boards...smothered in JG and sprinkled in microdots:
http://rickresource.com/register/user_i ... llsize.jpg
Re: Has there been 400X's with maple boards?
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:10 am
by bassduke49
Right, the late Hamburgs and El Dorado basses (2020 and 2060) had maple fretboards as well. They, and the original Cheyenne, do not have a gloss finish applied to the fretboard. And right, Jeff, the Glenn Frey is black-painted maple. Here is a shot of a Fireglo 2060 that passed through the Rickenbacker National Forrest a couple of years ago on its way to Eric Kutzler's grove:
Re: Has there been 400X's with maple boards?
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:51 pm
by ram
My '93 4004L came with a maple one... I like it!
Re: Has there been 400X's with maple boards?
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:02 pm
by aceonbass
My 4004L5 has a maple board too. I like the sound and feel of the board, but I do think they look odd on a 4000 series bass.
Re: Has there been 400X's with maple boards?
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:00 am
by bassduke49
Hmm. Don't think I have photos of that one, Dane. You holdin' out on me? You have any more marvelous surprises hidden away?
Re: Has there been 400X's with maple boards?
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:04 am
by rickfan60
Anymore shots of that one Dane? You should start a thread about it.
Re: Has there been 400X's with maple boards?
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:32 am
by aceonbass
Paul, this bass is the same 4004L that had the white tear drop guard on it when you were last out here. I have been wanting a RIC 5ver for some time and don't like the wide spacing on the Cii5's. I've been getting by with a Schecter 5 that's really pretty nice for the money, but I'm a RIC man so after seeing a few other..um.."attempts" at converting 4004's to 5vers, I decided to give this a try. The spacing between strings is 3/8" at the nut and 5/8" at the bridge. Pickup coverage is great and the sound is awesome so I think I've found my perfect 5ver. The headstock is being refinished and should be done next week.
