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Ric Undergoes Major Mod
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:01 pm
by johnnysain
When you're 'very handy with tools' and have 'too much time on your hands' plus 'too bored' in addition to posessing 'excess funds', with an 'overactive imagination'......this is a likely result.
Re: Ric Undergoes Major Mod
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:14 pm
by sloop_john_b
OUCH. I don't mind mods usually but that one stings.
Re: Ric Undergoes Major Mod
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:16 pm
by johnnysain
Yeah,....I'm wonderin' if he shoulda just bought an Ibanez or something......
Re: Ric Undergoes Major Mod
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:27 pm
by doctorwho
When this one goes on eBay some time in the future, we'll be rolling our eyes ... again.
Re: Ric Undergoes Major Mod
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:32 pm
by badeggs
Why'd he have to ruin an S model? Those things are hard enough to find as it is...
Re: Ric Undergoes Major Mod
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:37 pm
by notviceversa
badeggs wrote:Why'd he have to ruin an S model? Those things are hard enough to find as it is...
+1!!!
Re: Ric Undergoes Major Mod
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:43 pm
by nukebass
I don't mind this at all. He hasn't posted finished pictures yet, but he seems to have a good idea of what he is doing and what kind of sound he is after. I look forward to hearing the finished product.
Re: Ric Undergoes Major Mod
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:46 pm
by rickaddict
Looks like he really thought hard about those mods. And at least they're well done. I guess if you love the RIC bass scale, the neck feel, the body shape, the balance, etc. but you
hate the way they sound, this is what you have to do.
I'm
really glad that I
LOVE the way my Ricks sound!
Re: Ric Undergoes Major Mod
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:48 pm
by johnnysain
The thing is, couldn't he have done this to a beater rather than a mint one?
Re: Ric Undergoes Major Mod
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:49 pm
by rickaddict
And lets see if he still likes the bass in a few months. All too often it seems, those who undertake these drastic mods quickly lose interest in their creation.
Re: Ric Undergoes Major Mod
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:51 pm
by wim
THE HORROR
Re: Ric Undergoes Major Mod
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:08 pm
by s4001
badeggs wrote:Why'd he have to ruin an S model? Those things are hard enough to find as it is...
+1. It's a shame. A BT in immaculate shape, too. Oh well, it's his bass....
Re: Ric Undergoes Major Mod
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:49 pm
by partime
Interesting, when we were younger we liked to change things, tweek them, but now depending on the brand we are trying to keep them stock. Looking for original parts, fixing them, preserving their history. Its a case of everybodys different. The Rick was cool as it was, personally I would have had my luthier make me one and call it an original whatever. Oh yeah, my six string (bass) is almost done.
Re: Ric Undergoes Major Mod
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:50 pm
by rickaddict
Somehow a lot of people seem to think of the 4003S as a great starting point for their project basses. Horseshoes, toasters, and any number of pickup changes, routes, and other mods.
I like mine just the way they are. Well...usually I put the black "vintage" knobs on them.
Oh well. I guess mine are that much more rare now!
Re: Ric Undergoes Major Mod
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:54 pm
by johnnysain
Yeah, everyone's 4001S just went up 25 cents in value.